Example sentences of "it be time for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back in the office and it 's time for constructive criticism . |
| 2 | Secondly , I 've decided it 's time for one of my all too infrequent trips to Elland Road . |
| 3 | BY crossing the Irish line six times at Twickenham , England in one fell swoop exceeded the total number of ties scored last year when winning the Grand Slam — and it 's time for this columnist to eat humble pie , after criticising England , along with the other Home Unions , for inferior standards of back play to Southern Hemisphere sides . |
| 4 | It 's time to say the Irish problem is not impossible , it can be settled between the two sovereign governments , it 's time for these people to stop saying , Ulster says no , that is no solution . |
| 5 | Not everyone has the same tastes , remember — some people do n't like reading long text messages like those in Nythyhel , but perhaps it 's time for another game with a strong storyline . |
| 6 | Anyway , it 's time for another deputy 's manifesto . |
| 7 | Presidential support scores are so inadequate and so subject to misinterpretation by students and others ( including presidents ! ) that it is time for Congressional Quarterly to consider abandoning them . |
| 8 | Meanwhile the cancer grows and it is time for serious surgery . |
| 9 | It is time for many such ideas to be amalgamated into a fresh overview of prehistory ; time for them to be applied holistically . |
| 10 | It is time for certain philosophers to come and take a hard look at the data which we have collected before they dismiss our models and our philosophical assumptions so glibly . |
| 11 | It is time for direct action , test and observation and I will give two examples which promise a rational future . |
| 12 | This is no time for delicacy and posing , it is time for strong-arm stuff which would bring looks of admiration from a shark angler and cause a tiddler snatcher to cringe in fear . |
| 13 | With everything running safely now , it is time for another trip to the shop to get your plants . |
| 14 | The Prime Minister has said it is time for profound look at the future of Europe following the narrow , ’ Yes ’ vote in the French referendum on the Maastricht Treaty and the current sterling crisis . |
| 15 | FOLLOWING the massive increase in the popularity of rugby union as a result of the World Cup , and the demands that our top players now endure , surely it is time for British rugby union to go professional . |
| 16 | It is time for some changes . ’ |
| 17 | It is time for some original thinking on cutting the cost of the National health Service . |
| 18 | It is time for some good old fashioned courage in the face of the gunmen , the bombers , the propagandists and the sympathisers at home and abroad . |
| 19 | Reacting to the killings , the Nobel Peace Prize winner , Desmond Tutu , the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town , said it demonstrated it was time for all South Africa 's politicians ‘ for goodness sake to get off your butts and get on with the business of getting a new constitution for this country . |
| 20 | Then it was time for practical advice . |
| 21 | It was time for second lot . |
| 22 | It was time for second lot . |
| 23 | Dr Hendron said it was time for political talks to be re-activated . |
| 24 | It was time for more cappuccino and a cheering change of topic . |
| 25 | Halfway through the morning , once the hens had been fed , and the tomatoes in the greenhouse watered , it was time for another meal . |
| 26 | There is a story , apocryphal no doubt , told by his friends that Bernard , having decided it was time for another move , walked into the offices of a prestigious estate agents one Saturday to see what was available . |
| 27 | I shivered and wondered if it was time for old Shallot to disappear or go ill with ague , but I remembered my promise . |
| 28 | It was time for this spectacularly handsome winter bird to be gone . |
| 29 | Later Macmillan was reputed to have defended his decision in a sentence which is likely to be authentic because it has the Macmillan ring : ‘ I thought we had had enough of Martha and it was time for some Mary. , |
| 30 | But now it was time for some wheeling and dealing . |