Example sentences of "it be time the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the organisers Peter Tatchell told Clare Martin that the weight of public opinion is behind the demonstrators and it 's time the laws were changed . |
| 2 | Leading a protest outside the Scottish Office , Campbell Christie , the Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary , said : ‘ It 's time the Government took a lead in addressing the unemployment crisis and laid the foundations for long-term sustainable economic growth . ’ |
| 3 | It 's time the courts agreed . |
| 4 | It 's time the bridge went it causes chaos with the traffic |
| 5 | The families ' lawyer says it 's time the matter was sorted out . |
| 6 | The promoter of the tournament went further : ‘ It 's time the PGA brought in a disciplinary element for this sort of behaviour . |
| 7 | The accident happened two years ago — the victims families say it 's time the insurers paid up , so they can get on with the rest of their lives . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's time the dust settled on the whole business . ’ |
| 9 | READING about how Princess Anne bossed her new husband around on their wedding day made me wonder whether it is time the rules of royal succession were changed . |
| 10 | Some European governments have begun to mutter that it is time the Croats had a taste of sanctions . |
| 11 | ‘ It is time the slaughter of the innocents of Warrington really provoked the people of this Republic and particularly the Government into more than the by now ritual condemnation of such awful acts . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I know I can win if everything goes right , ’ Jackson said before arriving in Barcelona , ‘ and it is time the Americans moved over . ’ |
| 13 | It is time the myth of the kilted , bagpipe-playing ambassador is put to rest . |
| 14 | ‘ That was one of the prime reasons I raised the issue , because if the constituents are saying that , it is time the councillors were saying it as well . ’ |
| 15 | Unisys customers , attending a bi-annual meeting of the Unisys Users ' Association in Amsterdam this month , were in favour of the new direction , but they feel it is time the company put its head above the parapet : ‘ Unisys has very good products , but they never tell anyone about them , ’ said one insurance company systems manager . |
| 16 | It is time the public and the press gave it to them . |
| 17 | Mr Griffiths said : ‘ It is time the Government laid down proper guidelines to stop the public being duped . ’ |
| 18 | It is time the Government took a lead in addressing the unemployment crisis and laying the foundations for long-term sustainable economic development for Scotland . ’ |
| 19 | Basing the deprivation payments on the Jarman index still seems the best option , although it is time the Department of Health supported research into its validation . |
| 20 | I think it is time the thing was put a stop to . |
| 21 | It is time the import of these fish was banned or retail outlets prosecuted for selling them . |
| 22 | ‘ It is time the bosses met with us to thrash out this mess once and for all . ’ |
| 23 | The Conservatives handed out the Greens ' fairly innocuous version of the 1989 Queen 's Speech gratis , too , in the belief that it was time the public had their eyes opened to what the party was really about . |
| 24 | He fears motorists are no longer held in high esteem and it was time the Government took steps to limit the amount of damages payable after a traffic accident , otherwise there would soon be no motorists left . |
| 25 | Patrick , who read Greats at Oxford , felt it was time the mould was broken , but says he was astonished when , after graduating , he came equal first in the Foreign Office exam . |