Example sentences of "it is time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is time we were told . |
| 2 | Surely it is time we stopped talking of elephants as if they were a commodity to be traded , like so many cans of paint , and accept them for what they are , ancient and splendid fellow inhabitants of the earth who share with us the joys of close kinship bonds and grieve when they are severed . |
| 3 | ‘ I seriously consider it is time we undertook a job inspection of Her Majesty as an employer , ’ he added . |
| 4 | Perhaps it is time we had a choice between parties which agree that liberal free-market economics are here to stay . |
| 5 | It is time we applied the same reasoning to all . |
| 6 | Piecemeal solutions are not enough in education , and it is time we recognized this . |
| 7 | It is time we voted for ourselves for a change . |
| 8 | It is time we put our minds to redressing the balance , to putting pedestrians back where they belong , at the centre of the transport system ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ It is time we had our own national identity , ’ he said in Sydney . |
| 10 | It is time we take an honest look at what we do , how we do it and who we do it with , and learn to minimise the risks we take . |
| 11 | It is time we gave up these reservations in work organizations . |
| 12 | Perhaps it is time we placed less emphasis on our role as individual therapists teaching specialist skills , and moved towards the position of educators and organizers of self-help services . |
| 13 | ‘ It is time we moved for concerted action to liberate the press from these laws . ’ |
| 14 | It is time we looked at her in more detail . |
| 15 | It is time we utilised all these advantages to far better economic effect . |
| 16 | ‘ It is time we rejoin Iain and get going . |
| 17 | ‘ I booked lunch at the château and it is time we were off . ’ |
| 18 | Does he agree that it is time we had a real clampdown on the possession of firearms throughout society , remembering that the problem will not be cured unless the Home Office takes strenuous action in relation to the legal as well as the illegal holding of firearms ? |
| 19 | I think it is time we listened to our new brother . |
| 20 | It is time we stopped talking of despair and started living in hope . |
| 21 | I do that it is time we updated the white paper . |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps it is time we discussed the rules that will govern the unfortunate time we spend together until I return you to Milano tomorrow . ’ |
| 23 | It is time we invested seriously in education and training and stopped letting this misery grow worse and worse . ’ |
| 24 | It is time we acted , not on the basis of hysteria , but on the basis of these and other related findings . |
| 25 | It is time we took up the second of my headings , language as screen . |
| 26 | It is time their voices were heard . |
| 27 | But it is time they recognised the PLO as the real representative of the Palestinian people . ’ |
| 28 | It is time they pulled in their belts like everyone else is having to . |
| 29 | It is time they forgot their obsession with the money markets and concentrated on real issues , like saving the NHS . |
| 30 | " It is time they both were in bed . " |