Example sentences of "[is] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Two hours is ample time , but walkers with interests in botany , geology or archaeology will be sorely tempted to linger .
2 They become entangled in such a way that it is very rare for any to wriggle free , and while there is ample time to collect them at relative leisure they should nonetheless be collected as quickly as possible .
3 You 'll find a day is ample time to apply your stencil all around a medium-sized room .
4 The point of this simple experiment is to show you that although there are only 168 hours in a week there is ample time for private study provided you are prepared to organise your life .
5 ‘ It 's light-out time . ’
6 I said could n't care less if it 's triple time I 'm not coming in on a Sunday .
7 It 's high time the Foreign Secretary realised there 's a war on . ’
8 Well , it 's high time you did , Harris .
9 It 's high time .
10 It 's high time the scales fell from our eyes , and our bathrooms .
11 But you 're not a child any more , you see , and it 's high time you … ’
12 ‘ It 's high time influential people got serious about the root causes of injuries , instead of being satisfied with taking care of players once they 're in a wheelchair .
13 ‘ It 's high time that the voice of the British people was heard in this House , ’ he said .
14 It is a little close to Christmas , but that seems a good excuse for a party and it 's high time we entertained some of our friends .
15 It 's high time you two were friends again .
16 The bloke 's records are all rubbish and it 's high time you all admitted it .
17 In England , in particular , it 's high time that both sides — administrators and players — came out into the open and made it quite clear what they want and what they are prepared to do .
18 Luis , it 's high time you were off watch !
19 It 's high time the insurance companies allowed buyers to take out a special policy to cover the first month in a new home .
20 ‘ Well , I think it 's high time you stopped looking like something out of the last century , do n't you , my sweet ? ’ her stepmother said .
21 It 's high time VAT was dropped from purchases with obvious environmental merit .
22 ‘ Come on , it 's high time we were heading for home ourselves .
23 You presented me with a daughter lately it 's high time you had a present yourself . ’
24 ‘ Then it 's high time you stopped behaving like a child , young lady , ’ her father said .
25 ‘ I does know it — and it 's high time you was thinking of getting wed , my girl .
26 And also I think it 's high time you and I watched a bit more television . ’
27 If this sounds familiar , then it 's high time you took a fresh look at your hair .
28 It 's high time the label told us something of the state of a pot plant 's native habitat , as well as which windowsill to grow it on .
29 Well , Paul , as a respectable married man it 's high time you went home .
30 " Then I reckon it 's high time you did .
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