Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He produces the stories at a craftsmanlike rate , no more than one a year , so it is some time since the appearance of the first volume , Pig Earth . |
| 2 | If it is some time since you last exercised on a regular basis , spend a few weeks following a gentle stretching and warming-up routine . |
| 3 | It is some time since I have had any work done by British Telecom , so I do not remember whether hills are presented in detail . |
| 4 | It is some time since we looked in any detail at the program and functions of the Singer 9000 machine , so I thought we would concentrate a little on some of the functions of programming , rather than on knitting . |
| 5 | It is some time since I heard news of him . |
| 6 | ‘ It is some time since I heard that last piece played so well . ’ |
| 7 | I am aware it is some time since we spoke regarding Beeslack but I have been awaiting a response from , Senior Education Maintenance Officer concerning the tree planting proposed for the rough area in the corner of the playing field . |
| 8 | I am glad that my hon. Friend has given way again , because it is some time since I smelt a rat in the Chamber , but there is one knocking about tonight . |
| 9 | Legislation has reduced the barons to serfdom , and it is some time since they seriously hampered leadership policy ( more often , lately , they have helped defeat constituency insurrection ) . |
| 10 | Well , I think it is high time that we gave an award for valour in professional conduct , and I nominate as the first recipient , Keith Holdsworth of Bournemouth , Employed by the New Forest District Council , Keith Holdsworth risked his career , his livelihood and his life savings in the defence of his professional integrity , when it would have been so easy to take an easier route . |
| 11 | It is high time that such comment should be permitted together with the necessary alteration to the words of the caution . |
| 12 | It is high time that the concept of imagination was separated from that of the loose , the soft , the non-examinable , and the ‘ standardless ’ . |
| 13 | It is high time that more of you spoke up in protest against us whenever we invite you to do that which is impractical or inappropriate . |
| 14 | IT is high time that we stopped this charade of swearing allegiance to the Queen and her heirs and successors because we do not know from time to time who they are . |
| 15 | Indeed , crevasse rescue is usually banished to the appendices of instruction books on mountaineering skills , and it is high time that an entire book be devoted to unravelling the conundrum of the permanent snows . |
| 16 | It is high time that we assessed the desirability of judicial intervention in its own terms . |
| 17 | It is high time that the Opposition gave recognition to all in the service who have achieved these excellent results . |
| 18 | It is high time that we got rid of the Government who have characterised the 1980s with cardboard city and got a Government for the 1990s who will start using bricks and mortar again . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman and his colleagues can save money if they do not believe in the nuclear deterrent , and it is high time that they told the country what their priorities are . |
| 20 | It is high time that Wolverhampton got round to proposing some reorganisations . |
| 21 | While I can not associate myself with some of the language used by the hon. Member for Sunderland , South ( Mr. Mullin ) , many people feel that it is high time that the United States modernised its economic relations with Vietnam and started to observe the common action programme agreed between 24 countries in respect of the Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong . |
| 22 | Is not it really the case that the Government do not care about training , that we have a disastrous training record and that it is high time that we had a Labour Government to tackle the problems ? |
| 23 | It is high time that the Minister went to see Anglo-United and told it to get its act together and stop polluting the environment . |
| 24 | It is high time that there was a public inquiry into the matter and that the Minister of Agriculture made a statement at the Dispatch Box . |
| 25 | It is high time that the private Bill procedure was reformed . |
| 26 | It is high time that some of the myths presented by Labour Members were buried once and for all . |
| 27 | Even though the Prime Minister has not incorporated the provision into the agreement at Maastricht , does he not agree that it is high time that we in this country also took those steps for ourselves ? |
| 28 | It is high time that all the elected authorities of the republic originate from the free choice of its citizens . " |
| 29 | It is high time that Scotland set a lead to the world by establishing a fixed date for Easter . |
| 30 | In most research studies of bereaved people it is recorded time and time again that , so long as the people involved have somewhere to go and someone to talk to about this major loss in their life , then they may well cope . |