Example sentences of "it be [adj] time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In short , it 's either time to remove , redecorate or remarry . |
| 2 | It is high time to abandon that caricature , too long perpetuated by dictionary definitions such as the one you quote from Chambers , both for the sake of historical justice and because , in the present as in the past , anti-Pharisaism and anti-Judaism have a nasty way of feeding on each other . |
| 3 | To quote one of your letter writers : ‘ It is high time to abandon that caricature , too long perpetuated by dictionary definitions ’ . |
| 4 | In the light of this kind of development it is high time to drop the distinction between ‘ education ’ and ‘ training ’ and to refuse to use these words as part of our educational vocabulary . |
| 5 | Mrs Richards says it is high time to rid Austin , the capital city , of practices that critics say stink as much as Mr Pilgrim 's chicken-processing plants . |
| 6 | And indeed it is high time to think about lunch . |
| 7 | It was high time to end this , and release all these overcharged souls into the moist , chilly , healing air of early March . |
| 8 | While some participants argued that values such as freedom of the press and freedom of expression were ‘ western ’ ideas which robbed Africa of its authenticity , others reacted sharply by arguing that it was high time to consolidate democratic societies which are founded on inalienable rights . |
| 9 | While some participants argued that values such as freedom of the press and freedom of expression were ‘ western ’ ideas which robbed Africa of its authenticity , others reacted sharply by arguing that it was high time to consolidate democratic societies which are founded on inalienable rights . |