Sentence examples for idea whose time has passed from inspiring English sources

Clearly an idea whose time has passed.

It is "an idea whose time has passed".Unless, that is, it remains popular.

It takes us a little closer to a world where politicians of both parties actually level with the public, and acknowledge that employer-provided health insurance is an idea whose time has passed.

The notion that bank equity is socially expensive and should be minimized is an idea whose time has passed — as Anat Admati, Peter DeMarzo, Martin Hellwig and Professor Pfleiderer have argued.

I, for one, had Bagehot grumbling in his grave when, in 1994, we declared the British monarchy to be "an idea whose time has passed", in flat contradiction to his great 1867 book, "The English Constitution".

Even the Economist dubbed the monarchy "an ideal whose time has passed".

Some of the older comedians, whose time has passed, they can be a little bit bitter".

He is a leader whose time has passed.

It was another country whose time had passed, with pastoral willows and a belief in drawing.

Introducing a bill is not the same as passing one, but this may be an idea whose time has come.

"Whether or not we pass this law in the next year, this is an idea whose time has come," said Bertha Lewis, the executive director of Acorn, an advocacy group for low-income families that is planning rallies to support the move.