Example sentences of "at [adv] [adj] notice " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanks to the new Corby ITI Centre being able to offer 3 days worth of court time at extremely short notice , a second event for the boys was stated resulting in all but 3 players being accommodated . |
| 2 | While waiting for the call-up , various opportunities or openings of an official nature came my way , and I was summoned for interview , usually at extremely short notice , in connection with some of them . |
| 3 | Callas was originally scheduled , but withdrew and Nilsson stepped in at fairly short notice . |
| 4 | Some alliances between , say , a Fenwick of Tynedale and a Croser of Teviotdale might ensure a lull in raiding and cattle thieving for a while , though there was usually an excuse for it to be resumed at fairly short notice . |
| 5 | Not all the songs played during the evening hailed from the album with the set already suggesting Eddi has more than enough material to record and release another album at fairly short notice . |
| 6 | Yes , it was not so much a deletion as er a reduction in the numbers because we were very mindful erm in going through the requirement erm and not making significant changes as far as the U K was concerned and we needed to make some savings in cost if at all possible and therefore we carried out a very comprehensive review of all the items of role equipment such as drop tanks er pylons , explosive release units and those type of things which had been provisionally earmarked for a very high intensive and fairly long running conflict and it was felt that if we were to make some savings then it was a sensible balance to reduce those numbers on the basis that we could save some money in the programme but at the same time many of these items could be bought later on at relatively short notice , clearly not within a conflict but in the years to come . |
| 7 | Sometimes fish need to be separated at very little notice and unfortunately not every hobbyist has the space or funds to facilitate a spare tank . |
| 8 | She looks a little hot and flustered at the moment , which I 'm afraid is my fault for rushing her down here at very little notice . |
| 9 | There seemed to be plenty to eat , the French are masters at rustling up something to eat at very short notice . |
| 10 | He was willing to go to confirm in an emergency at very short notice and this earned him some long-lasting gratitude . |
| 11 | You need to know whether your potential accountant could undertake royalty examinations , and if he or she has colleagues in other countries to assist with international tax problems at very short notice . |
| 12 | And already in similiar circumstances in France last summer he had been presented with the kind of opportunity to prove himself that many young pianists must dream of in vain : he was called on , again at very short notice , to stand in for the even more illustrious Sviatoslav Richter at Richter 's own festival at the Grange Meslay near Tours . |
| 13 | manual worker — prepared to do anything at any time at very short notice regardless of what is in the oven ; |
| 14 | However , hotel management do occasionally change this arrangement at very short notice ; we will endeavour to give you the most up-to-date information on request . |
| 15 | It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice . |
| 16 | Fewer papers should be taken at very short notice before there has been time for the Departments to comment on them . |
| 17 | These models have just arrived in the country , and the Bass Centre have let us grab a look at them at very short notice . |
| 18 | Ten years later however the BBC asked me at very short notice to compile a programme to celebrate the Queen Mother 's eighty-fifth birthday . |
| 19 | Of course life is not always as simple as that , and being asked to cover for a colleague at very short notice or an unexpected cancellation or transfer on the theatre list can throw your best laid plans into disarray . |
| 20 | You will be asked to state your preferred days and hours of work , and whether you are willing to be called upon at very short notice to cover for staff absence or other emergency . |
| 21 | This took the place of a pre-release course ( which would be impossible to plan in an institution where some men were so far away from release and others might be released on parole licence at very short notice ) but it covered many of the same topics . |
| 22 | If it is a cancellation at very short notice and the hotel is unable to re-let the accommodation , particularly in the case of resort hotels whose reservations are taken well in advance , the hotel may then be able to claim compensation for the loss of business . |
| 23 | Hotels will sometimes offer a ‘ T or P ’ booking to people , usually regular business clients who are only able to reserve their accommodation at very short notice . |
| 24 | However , the issue was decided by the Civil Engineers , who conducted clearance tests at very short notice , and found that most station platforms would need the platform edging stones setting back . |
| 25 | The normal working was not booked to stop at Chester but the second part , inserted at very short notice , was scheduled to change locomotives there . |
| 26 | King & McGaw 's order and delivery department enable us to feature posters for almost any book promotion we have undertaken at very short notice , and its warehouse staff can pick , pack and despatch any quantity of posters from a large range with a speed that would make most book publishers ' head spin ( with a twice-weekly delivery and a next day customer order service , I think most booksellers would agree with me ) . |
| 27 | In order to bring you up to date the items were prepared at very short notice . |
| 28 | In all , we have developed a very flexible system capable of responding to virtually any question of the kinds we have illustrated at very short notice . |
| 29 | We have an awful lot of experience in these things , and we can do you quite a big show at very short notice . ’ |
| 30 | They all knew what had happened the previous night and , from Wallas Ward 's announcement before the curtain rose , they knew that Charles had stepped in at very short notice . |