Example sentences of "at [adj] notice " in BNC.
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| 1 | Primary processes will be triggered by lexicographer request at appropriate notice . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean that , when the client suggested giving our sales force a taste of the product they were selling , I had to put it all together at ultra-short notice — and the only way I managed to get my people to drop everything and come was by stressing how much I relied on each of them individually . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , it was the best I could do at short notice . ’ |
| 4 | Any team , or part of an entry , which withdraws from the competition at short notice may find the whole of its entry cancelled by the tournament organisers . |
| 5 | But she 's not really complaining : Mozart launched her international career at the 1982 Aix Festival when at short notice , and at only 25 , she took on the role of Pamina in The Magic Flute . |
| 6 | Turning round 3-9 behind , Selkirk suddenly recognised that again they had the beating of the title favourites , their match winner , Ian Ballantyne , having come into the side at short notice . |
| 7 | However , if you do take out a foreign currency loan , make certain that it is possible to switch back into sterling at least once , and at short notice without incurring heavy charges , otherwise you are very exposed . |
| 8 | And if the committee of the CICCU be taxed with bringing in someone who did not fit the undergraduates of a university , it might be replied , first that they were desperate to find someone at short notice , and secondly , was it desirable that a missioner should fit the undergraduates ? |
| 9 | It had been splendidly undemanding ; because of his family , she did not see him more than a few times a month , always meetings snatched at short notice and with absolutely no expectation from him that she would be available . |
| 10 | Gullit is still injured , with his playing career in doubt , and the other two Milan players in the Dutch World Cup squad , Rijkaard and Van Basten , both pulled out yesterday at short notice . |
| 11 | The Greens had planned to hold their 1989 rally in the Sorbonne , but at the last minute they were told they would have to go elsewhere and the only venue available at short notice was the Cité . |
| 12 | Though the current talk is about establishing multinational units and of creating a European rapid-deployment force that could be sent off at short notice to cope with unexpected contingencies , Europe 's armies have too many of the wrong sorts of forces , doing the wrong jobs . |
| 13 | No doubt the army has lavish stocks of both ; but no capacity has been retained in Britain to make more of them at short notice . |
| 14 | He had done well that day — almost performed miracles — having located Mrs McLaren 's Scottish relations ; persuaded a most excellent and locally well-known lady to come at short notice and be in the house to stay with her ; and had seen to it that the house itself was tidied , and cleaned ready , and supplied with food . |
| 15 | It showed you can achieve something at short notice , provided you 're prepared to drop everything and cover the cost . |
| 16 | John Major is not in the same league but one of his outstanding merits is the capacity to master a brief , even at short notice . |
| 17 | Mendes rescued a Chichester revival of London Assurance at short notice and turned it into a hit . |
| 18 | When there was no further hope , Saga contacted you and offered the best alternative it could find at short notice and , as that was not acceptable , refunded your money in line with their contractual obligations to you . |
| 19 | FA CUP semi-final shoot-outs could be eliminated if clubs or the Football Association were willing to pay the extra police costs for staging replays at short notice , writes Christopher Davies . |
| 20 | Unlike the demands for time off from the farm , which is normally at short notice , the request for release for training courses could be made well in advance . |
| 21 | Often they are recruited or assigned at short notice to an unfamiliar school and are expected to instantly mould themselves to its systems of operating and style . |
| 22 | There are times when mistakes are made in school and things go wrong : children blamed for things they did n't do , events may be cancelled at short notice , cardigans and coats lost or , even worse , end up in the toilet bowl . |
| 23 | Closing the school at short notice |
| 24 | Do parents know the school will use that particular radio station when the school is to be closed at short notice ? |
| 25 | ‘ Because the product will be cheap , reliable and available at short notice , ’ says Vic . |
| 26 | I am especially grateful to Susan Bird , Andrew Burnett , Bernard Jackson , Ralph Jackson and Philip Nicholls for providing illustrations at short notice . |
| 27 | They arranged the protest at short notice over the phone and arrived at the river to find police everywhere . |
| 28 | This not only kept the suit in good condition and therefore prolonged its life but also provided him with a smart outfit always ready at short notice , as now . |
| 29 | Some basalts do occur in continental areas notably the basaltic flood plateaux mentioned in chapter three , but to see an eruption of basaltic lava taking place , one would have to fly ( at short notice ) to an oceanic island volcano , such as Iceland . |
| 30 | This is worth remembering if your employer tries to justify giving you a raw deal by interpreting a stringent contract of employment harshly , eg by insisting you move your place of work at short notice and without financial help from Leeds to Birmingham , as in one case — even where this is within the terms of an express contractual mobility clause . |