Example sentences of "at [art] eleventh [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , their first trip to Scotland since 1981 would not have been possible without the assistance of four British-based companies trading in Eastern Europe who at the eleventh hour put up a total of £10,000 . |
| 2 | Ironically , at the eleventh hour the plight of the belugas has been given a boost by the success of whale-watching cruises in the St Lawrence . |
| 3 | On the Tuesday night , however , my Private Secretary , Steve Godber , rang me at a dinner to tell me that at the eleventh hour Nigel Lawson had put round a minute which sought to reopen the whole issue of the replacement for SERPS . |
| 4 | The Billabong had been saved at the eleventh hour . |
| 5 | Although the outlook may seem bleak , a constructive approach towards consultation might result in hitherto unconsidered options coming to light which could enable your job to be saved at the eleventh hour . |
| 6 | Marton Vambac 11 was saved mercifully from the scrap merchant at the eleventh hour , to operate at the East Anglia Transport Museum , Lowestoft . |
| 7 | She had come to the Centre in the depths of despair , weeping , gnashing her teeth and venting her hatred upon the doctors who had told her , at the eleventh hour that she had cancer and nothing could be done . |
| 8 | At the eleventh hour he managed to prevent a sheriff 's officer from taking goods from his home to pay off outstanding business debts . |
| 9 | But an injury to the Motherwell veteran Davie Cooper at the eleventh hour meant that Fleck was summoned to join the squad in Malta , where they were involved in preparatory training . |
| 10 | There would n't be any later , unless somehow , at the eleventh hour , I freed Karen from her sterile remorse . |
| 11 | At the eleventh hour of the Summit , it was decided that instead of the United Kingdom ‘ opting-out ’ from the revised treaty provision on social policy , the other eleven would ‘ opt-in ’ for a separate protocol and agreement on social policy . |
| 12 | They watched with detachment , and even with satisfaction , as the Masai began at the eleventh hour to organize themselves to resist what they feared would be the encroachment of agricultural peoples on their land , not as traditional appendages of the Masai way of life , but as conquerors armed with all the power of the modern state . |
| 13 | The British even , at the eleventh hour , went so far as to change the rules to allow a republic , by definition owing no allegiance to the British Crown , to be a member . |
| 14 | They were repeatedly told he was too busy , and when finally , at the eleventh hour , they were granted a meeting , some sort of communication problem caused Mrs Sue Amphlett and her associate to be sent from one building to another and then to wait for some time in the wrong one , until they had to leave to finish the report in time for the news conference they had called . |
| 15 | ‘ I feared even at the eleventh hour that it would not be possible — and I knew not when we could meet else . ’ |
| 16 | At the eleventh hour , she bowed out , leaving him to anchor the show alone . |
| 17 | But at the eleventh hour I heard that Nigel 's stepbrother would be attending , driving up from Somerset and coming straight to the crematorium . |
| 18 | For the Irish squad to tour New Zealand will not be fit enough — the IRFU decision to send fitness advisor Eddie O'Sullivan with the team was made at the eleventh hour . |
| 19 | At the eleventh hour , he underestimated the Stealers — as if they had only been his playthings . |
| 20 | AGREEMENT AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR |
| 21 | Keeping its eye on what HP was up to with its latest Snake , see page three , Sun was still dickering with its pricing schedule at the eleventh hour last week . |
| 22 | Some of those who believed that his first bankruptcy had been engineered by the Shipping Federation had come to his rescue at the eleventh hour . |
| 23 | should remain as published in the original documents , and were surprised at the proposed changes raised at the eleventh hour prior to a public enquiry , in September nineteen ninety two . |
| 24 | At the eleventh hour , the Government decided something had to be done , and fast . |
| 25 | It has come at the eleventh hour . |
| 26 | And , suddenly , just as had happened to Michael Banks , at the eleventh hour the rhythm started to come . |
| 27 | That 's just what happened to Lincoln Turbine Service , when at the eleventh hour Energy Minister Tim Eggar had to cancel his trip to Aberdeen in order to be in London for the publication of the Trade & Industry Select Committee 's Energy Report . |
| 28 | They have irresponsibly encouraged people to withhold payment , and then at the eleventh hour they have made payments , leaving those poorer people who were foolish enough to follow their appalling example to face the consequences of now owing a lump sum . |
| 29 | This was clearly illustrated just over a week ago when , by the cynical abuse of the legislative process , they introduced an amendment to the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Bill at the eleventh hour in the Lords . |
| 30 | It appears that William on his deathbed confessed that he had indulged in a fraud in getting his marriage to Adelizia nullified and at the eleventh hour did all that he could for Mabel 's succession as his heir . |