Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half of those giving a trade credit report said that payment was not received on time and two-thirds said that the situation was worse than 12 months previously . |
| 2 | a document connected with the appeal was not received in time by one of the parties or their representative ; |
| 3 | Postal service of process , not received in time |
| 4 | These are not calculated on time , but on daily placings . |
| 5 | Well , since he 's not pressed for time , perhaps one more . |
| 6 | The defendants were liable to a penalty clause in the main contract if the work was not completed on time . |
| 7 | Up to £500 for additional travel and hotel expenses for one person to collect your vehicle if the repairs are not completed in time for your return home . |
| 8 | Many genuine cases would have been put aside , delayed and not arranged in time — If the hon. Member for Oldham , West would like to challenge me on that — |
| 9 | In the event two of the five timed deliveries were not made on time and the sailings were lost . |
| 10 | Recent arguments about whether the level of state pensions has or has not risen over time relative to average adult per capita income , about whether pensions should or should not be more generous today , and about how criteria for change in the level of pension payments should be set , are all important , but they are essentially distinct from the issue of whether the receipt of state benefits necessarily creates a dependency in the recipient which would not otherwise exist . |
| 11 | Romney Marsh was flooded as a defence against both Napoleon and Hitler , and Calais was lost in 1557 in part because the sluices were not opened in time to flood out the besiegers . |
| 12 | And what about orders not delivered on time ? |
| 13 | Any special conditions added by the retailer , eg ‘ If the goods are not delivered on time the order will be cancelled . ’ |
| 14 | When items are faulty , not delivered on time , or more rarely where Ian has by his own fault succeeded in botching an order , then he goes on the defensive . |
| 15 | When the promised sprinters were not delivered on time , when the fares increased in proportion to the decline in reliability , when children are stranded because trains have broken down , when Conservative-controlled Suffolk county council subsidises the late night train , and when central Government grant for British Rail goes up , yet the service is still like a lottery , I despaired , I despair , and I will continue to despair until we give individuals , travellers , employees and taxpayers a real incentive to make it work — the freedom to succeed in the private sector . |
| 16 | Her application was not processed in time for her to fly home on British Airways with the rest of the family so the flight was cancelled . |
| 17 | A few units , inevitably , were not warned in time , the radio messages and despatch riders did not get through , but nothing serious happened , a few more border incidents at dawn , adding to a list already long , was all . |
| 18 | The company can pick up penalties is the ships are not loaded on time . |
| 19 | The rent from June 1986 , just six months after taking over , was not paid on time . |