The phrase "a date shortly" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used as a way to refer to something that is anticipated to happen soon in the future. For example: "We will be announcing a date shortly for the company picnic."
But it has been reported to say, "Pick up Air Malta luggage tags" or words to that effect, on a date shortly before Dec. 21, 1988.
In the Dent Case, supra, an exception was made in favor of practitioners of medicine who had continuously practised their profession for ten years prior to a date shortly before the enactment of the law.
A sequence (from inner to outer parts of the sample) of radiocarbon dates on the sample gave a date shortly before 1600BC in agreement with (but more closely defined than) radiocarbon studies based on short-lived plant materials buried by the eruption at Akrotiri, or finds elsewhere associated with the eruption.
However, should the prime minister continue to refuse to participate in a head to head televised debate, the first minister will indeed agree in principle to debate with Alistair Darling or another no campaign nominee, in the terms set out by your letter of 18 June, on a date shortly after the Commonwealth games have taken place.
"I'll set a date shortly before Christmas," Merrien told BBC Guernsey.
Ms. Valdes became infatuated with a tall, good-looking architect she met on a blind date shortly after Sept. 11.
We are sorry for the inconvenience and we will announce a new date shortly".
Look for a launch date shortly.
Exquisitely aware that the serial killer will never be granted conjugal visits and that even their most intimate moments will always be shared with armed guards, the couple, who have been engaged since 1988, nevertheless petitioned the warden's office for a wedding date shortly after they shared their first embrace early this summer.
The supervisors had set an election date shortly before the signature fraud came to light.
Moreover, the proportion of subjects receiving all scheduled vaccinations was as low as 60% in one trial.[ 21] Choosing a target quit date shortly after the first booster injection might also have impaired efficacy, as peak antibody titres were only observed following several vaccinations.
