Sentence examples for diary clashes from inspiring English sources
He said he would have liked Ashley to have been at the site but that diary clashes did not allow this.
Many concert-goers were unwilling to book tickets without knowing the rest of the programme; how, otherwise, to avoid diary clashes?
Curriculum vitae Age: 54 Job: Vice-chancellor of Leeds University; from September, chair of the Russell Group of universities Before that: Dean of the medical faculty at Southampton University Likes: Sailing and the Who Dislikes: Impossible diary clashes, of which there are many; rhubarb (the edible variety) Married with one son and two daughters.
But the rift appears to be spreading this week with representatives John Lewis, GK Butterfield and Earl Blumenauer confirming that they would not be attending the event on 3 March and the minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, warning that others may discover similar "diary clashes".
Alas, Britain's prime minister arrived in Lisbon hours late, after a wholly unconvincing diary clash.
A UK government spokesman said Duncan Smith was unable to present the DWP paper in person because of a diary clash.
I had been booked to speak about my novel alongside the writer Gill Hornby, but a diary clash meant I was forced to pull out.
Last month Clarence House (the Queen and Prince Charles attend on alternate years) suddenly decided to pull out of the royal film performance, citing a "diary clash".
IT DID not take long for the "Macavity" jibes to start, once word spread that an unconvincing diary clash would prevent Gordon Brown from attending a ceremony in Lisbon to sign the European Union's controversial reform treaty.
Director Nunn's diary clash Anticipation is building around Sienna Miller's return to the stage in Flare Path, but West End watchers will have an agonising wait for the critics' verdicts.
