Sentence examples for last-minute development from inspiring English sources

He said the transit tax shortfall was a last-minute development.

Barring another last-minute development, the board is expected to ratify Mr. Lee's appointment Friday in its final session.

The prospect of a walkout was a last-minute development, after weeks of negotiations that were remarkable for their secrecy.

Although strained, this last-minute development does at least add some sense of needed conflict to the drab proceedings.

If there was a reason for his excitement, it was a last-minute development brought about by the man he hopes to succeed, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

Barring a last-minute development, the owners are prepared to approve the sale of the Red Sox today to a group loaded with baseball-friendly investors.

The main significance of the Knesset vote is that it decides what colour of coalition he will eventually be able to cobble together.But, unless there are last-minute developments, this election will be crucially different from the 1996 vote.

The up-and-down course of the case was meant to accomplish several things: to demonstrate that Alicia could be less than completely ethical, which resulted in several jarring, heavy-handed moments; and to knock her off her pedestal in a more general sense, making it seem as if she might botch the case before several fairly incredible last-minute developments allowed her to triumph as usual.

The state has also had trouble massing soldiers to respond to last-minute developments at sites outside of the venues, according to Ferreira.

Adjusting your schedule to plan to arrive early means that you have a built-in margin of error for transportation delays and time to check for any last-minute developments and freshen up before a meeting starts.

There have been villains and last-minute plot developments, but through it all, the theater has endured.