Sentence examples for late in replying from inspiring English sources

In November the information commissioner, Richard Thomas, rapped the Department for Communities for delays of up to 400 days in processing requests, and this week the Ministry of Justice admitted that it was late in replying to a third of its requests last year.Part of the reason they can afford to be so relaxed is that the commissioner's office is itself slow in pursuing complaints.

I have received your kind letter some time ago and am sorry to be so late in reply ing.

Jamal Fakir could have brought the visitors level, but fumbled when well placed and Clark ran in from 80 metres to secure the two points for Castleford before Sneyd's late penalty in reply.

When Patty asks her to name one regret, late in life, she replies: "That I talked my mother out of getting a face-lift".

For a detailed evaluation of these issues see this post by Tom Loveless, a fellow at the Brookings Institution; this response by PISA official Andreas Schleicher; and the latest salvo in reply from Mr Loveless.

He did manage to bowl an over of left-arm spin late in Zimbabwe's reply but by that stage they were on the brink of a first victory over Australia since 1983, with the captain Elton Chigumbura steering them to a three-wicket triumph with an unbeaten 52 off 68 balls to spark scenes of wild celebration.

"It's never too late," Brendan replied.

"I think it's too late," he replies.

"Horribly late," he replies, chuckling.

"Too late," I replied and we both chuckled.

After posting the joke map of favorite Thanksgiving Day pie (late in the evening), I replied with a comment noting it was not based on actual survey data.