Sentence examples for late rain from inspiring English sources

The daylong rain Thursday resulted in an overnight suspension of play, and a late rain Saturday could further dampen the prospects of golfers who went out early Thursday.

■ David Frost parred the final two holes after a late rain delay to hold on for a one-stroke victory over Fred Couples in the Regions Tradition in Birmingham, Ala.

Many, of low income, get free breakfast at school after the buses drop them off, but when the buses arrive late (rain or traffic accidents can tie up Los Angeles freeways), breakfast is delayed and lessons must then be skipped.

Low yields (meaning not too many grapes per hectare), sweet fruit allowed to ripen as long as possible (there is always pressure on growers to harvest early, because of the threat of a late rain or an early frost), no stems, minimal "handling" — the formula is pretty simple.

"If there's late rain, bird damage, or if it got really hot, the fruits are going to come in damaged, with bacteria and wild microbes.

Kubica qualified 11th, blaming late rain in the second qualifying session for his position.

Late rains mean trouble for the "lean season", when food from the last harvest runs out.

Australia's record 29.5 million-ton 2011 harvest was struck by late rains, which hurt the quality to the point where a third of the wheat was feed quality, fit only for animals.

In 2011, late rains, dry spells and low river levels led to a 25% decrease in crop production in Mali, and a 50-60% rise in food prices above the five-year average.

Now we are expecting death by hunger," she says simply.Her village, Lusitu, like much of southern Zambia and many parts of southern Africa, suffers from a list of connected problems: late rains, the worst harvest in memory, sharp price increases, and a collapse of the extended family because of AIDS.

Sugar prices are expected to rise after late rains delayed harvesting in Brazil, while the extended dry season in South-east Asis and Indonesia is causing concern over the production of vegetable oil, which has increased in price by 6 per cent over the previous month, according to the FAO.