Sentence examples for lateness on from inspiring English sources

Deputy Mayor Dog couldn't help his lateness, on account of being a dog, but he would promise to try harder.

At 2.07am a group of players arrived in a series of taxis, blaming their lateness on the drivers.

So we cannot assume that the lack of secularisation within these societies is due to some "lateness" on their part.

Often Mr. Hart says, he is fired for lateness on the days when the unbearable aching and sharp pains make him walk slower than his already deliberate strides.

The early rising that justifies self-righteousness and lateness on most other days must be a tremendous effort of will-power made in quite ordinary circumstances.

Last Monday, three days later, he turned up two hours late for a concert at the 02 Arena in London, and later apologized to his fans (and their irate parents), blaming his lateness on technical difficulties.

Now they don't even pretend to know the price of milk, never mind the financial knife-edge that many live on, where the lateness of one overdue payment can drive people into despair.

I'm resigned to the high probability of Jones being incredibly late (lateness is one of her "things"), but (hallelujah!) she's on time-ish (less than an hour late) and apologises profusely for this minor tardiness.

But because of the lateness of their arrival on his desk, they are awkward for the President to veto in their entirety.

The lateness of the air attack on Sunday limited the time to organize a large response.

There were other difficulties; the association complained about the lateness of Crawford's report on the Otago team, and were unhappy that he also coached golf.