Sentence examples for to be belated from inspiring English sources

Gratuities offered in return for wartime service tended to be belated and even grudging.

Agencies have typically resisted changing their ratings on a frequent basis, so changes, when they occur, tend to be belated, widespread, and big.

There is understood to be belated acknowledgment at senior levels within Uefa that sticking slavishly to the idea of slotting matches randomly into preselected venues is flawed.

As many critics pointed out from the start, it appeared to be belated acceptance that anomalies across Europe (for example the bumper new Premier League TV deal in England) made it impossible to impose a one-size-fits-all FFP rule across the continent.

If the votes against Eisner are not necessarily about Disney's "vision" or its "magic," two factors repeatedly cited by Roy Disney, they seem to be belated reactions to Disney's management style over the years, which included off-the-charts option grants to the CEO and a board seen to be hand picked by and extremely close to Eisner (see: "CEO For Life?").

It was expected after the success of the Wii that there would be belated follow-ups by Microsoft and Sony (we won't count the Sixaxis).

The sort of historical understanding Berlin sought to depict was 'related to moral and aesthetic analysis'.

Glowing takes on Campbell's genre-bending recording career are more common than they used to be, but they're belated.

If they do, America and the EU should renew the targeted sanctions against prominent people in the regime that they largely lifted earlier this year as a reward for Mr Mugabe's belated agreement to pave the way to the election by amending the constitution.

Recent promises by the mayor to insert 2,000 units of public housing are belated and vague, announced to appease detractors while not upsetting investors.

19 Our patient had an advanced tumor and diagnosis was belated due to the absence of hormonal excess symptoms.