Example sentences of "an [num ord] hour " in BNC.

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1 An eleventh hour injury to Brown brought Haffey into direct competition with an England forward line at the height of its form .
2 BBC Enterprises has again thrown open the TV listings debate by lodging an eleventh hour appeal to the High Court .
3 Some couples see their wedding photography as an eleventh hour item , or an area in which economies can be made , but poor blurred photographs or the wrong shots can prove a constant disappointment so it is wise to invest time and effort to ensure your photos remain a source of pleasure and joy .
4 Elsewhere around the country Dorset side West Hants more or less sealed the Area 8 title with an eleventh hour 2–1 away win over Team Excel — which required a final doubles rubber tie-break to separate the sides .
5 South Korea made an eleventh hour concession on Aug. 12 by suggesting that the North might be permitted to select only those whom it wished to receive from the 61,000 names on the list .
6 Advising fans to sit tight for an eleventh hour opportunity to snap up tickets , Mr Mullan said he was ‘ reasonably confident ’ that a few hundred tickets would be sent back to Derry from other county boards unable to use them .
7 An 11th hour compromise has kept London 's hopes of staging the 2000 Olympics alive .
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