How To Use Overdue In A Sentence
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The publicity coming out now is long overdue.
Times, Sunday Times
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The most raucous celebrations of an overdue renaissance are scheduled for the south of France next month.
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But I do have a mountain of overdue schoolwork to do
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The bubble burst late last year as the economy started sputtering, and now about 10 per cent of credit card debt is more than one month overdue in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
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That mediocre, built-on-the-cheap excuse for a bypass is overdue for an upgrade.
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Okay, that wage increase for home health workers was overdue.
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That's because I believe the GST is a long overdue, necessary part of fundamental reform of our patch-work-quilt system.
Challenges We Have Met and Challenges Ahead
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Sometimes for comic effect — loved how Santana's hilariously torchy "Trouty Mouth" ode to Sam was briefly trending on Twitter — but more frequently for overdue emotional payoff, because as Mr. Shue says, "The greatest songs are about hurt.
Matt's TV Week in Review
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But a tribute to this remarkable woman is long overdue, from me as a colleague and friend and as a spokesperson for the journal.
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The system is long overdue for a complete overhaul.
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A hardened approach to this problem is long overdue, but it must have teeth.
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Action on dwindling fish reserves is overdue.
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The prospect of yet more exploitative taxes to support reproducer indulgence means that a questioning of the bio-political privileging of natality is long overdue.
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Some would say that the tribute is overdue.
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Some time back in school mugging up on the re-instated Scottish system would perhaps help to instill in them a little overdue modesty as well.
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The Legislature has been considering an overdue pay raise for judges all year.
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It had been almost 10 years, so Barry was overdue for a visit.
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I enjoyed my three supposedly overdue weeks, and my instinct was always that my baby was thriving.
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In his pocket was precisely the room - rent for the following week, the advance payment of which was already three days overdue and clamorously demanded by the hard - faced landlady.
CHAPTER XVII
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I was 10 days overdue when the doctors decided to induce me.
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In due course, the drug worked and the amazing little baby even went a week overdue.
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The concerns often focus around debts that have not been defined by Funding Circle as having defaulted but where payment is long overdue.
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The system is long overdue for a complete overhaul.
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Again, in 1994 there was a large but concentrated shift among a certain subsegment of voters at the congressional level, a realignment that had been long overdue at that point.
Matthew Yglesias » People Hate Congress, Like Obama
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This Toronto-born singer/pianist is way overdue for the big time.
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The system is long overdue for a complete overhaul.
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There is not a quip nor a quillet from the slangy pen of the daily newspaper writers that she does not brood over and worry about as heartily as if it were an overdue mortgage on her pianoforte.
Eugene Field A Study In Heredity And Contradictions
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"Creating a network specifically for the LGBT community is something we've wanted to do for a long, long time, and it's an idea we feel is overdue," says the network's chairman.
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So perhaps now is not the time to disengage from North Asia, although pulling the US troops away is long overdue.
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The library books are overdue.
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There is a slight sting in the tale for borrowers of library books that are overdue, however.
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Bravo to Terry Teachout's long-overdue appreciation of Broadway orchestrators, or "arrangers" as we say in the Big Band biz (
Hi Ho, Let's Give a Hand to Thank The Lone Arranger
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A wind of change began blowing through the club earlier this year when members realised the premises were long overdue for refurbishment and the institution itself needed a fresher image.
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Back over a more suitable distance tomorrow, he can gain an overdue success in the hands of Tom Greenall.
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However, others will find that the historically grounded embellishments enliven the story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island lifesavers, a story that has been long overdue in its telling.
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The library called in all overdue books.
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He said the step was long overdue as the flats were in a poor condition because of the substandard material used by the engineers of the department.
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A debt-collection agency hired by the phone company to chase customers with overdue bills has been accused of using heavy handed techniques to recover money.
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A complete top-to-bottom independent institutional audit of the RCMP is more than overdue.
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I note that the bill itself is well over a year overdue, since the date of the Stockholm agreement, yet nowhere in the bill does it actually state what the exportation of those certain goods are.
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It is long overdue time to see some action where past governments failed.
The Sun
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After 50 missions, he was overdue for leave, but apparently hungered for combat.
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Most other cruel medieval practices have been stopped for a long time, and this was long overdue.
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If they are indeed as poor as Mr English and others would have us believe, then a media slaughtering of the other teams is long overdue.
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 After the battle, Supergirl gets a little overdue ‘me-time’ with her 30th century squeeze …
Hero History: Supergirl | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
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Our 11 o'clock drinking curfew is antiquated and overdue for reform.
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Wake up, get out of bed, remove your butt from that indented sofa cushion and take a long overdue vacation from ‘media land!’
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In addition, interest on overdue tax accrued indefinitely and not on a day-to-day basis even if it was so calculated.
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Make that overdue family visit.
The Sun
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I was filling my new spare time with some overdue house renovation: Rooms were stripped bare and littered with paint chips and fabric swatches, furniture stacked on end in my living room.
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Bermuda's taxi drivers haven't had a fare increase since 1997, making them long overdue for an inflation-linked one even in the absence of any improvement in service.
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Reform of the law is long overdue .
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The time is long overdue for them to end this pantomime.
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This victory is a huge milestone for the club, as it is their first ever title in any grade, and overdue reward for the years of effort and endeavour by a dedicated group of officials and players.
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Lenders first exclude ineligible assets, such as receivables that are more than 90 days overdue.
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Convincing the manager you deserve a refund and swaying the librarian to waive your overdue fees - these are blags, times when we use our tongues to make our lives easier.
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The councillors were unanimous in their agreement that new hospital facilities were long overdue in the town.
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The thing that I took away from that article, other than increased hope for the long overdue subnotebook from Apple is this:
MacBook Mini : #comments
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My library books are a week overdue.
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I am long overdue for a good romp between the sheets.
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Banks are now free to charge interest on overdue bills as they wish to.
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Now the former England Under-21 is hoping his goal and City's triumph will mark an overdue lift-off for both himself and the club.
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More fundamentally, the nascent threat of pharming re-emphasises the need to revamp DNS systems and domain registration that critics argue is long overdue.
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But there are also parts of the legislation, such as the disaggregation of performance data, which were long overdue and need to be embraced.
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Her baby is two weeks overdue.
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In the late 1860s Whitman received overdue recognition in America as the early reactions to his radical style began to fade.
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When he heard about this seemingly overdue admission by the trainer, Carberry grinned broadly.
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You can't punch an overdue mortgage payment.
Times, Sunday Times
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On the catwalk, they've teamed them with pencil skirts to complete a smart suit look that conveys better than anything the yearning for a long-overdue dose of ladylike elegance in fashion.
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That was the summer-reading-club theme once proposed by a group of blackhearted children's librarians in my Chicago Public Library days; I thought of it today when I saw on PUBYAC a query about "read for fines" programs, wherein children can work off their overdue book fines through time spent doing some sustained silent reading in the library.
Archive 2007-01-01
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Though it did not receive much publicity, it was a major achievement and long overdue.
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We are long overdue for a complete overhaul of the mathematics curriculum at all levels.
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The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.
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She welcomed the increase in maintenance grant, which was long overdue.
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You're intuitive and decisive so overdue changes roll into action and you get the family onside.
The Sun
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an overdue installment
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This change is long overdue.
The Sun
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It brought a long overdue end to an unhappy marriage.
The Sun
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The review is laudable and long overdue.
Times, Sunday Times
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But although people living nearby hailed the huge investment as long overdue, they have deep reservations about the plans for the new school to be built a few hundred metres from the old one.
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Loans that remain overdue for 91 days or more can be classified as substandard, while those overdue for a year to three years are classified as doubtful.
RBI Asks Banks to Set Aside More Funds Against Bad Loans
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So here are stills and posters from Ken Russell's 1972 film adaptation of Ede's book and the sculptor's portrait of poet Ezra Pound, champion of modernism and instigator of vorticism – a movement getting some overdue re-evaluation at Tate Britain in June.
This week's new exhibitions
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My library books are a week overdue.
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Currently housed in trailers and portables on the east side of the campus, the move will be a welcome and long overdue change according to contemporary arts faculty members.
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The system is long overdue for a complete overhaul.
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Their publication was long overdue and the format of the data makes it difficult for the public to decipher their meaning.
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All I'm saying is that we're 7 years overdue for skinny ties and narrow lapels.
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On obesity and prison reform she seems minded to apply the brakes when overdue progress was at last being made.
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The volume of epic tales is thought to be the most overdue library book in British history.
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Regardless, council agreed, making an effort to fight the problem is long overdue.
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The election of Dmitry Medvedev as Vladimir Putin's handpicked successor to be president of Russia provides an opportune moment to initiate a long-overdue review of America's strategy toward Russia.
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We're long overdue for something like that to happen.
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He wants desperately to be at the birth but the baby was four days overdue when he had to come to York for the UK event.
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The odour is growing ever-stronger, and the application of industrial-grade disinfectant is well overdue. posted by Dr. Dawg at 4: 36 PM
Archive 2009-07-01
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But for tonight, it's a long-overdue bedtime (as I didn't sleep well at all last night), and a putting of a generally crummy day behind me.
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It would stimulate overdue reform of hidebound institutions, whether regulatory bodies or royal colleges.
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Some would suggest that such a defensive-oriented grouping is long overdue.
Defense re-established in 2008 football Hall class
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I'll be returning those overdue library books sharpish.
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Another requirement in this context is that investors should not incur overdue liquid tax liabilities or a social security debt, including interest thereon.
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Despite the financial uncertainty at the club, a contract offer seems overdue.
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Many critics are saying troop withdrawal is already overdue.
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He says from now on they will not have to pay fines on their overdue library books, they cannot be arrested for being drunk and disorderly and they get free parking.
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Evaluating scouts - evaluating the entire process of scouting - is long overdue.
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She was born two weeks overdue at 10.08 am on January 29.
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It is long overdue time to see some action where past governments failed.
The Sun
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This simplification and rationalisation was long overdue.
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The most pathetic thing in the world is that the Tea Party has degenerated from a real populist movement (that was years overdue) to a group of racists and nutcases trying to protect the Republicans from accountability.
McConnell: There's a bailout fund in current Wall St. reform bill
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Health care reform is long overdue.
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The designation requires a change to legislation by the Ontario government, something Councillor Thompson said he believes is overdue.
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THE honours system is long overdue for a shake-up.
The Sun
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With members of Congress itching to gavel their lame duck session to a close, the biggest hurdle remains a catch-all spending bill that's now weeks overdue.
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The opening of any new playground or the development of designated play areas for children is long overdue and something to be welcomed wholeheartedly.
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Newspapers, overdue bills, grocery lists, and scraps paper filled the hollow space.
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An industry drive to make that tangled web more secure is long overdue, he says.
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Though it did not receive much publicity, it was a major achievement and long overdue.
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In addition, interest on overdue tax accrued indefinitely and not on a day-to-day basis even if it was so calculated.
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The international laws that served us in the aftermath of the Second World War are overdue for reform.
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It was thirteen years ago today that Lauren said: this baby is overdue, overdue, we might have to try castor oil now!
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We were long overdue a rapprochement and our mutual love of treading the hills seemed to offer a key.
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Within three hours the overdue rent was paid.
The Sun
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We picked up our Chinese takeaways and raced home in time for the arrival of the baby - who was overdue in the end anyway.
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Some would say that the tribute is overdue.
Times, Sunday Times
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3 Bruces In Exile (this permalink is WAY overdue - sorry guys)
Balloon Juice » 2002 » August
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We all agree that comprehensive refurbishment is long overdue.
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Part A is in default if Part B does not effect payment on receipt of a reminder sent by Part A that the invoiced amount is overdue.
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We welcome this announcement and think it's long overdue .
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It is long overdue time to see some action where past governments failed.
The Sun
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Legislative reform is long overdue.
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A shake-up in key leadership posts and waning popular support could prevent Mr. Putin's administration from carrying out overdue economic reforms or exercising fiscal discipline, some observers said.
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And on top of that, the economy itself was long overdue for a recovery almost regardless of what the government was going to do.
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Ironically, it has resulted in a hike in the overdue rate and the number of credit defaulters as many households with heavy debts failed to pay the increased interest.
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Who introduced a Bill - long overdue - to deal with the coal mining subsidence problem?
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For five days he toiled on at "Overdue," going nowhere, seeing nobody, and eating meagrely.
Chapter 40
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There has been talk for years of a major retrospective and this must now be considered long overdue.
Times, Sunday Times
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This is a terrifically fun, raw and guts-forward record that was way overdue for a larger audience.
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I'm about three weeks overdue for my monthly snuffles, I reckon.
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Restructuring or increased regulation of the industry might be overdue.
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The coordinating committee at that time predicted that the next revision would be a rewrite in 1997-8, so a new version is overdue.
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Some 80% of new registrants have told pollsters they will turn out on Election Day, but young voters in particular are notoriously distracted by such concerns as overdue term papers, bad weather, or good parties.
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The situation is placing an additional strain on the 20-year-old, whose baby is now one week overdue.
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The new guidelines suggest 'carving out' stearic acid from the saturated fats that should be restricted, and I think this is, if anything, overdue.
David Katz, M.D.: New Dietary Guidelines: A Physician's Perspective
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No more worrying about unpaid tax or overdue rent or the forms on the kitchen table for school trips costing hundreds of pounds we don't have.
Times, Sunday Times
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The package of measures was given an enthusiastic welcome from savers and investors, though they added that the move was long overdue.
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Proposals for resource allocation according to quality of teaching as well as research endeavour are undoubtedly overdue.
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Which means that the much-needed makeover is now another year overdue.
The Sun
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Any outside suggestion that reform was overdue was denounced as an assault on our sovereignty.
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Similarly overdue is a more general debate on the limits, or lack thereof, of political debate.
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Heavy pruning of the statute book is overdue.
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The book was long overdue and had lain untouched and unfinished since the poisoning.
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A national investment bank is long overdue, as is empowering the regions to push ahead with local shovel-ready projects.
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Besides this upgrade, the adjacent depressed suburbs also need a long-overdue, rejuvenation shot in the arm.
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This was in my report two years ago and action is now well overdue.
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We believe changes and modernisation is long overdue and it should be implemented jointly with the spirit of industrial relations, whereas Royal Mail want to impose changes and so-called modernisation by diktat.
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Fifteen years ago maybe they would have had the clout to start pushing digital reading devices something that's way, _way_ overdue, and not because it's a terrible idea at its root like the flying car, but they probably don't now.
Is Marvel’s Digital Library Good? | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
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To be sure, a popular work reappraising the issues associated with McCarthy is overdue, and a reappraisal of McCarthy himself is not to be despised.
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I, for one, believe numerology is long overdue for a revival.
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Mobile phone users now have only fifteen days, instead of thirty five, to clear overdue bills before they are disconnected.
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In april I received the one and only document I have received in three years from chevron the document stated I had an overdue payment due of $0.00 I called chevron, they told me to disregard letter.
Undefined
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Competition is overdue, but, unfortunately, unbundling downstream offers less comfort in a market where supply choices are narrowing upstream.
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This resignation was, I believe, widely expected and arguably long overdue.
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Janelle, who is just 5ft 1in tall, went into labour when the baby was 12 days overdue.
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Its militarism worried her, even though she later welcomed its long overdue reforms, such as the forty-hour work week.
ISAAC CAMPION
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The next election may also show that a political realignment is overdue.
Times, Sunday Times
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To dispatch the wrong past, and recover the right one, was part and parcel of the country's overdue arrival in the safe harbour of a modern democracy.
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The time is overdue for public outrage at the crimes being committed in the name of criminal justice.
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Reading Spellwright as a bibliophile is a real treat, and the focus on language, reading, writing and understanding as a wizardly trait is something that seems somewhat new, and honestly, something long overdue in the fantasy realm.
REVIEW: Spellwright by Blake Charlton
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Rachel couldn't wait for her second baby when she was eight days overdue, but little did she know that 30 minutes after having a bath she would be giving birth in the back of her partner's Ford Escort.
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A review of its billing system is long overdue.
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To dispatch the wrong past, and recover the right one, was part and parcel of the country's overdue arrival in the safe harbour of a modern democracy.
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Her 'nonreflecting' paint was overdue for renewal, and K. 15 could see her clearly.
Of Time and Stars
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Use endowment money to clear debts and overdue tax.
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The need for consideration of the issue of truth in public and parliamentary discourse within democracies has been long overdue for re-examination.
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Health care reform is long overdue.
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The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.
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There are library amnesties, where you can return overdue books without a fine.
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The most common type of case involved tenants asking for rent reductions due to overdue repairs, but complaints ranged from gaping holes in the walls and power failures to mushrooms and rats.
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The nuclear family paradigm is well overdue for an overhaul.
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All overdue accounts will incur interest of 2.5% per month.
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Armed with the kind of gristle only acquired through years of experience, Obits is the sound of Brooklyn sharpening its teeth once again, just in time for that long overdue bite in the arse those condo-dwelling hipsters - the ones who wouldn't know Hot Snakes from The Blues Magoos - mucking up the old neighborhoods are in dire need of.
JamBase
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Several of the major accounts appeared to be excessively overdue when compared with the total ledger aged debt statistics.
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Given that I have only 5 weeks of maternity leave, having the baby come even a week overdue could be a real drag.
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A 21st-century ballet shoe, with orthotic insoles and shock-absorbent toes, is long overdue.
Times, Sunday Times
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Serious consideration of this plan will require a searching exploration, arguably overdue, of the practical implications of alternative paradigms in the theory of economic growth.
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I was 10 days overdue when the doctors decided to induce me.
Times, Sunday Times
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Action on dwindling fish reserves is overdue.
Times, Sunday Times
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But when the masterpiece arrives, 37 years overdue, can it live up to its own myth?
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The move is long overdue and it's mostly belated good news for shareholders.
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It is long overdue time to see some action where past governments failed.
The Sun
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Really, this was one area that was long overdue and kept Ontario students from keeping on par with their interprovincial counterparts.
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Fortunately, the government has finally woken up to the situation and has announced a long overdue stocktaking of adoption agencies and a review of adoption procedures.
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We are long overdue for a complete overhaul of the mathematics curriculum at all levels.
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In any case, a loving, non-confrontational talk about your entire relationship is way overdue.
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Someday some hypermanic kid will produce a moronically maxed-out adventure odyssey that will spark the overdue rebellion among all the over-pressured SAT grinds, and us grumpy midlife critics will get to witness a new Kerouac, and the greatest pent-up young-life crisis in the history of the world.
10-3-07 The Found Generation
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His rent payment is overdue.
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The train to Central City had yet to arrive and was overdue.
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Watching his long overdue speech on healthcare tonight, I think maybe it's a race between the two of us to see who is the pokier.
Obama Tries On The Uniform
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Second, strengthen our national security by making major, long-overdue public investments in our infrastructure - schoolhouses, hospitals, roads and bridges, parks, etc.
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It underlines-and in this area underlining is long overdue-that Canada is not a unitary state.
Energy and Government
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Their publication was long overdue and the format of the data makes it difficult for the public to decipher their meaning.
Times, Sunday Times
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That long overdue functionality will then make it possible for us to recognize loyal Forbes.com users and reward them for what we call "desired behaviors" - how many staffers, contributors and topics they follow; how many times they visit Forbes.com during a month or a day; how many times their comments are "Called Out"; and much more.
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