So I agree to the interview - offered at very short notice - with some trepidation.

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The committee's report said "the decision was essentially financial" and "taken at very short notice, albeit with the full agreement of BBC top management".

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Apple forced Nokia into launching its app store, Ovi, at very short notice and Ovi was an unmitigated disaster when set alongside iTunes.

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That task fell to a UNESCO-funded Jordanian consultant, Khuzaima El-Jallad, who undertook a mission to Afghanistan at very short notice to ensure that the 8th March deadline could be met.

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