It is past time for Europe s leaders to grasp the reality of the situation.

By the time the hole was cut, it was too late, they were gone.

Too little, too late.

Is it too late to prevent a showdown?

It is probably too late to save Greece.

Sami was rushed to the hospital but it was too late.

It may also be too late for Saudi Arabia.

It's too late.

By the time the German Bundestag decided, it could be too late.

It is too late to undo the bad forecasts and mistaken policies that have marked the aftermath of the financial crisis, but it is not too late to do better.

Concerned that cutting spending might lose him votes, Berlusconi is proposing a tax cut of less that 0.3 of GDP and one that is partly to be financed by other levies.

It is too late to create a democracy in Iraq.

It would be too late if one country takes the lead in introducing weapons into outer space, with other States following suit.

It is more than time for Europe to act.

But often it's too late and it's Stage III or IV cancer, for example.

There are those who say that the Syrian crisis could have been addressed two years ago, but that now is too late.

That s why Chinese authorities should move to greater flexibility now, and not wait until it is too late.

But it is a bit late for the ECB to describe debt restructuring as unthinkable.

It may be too late to avoid a recession in the advanced countries and a slowdown in emerging and low income countries.

It is time to stop the killing.

By the time such help actually arrives, it is often too late war has been re ignited.

The time has come to save capitalism from the capitalists.

It is high time for serious negotiations to begin.

But it may be too late for political compromise, and the Maliki government may not be capable of a broad non sectarian policy.

It may be too late to do anything about China s existing stock of US treasuries without causing a serious political and financial backlash. But China should at least stop increasing its holdings.

While it may be too late to avoid forgiving Greece s existing debt, Germany s next government will not have a mandate to provide more loans.

For Obama, Syria s fate simply does not seem urgent but when the decisive battle for Aleppo begins, it may be too late.

Second, the time for America to worry is now.

It is time for European democracies to make up their minds.

As for Al Jazeera's journalistic performance, it is past time that the station be judged by respected professional journalists, not by US or other officials with a policy axe to grind.

Can all this be done? The time is ripe to renew and redouble our efforts.

It is time to put the brakes on this runaway train before it is too late.

It s time find a way to circulate those front pages everywhere.

I am very sorry, he said to startled onlookers. I have come too late.

The time has come to realize that today s policies are counterproductive.

It is time for a greater balance to be established between the powers of the Security Council and those of the General Assembly.

By that time it was too late, as the leadership in both the US and Israel had changed and there was no interest to engage him.

It is time for Mexico to turn the page, but it must turn the right page.

It is time for us all to stop saying Never again .

Given the many divisions inside the Union, Europeans will probably muddle on, until a serious crisis forces them to act, by which point it could well be too late.

It s time for the rich countries to stop giving lectures to the poor, and instead to follow through on their own words.

The time has come for us to repay that debt by helping those in Cuba, whose dreams have already been deferred for too long.

It is time to replace the old cooperation agreement between the Union and China, dating from 1985.

It is high time to set a new course for multilateral arms control diplomacy and forge a new consensus.

It is time for a solution to the problem to be found. The solution can only be military, as the Council has often recalled.