This did not happen; Chaos and the band blamed a last-minute withdrawal of funding shortly prior to departure for the failure.

The fifth series was also meant to have 16 candidates, but went ahead with only 15 after a last-minute withdrawal.

Her last-minute withdrawals at Houston and Hilton Head were, she said, a function of her desire to return to the circuit rather than negligence.

Bishop Muzorewa's last-minute withdrawal drew more attention to his candidacy than he did during his six-week campaign.

However, there are always last-minute withdrawals; therefore, we have established an Invitational Wait List from which to fill these vacancies.

And for anyone familiar with Chinese art, their last-minute withdrawal hits hard.

All were asked about last-minute withdrawals.

Molgat won the contest on the first ballot, and it is likely that Smerchanski's last-minute withdrawal was arranged well in advance.

As the Bahamas were a last-minute withdrawal, the tournament structure was left unbalanced, with one pool larger than the other.