Deadlines
- We can’t meet the deadline until our client approves X.
- We won’t be able to meet the deadline due to several issues concerning our application for the building permit.
- The building authorities have not approved our application, so we will not be able to make the deadline.
- We could still make the deadline if you submit the documents by Monday morning.
- We are not able to meet the deadline; could we ask for a two-week extension?
- The deadline is fast approaching. Could you give us a status report/an update on the project?
- By not completing the work by Thursday, this prevents us from meeting the deadline. (passive sentence, less direct)
- If he does not complete the work by Friday, we are going to miss the deadline.
- The deadline is too tight. Is there any way we could extend it for two days?
- We are really behind schedule; I am going to request a week’s extension.