"delay" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Impatient at the delay occasioned by this running about, Bonaparte, without saying anything to me, ordered the bell to be altered so that it should ring within the cabinet; and exactly above my table.
- However, owing to a delay occasioned by the difficulty in selecting a neutral third commissioner, Clifford never assumed his duties.
- Hood sailed on to Basseterre but the delay occasioned in capturing Espion gave de Grasse time to get out to sea.
- The case eventually came to trial in September 1979, following months of delay occasioned by a fierce rear-guard action by the Church of Scientology's lawyers.
- It was within his means to kick or blast the lock, but either way meant noise, and the delay occasioned by a hidden chain or dead bolt could be fatal.
- However the project was completed 2 weeks ahead of a revised schedule in 1975, despite delays occasioned by a nation steel shortage.
- I'm sorry; we had a last-minute delay occasioned by another issue, not this one.
- After a 35-minute delay occasioned by the misplacing of some of the orchestral parts, the work's 15-minute Prologue was performed, followed by another 20-minute wait, during which the music was found.
- This condition was met swiftly, and following a delay occasioned by World War I, the Legislature in 1919 appropriated $200,000 for buildings and equipment.
- Measurement of the impact takes advantage of the delay occasioned by the reality that there are insufficient resources to implement everywhere at the same time.
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