"delay" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

delay sustantivo

sustantivo + delay
Kolokacji: 36
Tom Delay • rain delay • time delay • Mr. Delay • Welfare reform bill delay • Representative Delay of Texas • flight delay • ...
delay + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 4
delay time • delay line • delay tactic • delay period
delay + verbo
Kolokacji: 53
delay causes • delay means • Welfare delay blocks • delay gives • delay makes • delay results • delay occurs • ...
(2) mean, say, reflect, suggest
Kolokacji: 4
(3) block, prevent, stem
Kolokacji: 3
1. Welfare delay blocks = Bloki opóźnienia darmowe Welfare delay blocks
2. delay prevents = opóźnienie staje na przeszkodzie delay prevents
3. delay stems = opóźnienie bierze się delay stems
  • Some program officials said they thought the delays in closing on the grants stemmed not from bottlenecks in the system, but from homeowners' uncertainty about rebuilding.
  • According to The New York Times, the delay stemmed from computer bugs in the program.
  • The I.M.F.'s delay may also stem from a change in leadership.
  • The first delays had stemmed from previous court battles over the defendant's mental state.
  • Rice's delay in being elected to the Hall of Fame stemmed in part from more current statistical analysis of player performance.
  • He said the delay stemmed from miscommunication among staff members about which rules would prevail, those for the test or those for regular operation.
  • The delays stemmed from the start of a project to replace the crumbling ramp that connects the Gowanus to the Prospect Expressway.
  • The delays stem in part from its attempt to improve its processing by adopting a computer scanning system to speed the input of information.
  • To hear the White House tell it, the delay stems largely from European doubts.
  • But Lukyanov said delays in establishing cooperative efforts stem from the two sides giving different weight to different aspects of the Afghanistan campaign.
(8) put, postpone, stall
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + delay
Kolokacji: 37
cause delays • avoid delays • reduce delays • experience delays • lead to delays • face delays • launch Africa delay • ...
adjetivo + delay
Kolokacji: 105
long delay • far delay • significant delay • developmental delay • short delay • lengthy delay • slight delay • considerable delay • ...
preposición + delay
Kolokacji: 21
without delay • of delays • with delays • to delays • in delays • ...

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