"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 • ...
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 23
(9) major, procedural, legal
Kolokacji: 3
1. major delay = główne opóźnienie major delay
2. procedural delay = formalne opóźnienie procedural delay
3. legal delay = prawne opóźnienie legal delay
  • But because of legal delays, Nassau lags behind smaller counties in group homes.
  • If there are legal or regulatory delays, most analysts predict that they will last no more than a few months.
  • Proponents of the plan said that her move could also snare the plan in legal delays.
  • The Westway project finally collapsed in 1986 because of legal, environmental and regulatory delays.
  • A long series of legal and other delays kept any restoration work from beginning.
  • Without legal delays, most abortions are done at a very early stage.
  • There was, of course, the usual legal delay before the proceedings actually came to court.
  • "Every legal delay gives yet another suicide bomber the opportunity to infiltrate Israel," he said.
  • Stadium issues and legal delays have delayed the start of play for the Ottawa franchise until 2014 at the earliest.
  • He had fought a series of legal delays through the courts for 13 months to avoid paying the banks.
(10) unforeseen, unexpected
Kolokacji: 2
(13) frequent, average, usual
Kolokacji: 3
(14) constant, continual
Kolokacji: 2
(17) minimal, minimum
Kolokacji: 2
(18) inevitable, unavoidable, fatal
Kolokacji: 3
(19) unexplained, inexplicable
Kolokacji: 2
(21) similar, variable
Kolokacji: 2
(22) widespread, total
Kolokacji: 2
(23) annoying, irritating
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + delay
Kolokacji: 21
without delay • of delays • with delays • to delays • in delays • ...

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