"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
  • The agreement yesterday is only a procedural delay and does not address the substance of either trade dispute.
  • Because of procedural delays and money shortages, the search is expected to drag on for another two years.
  • This would add new levels of bureaucracy, procedural delay and red tape.
  • After several procedural delays, their trial began in late May 2005.
  • So, all procedural delays work against my clients and in favor of anyone who files a claim, whether justified or not.
  • With the many witnesses and procedural delays, it did not end until mid-1981.
  • Instead there have been weeks of procedural delays in beginning the trial, which seems unlikely to start before Dec. 27.
  • In this way the cost will be recovered in seven years, including procedural delay.
  • A similar bill was killed in the Senate in 1990 as a result of procedural delays.
  • Ambiguities and unnecessary procedural delays often occur in this area as well.
3. legal delay = prawne opóźnienie legal delay
(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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