"delay" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

delay verbo

delay + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 81
delay action • delay one's departure • delay construction • delay one's plans • delay the release • delay the start • delay a decision • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 19
(4) plan, project, deployment
Kolokacji: 3
(6) payment, purchase, repayment
Kolokacji: 3
(7) implementation, enforcement
Kolokacji: 2
1. delay implementation = wprowadzenie opóźnienia delay implementation
  • It is unconscionable for the president to delay implementation of this project for political purposes.
  • Now, three years before the deadline to deliver on that promise, the Government has decided to delay implementation by one year.
  • But he said that, in general, he was "moving toward delaying implementation" of the plan.
  • It proposes that the new system become law, but asks Congress to delay implementation pending dry runs and more revision.
  • The strategy was to delay implementation while they transferred their work to the national level.
  • School administration was also decentralized, although opposition from teachers has delayed implementation of this reform.
  • Technical problems and funding issues delayed implementation of the project on a wider scale.
  • Public hearings are expected to delay implementation of any increase until the spring.
  • Concerns about the effect restrictions would have on employment figures also played a part in delaying implementation of the recommendations.
  • "We have only reluctantly taken this step of delaying implementation," he said on the Senate floor.
2. delay enforcement = wprowadzanie w życie opóźnienia delay enforcement
(12) time, puberty
Kolokacji: 2
(14) trip, journey
Kolokacji: 2
(15) matter, certification
Kolokacji: 2
(16) negotiation, debate
Kolokacji: 2
(18) ratification, disclosure
Kolokacji: 2
(19) repair, care, reconstruction
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + delay
Kolokacji: 15
want to delay • try to delay • decide to delay • keep delaying • consider delaying • ...
delay + preposición
Kolokacji: 28
delayed until • delay by • delayed for • delayed after • delayed in • ...
delay + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 38
further delay • delay no longer • delayed indefinitely • repeatedly delayed • significantly delayed • ...

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