Example sentences of "[be] delayed for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in the provisions for extension of time , an extension may be given if the works are delayed for any reason beyond the control of the contractor ( a clause of much wider scope , incidentally , than in other JCT contracts ) , and the contractor is not required to provide information to assist the supervising officer in making an extension . |
| 2 | Since the rate of repayment is reviewed only once annually , quite often the effect of mortgage rate rises has been delayed for some months , allowing the borrower to prepare for the increased cost . |
| 3 | Many developments have been delayed for years pending completion of new or improvements to existing sewage works . |
| 4 | Some of the consequences were outlined in a study released on the eve of the conference by Arthur Andersen Petroleum Services which claimed that 20 per cent of future UK projects had been delayed for more than a year by the cash flow situation and other uncertainties . |
| 5 | Even her departure had been delayed for weeks for want of the funds necessary to fit out her ship and escort . |
| 6 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 7 | Following the elections to the Basque parliament on Oct. 28 , 1990 , the formation of a new regional government had been delayed for three months due to the breakdown of talks between the two parties which had made up the previous governing coalition — the Basque Nationalist Party ( PNV ) , which had emerged as the largest single party , with 22 seats , and the Basque Socialist Party ( PSE-PSOE ) which had been beaten into second place . |
| 8 | Reintroduction of the Law on entry to and exit from the USSR had been delayed for almost 18 months in committee since its first reading . |
| 9 | It had long been a controversial issue and its approval had been delayed for years because of worries about the environmental consequences and the cost of the project . |
| 10 | Their arrival had been delayed for a fortnight after Gen. Farah Aydid claimed on July 7 that an aircraft with UN markings bringing food aid had also carried from Nairobi military equipment and counterfeit money for his rival , Somalia 's transitional President , Ali Mahdi Mohammed . |
| 11 | Erm , I think the scheme has been delayed for quite a long , well , I mean obviously it 's important to get this scheme off the ground and when people , and I 've had lots of phone calls and discussions about this , and when people have spoken to me I said , it 's important to bear in mind two things . |
| 12 | Now er sure the programme has been delayed for all the reasons I I 've mentioned . |
| 13 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
| 14 | CONTROVERSIAL plans to redevelop a dilapidated shopping arcade in a town centre have been delayed for at least a year . |
| 15 | He called a meeting of senior Cabinet members and energy ministers in an attempt to get agreement on the proposed white paper on energy , which has been delayed for more than two months . |
| 16 | Return of regular periods and fertility may be delayed for eight to ten months . |
| 17 | If you are over retirement age , disabled , or sick , disconnection can be delayed for 14 days or more ( 21 days in the case of gas ) if you inform the fuel boards that you are contacting the Department of Social Security ( D.S.S. ) or Social Services for help . |
| 18 | Films had to be delayed for shortage of money , and some cheques bounced . |
| 19 | Moreover she had the real comfort of knowing that her community appreciated what she was doing ; more , her life excited such admiration that after her death the interment had to be delayed for some days for fear of riots . |
| 20 | ‘ I have an arrangement to print thousands more , ’ he says , adding , ‘ I hear the HMSO edition will be delayed for another six weeks . ’ |
| 21 | Should your flight be delayed for more than two hours after the scheduled departure time , Enterprise will provide the following : |
| 22 | First , we were informed that the train would be delayed for two minutes — it was another 10 minutes before we got going . |
| 23 | Many widows like to stay in the home of a family member for a few days or weeks afterwards , but if she is going to return to her own home at some time , this should not be delayed for too long . |
| 24 | A verdict of guilty required the sentence to be delayed for twenty-four hours . |
| 25 | Impairment of warmth and rigid or anxious mothering styles also occur during the acute illness , and improvement may be delayed for up to one year , depending on the premorbid social adjustment . |
| 26 | With great reluctance , Reagan bowed to pressure from his advisers and compromised the Kemp-Roth principle somewhat by agreeing that the first cut should be delayed for a few months and reduced to 5 per cent in the first year with 10 per cent cuts in years two and three . |
| 27 | Repayments can be delayed for up to four years until the project yields a return , but thereafter they are normally due in six-monthly instalments . |
| 28 | There was such disruption at the entrance to Olympia that the start of the meeting had to be delayed for half an hour . |
| 29 | This increase in greenhouse gases is expected to eventually force global temperatures to rise by 2 to 5 °C , although the full amount of warming will be delayed for a few decades because of oceanic thermal inertia . |
| 30 | Other sales which were planned but would be delayed for various reasons were those of Coalcorp , the former state coal mining operation ; Landcorp , which administered government buildings and land ; and Electricorp , which operated the power stations and the national grid . |