Example sentences of "[verb] for the delay " in BNC.
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| 1 | Franco Ferrero wishes to apologize for the delay in sending out his Kayak & Mountain brochure but by now it should be on the way to all who requested it . |
| 2 | But on the other hand I 'm pleased the reasons they 've given for the delay are the points we 've been raising with them over the last two years . |
| 3 | ( Postwar austerity was blamed for the delay and the same reason caused the projected 1953 ‘ coronation pie ’ to be abandoned . ) |
| 4 | I do apologize for the delay . |
| 5 | He was very apologetic , and looked as if he might be taken away and hanged for the delay . |
| 6 | I apologise for the delay in response — we had to track down which university you were at ! |
| 7 | I apologise for the delay in replying , but I have only just got to the bottom of my ‘ in tray ’ after months of chasing deadlines ! |
| 8 | I apologise for the delay in replying to you . |
| 9 | I apologise for the delay in replying . |
| 10 | I apologise for the delay in replying to you . |
| 11 | They apologise for the delay . |
| 12 | I apologise for the delay in arriving . |
| 13 | Clearly , much had been going on behind the scenes , probably accounting for the delay referred to earlier . |
| 14 | I must apologise for the delay in responding . |
| 15 | While waiting for these elements to become commercially viable partly accounts for the delay , IBM also has reason to be cautious about allowing its mainframe customers to run existing transaction processing applications on smaller — and far cheaper — RS/6000s . |
| 16 | The unit accepted it was its fault and has apologised for the delay , ’ he said . |
| 17 | More corrugated iron and concrete and an army sign : ‘ We apologize for the delay Please do not blame us Blame the Terrorists ’ , with another smaller one beside it : ‘ Please take your little home with you ’ . |
| 18 | Pressed to account for the delay , an embarrassed local official explained that the project was lagging because too few construction workers could pass the drug test required of all job seekers . |
| 19 | Meredith apologised for the delay . |
| 20 | This afternoon the Government and the Department of Transport apologised for the delay . |
| 21 | In such cases the court will , when giving reasons for striking out and after hearing the parties ' representatives if they wish , indicate who in its view is to blame for the delay , thus assisting the process of professional disciplinary sanctions and the pursuit of compensation by litigants . |