I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a delayed reaction (= a reaction that comes some time after an event )
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You’re suffering a delayed reaction to the accident.
a delaying tactic (= an action which gives you more time )
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His enemies believed that his sickness was just another delaying tactic.
a flight is delayed (= it is late leaving )
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Her flight was delayed and she arrived over an hour late.
cause (a) delay
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Bad weather caused delays at many airports.
delay sb's departure (= make it later )
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I decided to delay my departure by a few days.
delay the onset of sth
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An active and healthy lifestyle can delay the onset of disease in later life.
delaying tactic
long silence/pause/delay etc
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There was a long silence before anybody spoke.
undue delay
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The kick should be taken without undue delay .
unforeseen problems/difficulties/delays
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unforeseen delays in supplying the equipment
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
considerable
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Collection can involve a considerable time delay especially if exchange control regulations have to be satisfied.
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After a considerable delay and some confusion, he was told to wait.
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The main problem for this index is the considerable delay before publication.
further
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They were allowed to board without further delay .
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At the hearing, university officials agreed to register him without further delay .
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There can be no possible excuse for any further delay .
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However, Rodman said the state only agreed to the clean-up plan to avoid further delays .
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But further delay could be dangerous.
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A deputation of Confederates had come to demand that he and his men evacuate the fort without further delay .
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A further delay before I am on my feet and, in fact, it is now tomorrow.
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The doctor awoke an hour before he arrived and, calling for hot water, delivered the child without further delay .
lengthy
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Drivers faced lengthy delays on the sodden A4 between Newbury and Hungerford.
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That means long lines and lengthy delays at skycap stations and ticket counters.
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This restrictive covenant is often included in village or rural sites and can result in lengthy delays and extreme frustration.
long
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The longer the delay , the more difficult integration becomes.
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And finally, the bottom line, is the budget approved without long delay and nit-picking?
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Attendance at clinic is probably encouraged by avoiding long delays and making the visit worthwhile.
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The book lags in the middle, the pacing slowed by an overly long delay in getting to the murder scene.
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To wait until their children are in the secondary stage may seem a long time for delay .
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David Campos, the chief investigator, is troubled by the long delay .
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Eddie Browning says he's angry over long delays facing other prisoners seeking appeal hearings.
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When there is a long delay in starting treatment, the depression may be prolonged.
slight
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In the meantime, the slight delay would allow him to run down his quarry.
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The good news is that both are worth the slight delay .
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Despite the slight delay the audience gave the band a rousing welcome and were rewarded with two superb sets.
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There was a slight delay in the departure of her scheduled plane out of Dulles International.
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A slight delay as you skirt round it.
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Sometimes it is necessary to wait for an incoming aircraft which might cause a slight delay before you proceed to the resort.
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In fact, had the recognised procedure been followed, there might have been some slight additional delay .
undue
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Assuming no undue delays this means that telematics may be adopted in the next few weeks.
unnecessary
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This simply slows the flow of traffic and causes unnecessary and frustrating delays .
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The jackets had to go back to the sweatshop, making for an unnecessary and annoying delay .
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Optimal treatment of attacks can be life saving but suboptimal treatment or unnecessary delay in the provision of care can be fatal.
■ NOUN
line
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This is limited by the delay line chip, but signal levels of up to at least one volt r.m.s. can be accommodated.
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IC2 is used as the buffer stage in the active lowpass filter ahead of the delay line .
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This reverberation unit is based on a c.c.d. delay line that has been designed specifically for operation in reverberation circuits.
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The high-pass filter is unsuitable for use as a delay line because the delay in the pass band depends markedly on frequency.
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Many early computers were serial, since they were built round serial storage media such as delay lines .
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The best one is a digitally produced effect using a digital delay line having at least 16-bit resolution.
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The two-phase clock signal for the delay line is provided by a matching clock generator chip.
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This also generates a bias signal required by the delay line chip.
time
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This time delay can have safety and/or economic consequences hence the need to accelerate the experts' diagnosis and decision processes.
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Collection can involve a considerable time delay especially if exchange control regulations have to be satisfied.
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No time delay is associated with this method.
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If further steps are to be performed a time delay is needed before the next excitation change.
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By next year there will be no time delay between releases of software for the different architectures, promises Zander.
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There is a similar expression for the time delay from N to Venus.
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All the scores for the trials which involved the same time delay were totalled up.
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The mean number of letters recalled across the 12 subjects for each time delay was then calculated.
■ VERB
avoid
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Work must be programmed to avoid delay between tasks, and instructions issued promptly.
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However, Rodman said the state only agreed to the clean-up plan to avoid further delays .
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Attendance at clinic is probably encouraged by avoiding long delays and making the visit worthwhile.
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Hoping to avoid delays and embarrassing publicity, in July the council started quietly pressuring Pike to disengage from the venture.
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The purchaser should identify the need for an independent valuation as early as possible to avoid subsequent delay nearer completion.
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Fortunately, my passengers spot it and we avoid delays and costly repairs.
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This is less odd than it looks: it pays creditors to avoid the delays and legal costs of chapter 11.
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The system thus avoids the seemingly interminable delays that bedevil on-line services when they are used to transmit graphics.
cause
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One train broke down, causing a two-hour delay .
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Now that in itself would cause major delays .
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Fans were taken by bus from Portadown to Dundalk, causing delays of up to two hours in their journey.
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There also is a bug when searching by date that can cause delays in query time.
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This may cause some delay to processing orders in this period.
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However, many experts predict economic and financial obstacles will cause a delay of several years.
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It's been caused by a delay in the operation to move a bridge crossing the M4 near the Severn estuary.
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Auto accident cases inflate insurance premiums for every-one and cause endless delays in payments to the injured.
expect
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Traffic warning: Drivers can expect delays and congestion when the Gateshead viaduct is closed for six months for re-waterproofing.
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An appointment has been made for this morning, but there is expected to be a delay before results are known.
lead
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The political standoff led to a six-month delay in passing this year's budget.
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The correct size was ordered, but this led to a delay of three to four weeks.
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If either is unmanageable it will create stress and lead to mistakes and delays .
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The increase, he said, could lead to more delays at airports.
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To compound the problem, language barriers may lead to delays in evacuating buildings when fires break out.
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Under-resourcing over many years had led to inordinate delays .
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But he's a rare breed and the lack of retained firefighters is leading to worrying delays for Oxfordshire's fire service.
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It claims that the stringent tests applied to chemical additives would lead to unacceptable delays in the introduction of genetically-altered foods.
mean
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Might this mean years of delay ?
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It takes between 10 and 15 years to exhaust all appeals, and lack of defense attorneys can mean a two-year delay .
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And that can only mean more delays .
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If that means delay , so be it; prudent decision making takes time.
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The ruling could mean years of further delay .
reduce
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New trains have significantly reduced delays .
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It aims to provide information via the internet and e-mail to reduce delays to about five days.
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What steps has my right hon. Friend taken to reduce those delays ?
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This strategy has worked well for two years, reducing delays suffered by our passengers.
result
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Lack of awareness of late presentation of traumatic rupture of the diaphragm in children may result in a delay in diagnosis.
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This often results in delay - postponing the choice by finding an excuse or setting an unnecessarily long timescale.
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Are not consumers still being denied freedom of choice, resulting in delays in the introduction of more humane systems of husbandry?
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Rather than pay the bribes and suffer the losses resulting from delays , people took the risk of fines for disobeying the law.
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This restrictive covenant is often included in village or rural sites and can result in lengthy delays and extreme frustration.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After three months' delay , work finally began on the new building.
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Any delay in the production process is costly to a company.
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The strike is causing long delays at the airport
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There have been a lot of complaints about delays in issuing passports.
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We went to the court and asked for a delay to continue preparing our defense.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cleveland Police have apologised to 73-year-old Bessie Marron for the delay .
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Darlington Community Health Council yesterday discussed the problem of delays in reaching patients who live in the more remote areas of Teesdale.
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The reason for the delay became apparent in Angell and Pownall's report.
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There is a seven-second delay between transmission of the radio signal and when it can be heard on computer.
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This is done by deliberately putting delays into the circuitry.
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Voice over Nuclear Electric were making light of the delay and praised the way the mock emergency was being handled.
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Well, he'd see to that presently, after he'd explained the delay .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
because
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First-quarter results, which have been delayed because of the investigation, showed a profit, he added.
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New York trading of Loral shares is delayed because of an order imbalance.
further
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We were further delayed getting back on station by a detour for me to the south end of Duke Street.
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Its presence on the stage may be further delayed because it would involve restructuring society.
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Comas recovered, although he was further delayed by Damon Hill, to finish second ahead of Morbidelli.
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In Washington, President Carter was delighted that the Shah's arrival in the states would be further delayed .
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A conservative coalition of Democrat and Republican congressmen developed which could delay further reforms, and sometimes block them altogether.
long
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It was found that decisions about placements were often long delayed while efforts were made to solve the family's problems.
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Proof of the growing estrangement between the masses and their new rulers was not long delayed .
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I hope my next instalment will not be long delayed .
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Mungo found the work satisfying, though he was anxious not to delay long before investigating Vic's headquarters.
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The disgust had been long delayed .
seriously
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By establishing a paradigm for psychological investigation that lasted for some forty years, behaviourists seriously delayed the understanding of human cognition.
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If the walk was to take place, it could not be seriously delayed .
slightly
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These reflections take more round-about routes than the direct sounds, and are therefore delayed slightly relative to the direct sounds.
■ NOUN
action
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Their tough stance followed talks at Camp David in which Mr Bush agreed to delay action until the new year.
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The delaying action kept the case out of court and minimized bad publicity until after he won re-election.
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Indeed if a plaintiff delays his action unreasonably he may not even get his 2 percent.
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Was it fair to anybody to delay action which might hurt innocent investors?
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Majority Nationalist Party agreed to advance debate on the proposals after earlier saying they wanted to delay action .
announcement
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The Panel is not sympathetic to delay in making an announcement occasioned by an unsuccessful application for suspension.
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The idea of delaying announcement dates would soon hold no mirth at Bandley 3.
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But they are likely to delay formal announcements until mid-October.
arrival
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But that would be perfectly possible without delaying Mrs. Bidwell's arrival .
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Due to his delayed arrival , Chun himself escaped injury.
bill
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Present value: If you delay paying a bill , you can earn interest on the money in the meantime.
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This, Mr Bates said, would remove the financial incentive for businesses to delay payment of bills .
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On the facts the accused was not guilty if he intended merely to delay paying a hotel bill of £1,286.
days
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Release of the report was delayed two days by a severe winter storm.
decision
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Description and decision are delayed until an extended visual search is completed.
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Without sufficient information, a selection decision should be delayed until the book has appeared.
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Moreover, abortion as a method allowed decision making to be delayed until material circumstances could be assessed.
departure
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In the first place he had been in to his office and delayed their departure until after lunch.
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The other night, I delayed my departure by 15 minutes.
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In the case of a major delay on your homeward journey, we shall endeavour to delay your departure from your hotel.
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It will only delay my departure and do no good.
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Sam, without any hesitation had agreed knowing that to wait for the first available fireman would delay his train's departure .
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I got sick, as I so often had at times of unbearable tension, which delayed our departure for a month.
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It would mean delaying her own departure , when she wanted the break to be swift and clean.
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Telling him would mean more questions and delay her departure .
development
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In Grampian difficulties with the GPass computer system delayed the development of fundholding, and these problems are still being overcome.
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Their fantastic onslaughts undoubtedly delayed the development of the great civilizations that were their neighbours.
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Many people in organisations have the power to delay or distort developments .
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Some commissioners wanted to delay the development of performance standards until student testing has begun.
election
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This success was to be repeated, albeit less convincingly, eighteen months later when much-delayed legislative elections were held.
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What we do is to picture the current situation altered to the extent that Mrs Thatcher delays the election .
flight
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Pervez Musharraf, delayed his flight home because of a bomb threat.
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He said the airline was now working to clear the backlog, with the delayed flights expected to depart within 24 hours.
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He said the delayed flights will leave within 24 hours.
minutes
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New Jersey Transit trains were all delayed 15 minutes .
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The display was delayed for five minutes to allow the queues of cars to park.
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Our meeting was delayed for ten minutes .
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The Colchester players left the field while police and club stewards restored order, with play being delayed for about five minutes .
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Using the scoring method of Palmeri, good myocardial function was preserved until therapy was delayed beyond 180 minutes .
month
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The net result is that the lack of that information results in the application being delayed for many months .
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Paul Reichmann asked me to delay everything for two months and I agreed.
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If Labour win the election all road building and improvement schemes will be delayed by at least six months .
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This is usually about 18 days after infection, but it may be delayed for several months when arrested larval development occurs.
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Magistrates agreed to delay sentencing for three months so he could take the holiday.
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The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities.
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Mr Guerin was to have been sentenced yesterday but this has now been delayed by up to two months .
onset
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Fig. 6.8 shows how increased bucket size delays the onset of synonym occurrence in a well randomized file.
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They also delay sleep onset , increase the chances of waking after sleep onset occurs, and decrease total sleep time.
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Breastfeeding can delay the onset of menstruation for three years.
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Of course it makes sense to delay the onset of drug use among kids.
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It may delay the onset of Aids, even if only by a small amount.
plan
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That means we can delay putting plans in for the reservoir.
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The new discovery, of weakness in welded joints, may delay plans to reopen the plant's two reactors.
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Failure to account for the missing could complicate or delay plans to tow the vessel away.
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Further opt-out votes for other schools may soon be brought forward to delay the plans more.
process
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The congenital apathetic inefficiency bred by the regime as the best way of keeping people down had also delayed the demolition process .
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Finally, I delayed the committee process .
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Complex formatting will take up your time and delay the editorial process .
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The completion of the Single Market need not delay the process of enlarging the Community.
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It delays the process and, nomatterhow good the system, is always prone to quirks.
project
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Since that time bureaucratic foot-dragging and dare it be said? politics have continued to delay the project .
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Political opposition by Republicans in Congress delayed the project , however, and Triana lost its slot in the shuttle schedule.
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BCertain to delay the project is the so-called Armageddon lawsuit that South Pasadena plans to file.
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The field work had started in 1907 but the extremely complex geology and the war years had delayed the project .
start
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This would inevitably delay the start of its construction.
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Rain often delays the start of the growing cycle and can interfere with the harvest.
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Couples seem to be delaying the start of a family even though they then go on to complete it within the same time.
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In particular, it might be appropriate to delay the start of the course to September 1990, rather than 1989. 7.
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Organisers delayed the start to avoid that, but nine outside the top 15 finished among the points.
trial
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We could have delayed the trial until the tax business was settled.
vote
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Senators, however, delayed a vote until Thursday on a bill that would make sure the state is repaid.
week
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The flight began in July but was delayed for two weeks until early August following initial problems with take-off at high altitudes.
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Mainly because of Mr Pramual's opposition a much needed increase in interest rates was delayed until last week .
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Even her departure had been delayed for weeks for want of the funds necessary to fit out her ship and escort.
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While there Mozart attempted to arrange a concert, though his plans were delayed by one week .
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But then came the news his immigration application had been delayed a few weeks because he's a diabetic.
■ VERB
decide
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She decided to delay the moment, however, and increase her expectation by leaving the letter until later on.
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They decide to delay warning the public of dangers from airbags until a cooperative solution can be reached. 1992&038;.
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Occasionally it will be necessary to decide to refuse or delay access to certain items of information.
force
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Manager Alan Murray has been forced to delay team selection for tomorrow night's visit to the Midlands.
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Rodman had been waiting to sign the contract because of pneumonia that forced him to delay a team physical.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He decided to delay his departure until after he'd seen the Director.
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Our flight was delayed by bad weather.
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The opening of the new bridge may be delayed for several months.
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The plane's departure was delayed by mechanical problems.
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The police delayed making any announcement until the girl's relatives had been contacted.
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The President's visit had to be delayed because of security problems.
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This latest terrorist attack is bound to delay the peace talks even further.
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We cannot delay any longer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Full implementation was delayed until after the Companies Act 1989 had come into effect.
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Mr MacGregor said that he would delay introducing the scheme because of the demands made on teachers by other educational reforms.
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Present value: If you delay paying a bill, you can earn interest on the money in the meantime.
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Rodman had been waiting to sign the contract because of pneumonia that forced him to delay a team physical.
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Since that time bureaucratic foot-dragging and dare it be said? politics have continued to delay the project.