Sentence examples for Check delays from inspiring English sources

The high demand comes as officials pursue a "very aggressive" construction schedule to make sure the pool meets its scheduled summer 2011 opening after design changes and plan check delays slowed the process.

Just a bunch of people getting directions, checking on train delays and paying electric bills.

A name check delay has held up his citizenship petition for two years.

Then the check-reading machines won't be able to read the check, delaying the processing time.

Air travel has become increasingly annoying and enervating: delayed flights, more restrictive rules on the size of carry-ons (anything bigger than a wallet may force a gate check), delayed or lost luggage, long check-in lines, etc.

Finnair and Lufthansa allow passengers to check for delays and change their reservations with Web-enabled telephones.

So travelers can now view a plane in midflight, check airport delays or gate changes on sites like Flightstats.com but not necessarily on the airlines own sites, even though the information comes from the carriers.

At-your-fingertip maps, online booking services and apps to check flight delays have made the nuts and bolts of travelling easier than ever.

But some cases drag on much longer because of background-check delays or because applications are misplaced, or notices are mailed to stateside addresses after an applicant has been deployed, causing appointments to be missed.

Last week I read a stress-inducing story in the Times about appalling passport-check delays at Milan airport; three days later, I walked through those selfsame passport gates with only a brief and courteous check.

Customs staff from Luton, Manchester and Stansted were also being brought into Heathrow to help out, she said, meaning those three airports were now suffering from passport checking delays themselves.