The phrase "a delay occurs" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something is postponed or takes longer than expected.
Example: "In the event that a delay occurs, we will notify all stakeholders immediately."
Alternatives: "a delay happens" or "a delay takes place".
Indeed, when a delay occurs in the development schedule, the potential market share of the designed product can be drastically decreased.
From past research, due to the resistance of the human body, a delay occurs during training, it was known that would be difficult to realize the target motion [6].
As expected, a delay occurs before the protein concentration in the nucleus increases.
If this is not possible and a delay occurs, misclassification due to spontaneous recovery or to progression to a more advanced stage of disease may occur.
Identifying other drugs as the cause of diarrhea may be difficult when a delay occurs between the start of drug therapy and the onset of diarrhea (25 ) or when patients are taking many drugs concurrently.
Some of the secondary problems associated with LTNCs (e.g. ventilatory muscle weakness) can cause rapid deterioration if patients become ill and a delay occurs before treatment is instigated: "If you've got somebody who is on the brink, yes they don't need acute services but they could tip very easily.....You would need a quick response resource available to us" (ID2).
Where the shear displacement is small, a delay occurred in the time needed for substitutions in the upper and lower streams.
A delay occurred due to debates among Supreme Soviet deputies, who were also trying to stave off the opposition and democratic forces who wanted to close the Supreme Soviet down for good.
In seven patients (15%) from arm A and eight (17%) from arm B a delay occurred in administration of the treatment.
18 As such a delay occurred between application of the three instruments; moreover, the tools were applied by a different team of researchers.
In seven incidents in hospital care a delay occurred in the availability of care providers such as the first or second obstetrician, pediatrician, and the surgery unit team.
