The phrase "a delay of three weeks" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing a postponement or extension of time for an event, task, or project.
Example: "Due to unforeseen circumstances, there will be a delay of three weeks in the project timeline."
Alternatives: "a three-week postponement" or "a three-week setback."
So a delay of five weeks or more in paying the credit is an atrocious design fault.
Fighters supported by British and US special forces resumed their assault on Islamic State's final redoubts yesterday after a delay of two weeks for negotiations that failed.
Last week, he gathered 62 votes, including five Republicans, to confirm Harold Koh as legal adviser to the State Department, after a delay of six weeks.
First comes its monetary policy decision, a week later its quarterly inflation report, and with a delay of two weeks the minutes of its monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting.
So, too, are two distinguished economics journalists: Sir Samuel Brittan of the Financial Times and Peter Jay, economics editor of the BBC.Minutes of the committee's monthly meeting will be published after a delay of six weeks.
The latest beheading video came out five days after being trailed, while an earlier film entitled Ubat al-Daym (Refusers of Injustice) was officially released with a delay of two weeks.
Mary accompanied her husband on a rough sea crossing back to the Netherlands later that month, after a delay of two weeks caused by bad weather.
Mexican migration official, Raul Vera, had previously said that both Couch and his mother had filed injunctions to delay their return to the US, and that a judge had up to 72 hours to consider their case, with a delay of two weeks possible. .
After a delay of six weeks, when the majority of Committee members voted on Sept. 21 to confirm Bryza, Boxer and Menendez had no choice but to place a "hold," in order to block the ratification of his nomination by the full Senate.
