The phrase "a minor delay in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small or insignificant postponement in a process or event.
Example: "We are experiencing a minor delay in the delivery of the project due to unforeseen circumstances."
Alternatives: "a slight hold-up in" or "a small setback in".
Geoff Petrie, the Kings' president for basketball operations, said in a statement that the surgery would be a minor delay in Bibby's season.
Although the president agreed to a minor delay in his major address on the economy and jobs, the implicit message will be the same.
This is welcome and it is to be hoped that such an instruction will extend to all sites we may wish to inspect in the future, regardless of location, character and timing.... Criticism has been voiced by the Iraqi side regarding some inspections: The inspection of a presidential site took place without problems -- after a minor delay in access.
However, for the studies processed and for our simulations, a minor delay in the acquisition start time proved to be somewhat forgiving see the Appendix section for details.
It is perhaps likely that overcrowding affects multiple steps of a complex process, such as activation of emergent treatment of acute STEMI with PCI, and that a minor delay in many of the steps may have a cumulative effect in the overall time to complete the process.
The PKCε-null platelets showed a minor delay in the onset of aggregation and a minor reduction in dense granule secretion to concentrations of thrombin (0.03 units/ml) and PAR4 peptide (100 µM) that induces near maximal aggregation in litter-matched control platelets (Fig 5A and not shown).
Unpublished data from our experience confirm that delays in calling an MET are associated with increased in-hospital mortality and that even a minor delay has a substantial effect on outcome.
Not really, but in the subway a light bulb is never merely a light bulb, just as a minor delay is never minor when four million people daily are involved.
While it has been shown that escape mutations in proviral DNA can lag a few months vs the circulating virus, in this cross-sectional study of chronically infected subjects most escape mutations should already have occurred and any minor delays in escape rates would not be expected to effect the results given the stability of viral loads during chronic infection.
It's the first minor delay in a genuinely impressive ascent.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Thursday announced another minor delay in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, saying that the insurance marketplaces for small businesses would be fully open for enrollment a month later than it had planned.
