The phrase "a postponement and the" is not correct and does not form a complete thought in written English.
It may be used in contexts where you are listing items or discussing multiple subjects, but it requires additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "We discussed a postponement and the need for further planning in our meeting."
Alternatives: "a delay and the" or "a deferral and the".
Morocco had feared that fans and players from west Africa might spread the Ebola virus but after a marathon meeting of Caf in Cairo this week officials rejected their request for a postponement and expelled them from the competition.
But word of the impending ban seemed to have spread through every hill and dale in the foothills of the Poconos, so the neighboring towns in New Jersey and New York -fearful that Milford's one million trucks a year would begin rumbling through their communities - obtained a postponement and re-evaluation of the Route 209 ban.
In any event, it's best to look at this latest development as merely a postponement and not an outright killing of the plan.
The South China Morning Post, based in Hong Kong, said the date was a "surprise postponement" and attributed the decision to the party's desire to punish a top former official, Bo Xilai, before the meeting convened.
Evidently, this study does not give an answer to what causes this postponement and the related downward adjustment.
And despite the EU and the US calling for a postponement, the president has insisted the elections will go ahead.
Earlier still, if I had insisted on better bowel preps before my first abdominal surgery, or a postponement, maybe the stents and infection and the allergic reaction to antibiotics would never have happened.
Because of the catch, and a postponement in Boston, the Yankees extended their lead to five games in the American League East.
The rationale for such a step has until now been to win backing for a postponement from the public and from Mr Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, as well as from bureaucrats.
The result was a retention of the status quo, and a postponement of the resolution of the Free Silver issue.
