After all, Big Soda spent $10 million trying to defeat the vote, and dangled another $10 million as a gift to fund Philadelphia's pre-K program for an entire year merely to try delaying the vote on this measure.
There was a profound change in roles here: a network trying to delay broadcasting a live event, more or less TiVo-ing its own content.
Starbucks in 2005 is a growth stock trying to delay the transition to being a value stock after thirteen years of high returns.
Recognizing this fact, Federalists pushed for an immediate vote, putting Breckinridge in the position of trying to delay a vote on a measure both he and his constituents supported.
To really get to know a person, try to delay sexual intimacy as long as possible so you'll be able to make the best objective decision on whether or not this will be a good relationship for the both of you.
Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez, who heads the Justice Department's civil rights division, wrote in a Jan . 17letter to Popolizio that MCSO appeared to be trying to delay a reform meeting by imposing "unworkable preconditions, including a prodigious discovery request containing 106 different demands for information".
Understanding the causes and consequences of these changes is a crucial step when trying to delay the cognitive decline, which comes with age, or to design strategies to fight neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.
Each side accuses the other of trying to delay a Housing Court trial on a lawsuit filed by the tenants to force repairs.
Senator Pat Roberts, Republican of Kansas, said that, far from trying to delay a confirmation hearing, Republicans had wanted a forum where Dr. Berwick could explain his views.
Now, the league fears that Kessler is trying to delay a final settlement.
Tony Blair was criticised in 2006 for trying to delay a ceasefire to halt Israel's invasion of Lebanon.
