Sentence examples for acting slowly from inspiring English sources

Cameron has faced criticism in the past for acting slowly.

In agonisingly slow conditions, the 2015 decider is going very much to form with extra pressure coming from, as Williams put it, "thinking quickly but acting slowly".

Dennehy's family accused Bliss and his staff of acting slowly when Dennehy failed to show up for classes on June 16.

No one would argue that Mr. Bernanke has been perfect; he made miscalculations and mistakes — missing the housing bubble and acting slowly to shore up lax regulation — before and during the deepest financial crisis since the Great Depression.

Judge Boggs accused Chief Judge Boyce F. Martin Jr. of acting slowly in circulating an unusual request by the plaintiffs who challenged the admissions program to have the entire court hear the case immediately instead of awaiting the decision of a three-judge panel, which is the usual practice.

Still, on Wednesday no one was taking any chances; better to risk alarming the general population by responding urgently and forcefully with officials in hazmat gear than prompt fresh doubts about the competence of authorities by downplaying the drama, acting slowly and not wearing any protective clothes at all.

The W.H.O. has acknowledged acting too slowly.

They are saying: 'Why are the Americans acting so slowly?

But the international community is still acting too slowly, and meanwhile the killing continues.

Labour criticised the government for acting too slowly to address the shortages.

Mr. Miller was criticized for acting too slowly when accusations against Mr. Jennings first emerged.