The phrase "action was delayed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where a planned action or event did not occur as scheduled or was postponed.
Example: "Due to unforeseen circumstances, the action was delayed, causing a ripple effect on the project timeline."
Alternatives: "the action was postponed" or "the action was held up."
The Interior Department's action was delayed by the need for multiple approvals from agencies ranging from the Secret Service to the General Services Administration, officials said.
Updated, 8 p.m. | The City Council had scheduled a 3 30 p.m. vote on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's plan to charge drivers to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street, but action was delayed into the evening.
However, they have never faced sanction by regulators and any further action was delayed after the government announced that the Financial Services Authority, which started the inquiry, would close and hand over to its two successors.
In December, Jeffrey Freimark, Grand Union's chief executive, said the deal would be finalized by mid-January, but action was delayed while the transaction was reviewed by the Federal Trade Commission.
After that, however, the administration had to deal with the fallout from the financial crisis and the housing collapse, and significant antitrust action was delayed until the second half of the administration's first term, said Stacey Anne Mahoney, a partner at Bingham McCutchen in New York.
When the evacuation finally became effective, the ramp cleared quickly.116 But prompt action was delayed by communication problems.
For every 10 years this action is delayed, the most likely temperature rise increases by 0.5C.
If action is delayed until there is unmistakable evidence, it most likely will be too late to prevent large numbers of infections and deaths.
The legal action is delayed for now, but because the Cooper Lane house would be worth a sizable amount on the open market — probably a great deal more than Stolmeier owes — it makes more financial sense for the lender to foreclose than to accept an unfavorable change in payment terms.
In this method, either the "on" or the "off" action is delayed until a prescribed limit set point is reached, either ascending or descending.
Fibrinolysis activity is however difficult to evaluate as it has a delayed activity after clot formation, is initiated and regulated after fibrin generation, and conversely to clotting, its action is delayed (long lag phase) and slow, before being dramatically amplified leading to rapid clot dissolution.
