Sentence examples for an excuse to delay from inspiring English sources

Representative Lawlor, among others, dismissed such reasoning, calling it an excuse to delay.

No lawmaker has an excuse to delay or diminish the help Americans need now.

"They could use this as an excuse to delay a decision," Mr. Keahey said.

That would be a mistake, offering the false promise of reform while giving the governor and legislators an excuse to delay any real changes for years.

On the one hand, they suspect that Mr. Barak will use his political problems as an excuse to delay peace moves.

In a morning briefing for foreign reporters, Mr. Morsi warned the ruling military council against using the violence as an excuse to delay the elections, reflecting a widespread fear that the council is looking for a pretense to retain power.

When the IAEA's board meets later this month there is no longer any excuse to delay reporting Iran's rule-breaking to the Security Council.

"The macro backdrop gives them a good excuse to delay it".

Hard behind them was the realization that now, suddenly, I had no excuse to delay living a "normal" life, as a person without reason or inclination to ponder her genetic fate.

He said transport ministers had "used every excuse" to delay a public investigation.

"But now, with managed-care companies using every excuse to delay the adjudication, there is frustration".