Sentence examples for calling for a postponement from inspiring English sources

Officials in President Goodluck Jonathan's administration have been calling for a postponement.

The Scottish Football Association later joined its English counterpart in calling for a postponement.

The English and the Scottish associations were among those calling for a postponement of the vote, contending that more time is needed for an investigation, and for alternate presidential candidates to join the race.

Norimitsu Onishi (NYT) THE AMERICAS PERU: COMPUTER TESTS -- Election officials tested computers intended to assure a clean presidential runoff vote on Sunday, as sometimes violent street protests calling for a postponement of the vote continued.

By not calling for a postponement of the election, Uefa has effectively signalled that it will explore a plan B in case Platini is not able to clear his name by that date.

Though an outright cancellation of the program seems unlikely, a chorus of F-22 critics in and outside the Pentagon is calling for a postponement or cutbacks in the program, which has been plagued by production delays and cost overruns.

Why have some Iraqi leaders called for a postponement of the election?

After a Dutch parliament vote opposing the renewal of glyphosate's permit, the Netherlands called for a postponement of the EU-wide decision.

Critics of The Race, citing the potential danger of sending an ill-prepared fleet into harm's way, called for a postponement of anywhere from a month to a year.

Dr Ibrahima Fall, a presidential candidate and former UN assistant secretary general (under Kofi Annan), this week called for a postponement of the election, arguing that "the current situation will not allow a genuine poll".

After several diplomats came forward this week alleging that Mr Bolton had insulted them for holding differing views to him, support from Republican moderates on the Senate committee wavered, and Senator George Voinovich called for a postponement in the confirmation vote, asking for more time to study the nominee's past.