Sentence examples for delay has held from inspiring English sources

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A name check delay has held up his citizenship petition for two years.

The delay has held up payment from the $1.25 billion settlement reached with Swiss banks by Jewish groups in 1998.

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In the United States, the Delta Queen Steamboat Company had hoped to begin service on the scenic Columbia River with the new Columbia Queen in April, but construction delays have held up the riverboat.

On Tuesday Network Rail said congestion caused by earlier delays had held up Southern and Thameslink services to and from London Bridge by 30 minutes.

Other evidence of the long design pipeline for phones comes from BlackBerry, where the new Z10 and Q10 touchscreen phones have been in progress for more than two years, with delays to the BB10 software having held up their introduction by at least a year.

The team delayed a decision until they had held talks with the Frenchman to reassure themselves he would reduce the number of errors he made in 2012.

First, House Republicans voted to sue President Obama for using executive authority to delay implementation of the health care law they've held over 50 votes to repeal.

Snowden, speaking with a delay of several seconds on the same screen that had held the movie, laughed and averred.

However, in the next breath she lamented the legal delays that have held up the permitting of Cape Wind, the controversial windfarm project off the scenic coast of Cape Cod.

A shortage of personnel at the Department of Social Welfare, inefficient systems and delays in funding have held up the LEAP payments, threatening to force Ms. Abukari and her grandchildren to return to their old 'soup' recipe.

But delay has followed delay.

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