Sentence examples for delay held from inspiring English sources

But on many mornings a sick passenger or a construction delay held the subway up, and N-Dia's overall attendance was falling.

The bad weather that was spreading around the north east also got into the Philadelphia Area - after Josue Martinez converted for his first goal of the night in the 5th, a good 45 minute delay held up the match in the 1st half.

After an initial rain delay held up the game, a second downpour finished the match, with Australia 13 runs short by the Duckworth Lewis method.

There's a significant part of the electorate that's still going to view him in a negative light". The political landscape has also shifted since DeLay held sway, Jones noted.

Piazza said he wanted to rejoin the Mets as soon as possible to help them win games, but his delay holds off their plans for the future, which is their real focus for the rest of the season.

And it may or may not reflect on the society that one of its more versatile verbs was "kalu," which in different contexts can mean detain, delay, hold back, keep in custody, interrupt and so forth.

When the New York State Board of Regents voted last week to delay holding all students to higher standards for at least two more years, they portrayed it as a simple "mid-course correction" that was to be expected.

David Cameron has sought to exploit Labour divisions over the £31bn nuclear weapons programme and is expected to delay holding a parliamentary vote on renewing Trident nuclear weapons programme until after a referendum on Britain's EU membership.

Jeremy Corbyn had demanded a "vote of no confidence in the prime minister" at about 6pm after May told MPs she would delay holding the Brexit vote – originally pulled last week – to the week of 14 January.

There is a growing expectation among MPs that Downing Street will try to delay holding the next meaningful vote because of concerns that May would have to resign if she lost it for a third time.

That delay holds up the potential ascension of Pat Grassley, an Iowa state representative and Grassley's grandson, who the senator had been pushing to get the soon-to-be-vacant top agriculture post in the Hawkeye State.