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Discover LudwigThe phrase "delay it to" is a perfectly acceptable and usable phrase in written English.
Generally, it is used when one wants to suggest that something should be delayed or postponed until a certain time. For example, "Let's delay it to next month."
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Three Chinese American senators — Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) and Sen. Carol Liu (D-La Cañada Flintridge) — who had voted for the measure sent a public letter to its author, Sen. Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina), urging him to delay it to ensure that Asian Americans' concerns were heard.
Judge Byrne refused American BioScience's request to stay his order but said he would delay it to allow the drug maker time to seek a stay from the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Microsoft wants to be certain that the software, to be named SQL Server 2005, is a "quality release," and will delay it to issue a third test version in the second half of the year, said Tom Rizzo, product management director for SQL.
Mr Farage told the BBC: "I'm not against the recall of parliament, but we are told that they had to delay it to miss the Labour Party conference.
Americans are eligible to collect their Social Security retirement benefit starting at age 62 but can delay it to age 70 to obtain an increased benefit amount for life.
"The provisions [in the EIS] will certainly reduce contamination, and they may delay it to some extent, but they're not going to prevent it".
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I could have delayed it, to get fitter or secure more funding, but I might never have left.
Brzezinski and Scarborough were scheduled to start a vacation Thursday afternoon but delayed it to discuss the president's remarks.
It had been scheduled for release this fall, but Bono, left, and the rest of the band delayed it to continue working.
Then the commission planned to vote on the proposal in September, but delayed it to further bolster the cost-benefit section of the rule.
Furthermore, the local class-membership function of the MFNN can be computed in advance, rather than delaying it to the classification stage.
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