Sentence examples for delay the attack from inspiring English sources

Barak told his fellow cabinet ministers that he feared a repeat of the 2006 war, and thought it would be better to delay the attack on Al Kibar.

Not knowing what had become of Lovell, Price reluctantly concluded it better to delay the attack on the town until the next morning.

But Mr. Clinton, they said, had decided to delay the attack until today so that more American warplanes and ships could be in place near Iraq.

UN diplomats, backed by Britain and the US, have spent days pressing the UAE and Saudi Arabia to delay the attack, with an estimated 8.4 million people in Yemen facing pre-famine conditions.

United Nations diplomats, backed by Britain and the US, spent days pressing the UAE and Saudi Arabia to delay the attack, but were rebuffed by Gulf states who were convinced the assault would not be as bloody as aid agencies predicted.

John pleads with Ashdown to delay the attack, but Ashdown refuses and relieves John of his command.

This overlooks the possibility, even very small, that preventative therapy may delay the attacks after treatment.

Thick fog delayed the attack by several hours, Ugandan officials said, and they lost the element of surprise.

But weather delayed the attack initially planned and gave Germany's high command an opportunity to revise it, so that what eventually occurred was a feint in Belgium and a massive attack through the Ardennes that took the French completely by surprise.

Tides in the Harlem River prevented some troops from landing and delayed the attack.

Delaying the attack until then would avoid giving "any ammunition" to their political opponents, Stein said.