Sentence examples for delay the contract from inspiring English sources

The company's formal complaint, he said, was a way to force the corporation to delay the contract and hold out hope that Allscripts could still get it, "as they scramble to get private-equity firms to take them over".

And if any payment was delayed, the contract stipulated, Mr. Icahn would owe Mr. Ackman a hefty amount of interest.

That decision, coupled with a recent Parks Department appeal, has so delayed the contract bidding process that Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn and Queens will probably miss the entire spring tree-planting season, Mr. Benepe said.

Labour had also urged the government to delay the signing of the contract so that MPs could examine it.

Speaking from his Caribbean island Necker, Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson said he wanted to delay the signing of the contract so their "major questions" about the deal can be answered.

Labour urges the government to delay signing the contract with FirstGroup until parliament reconvenes so the matter can be debated in the Commons.

After failing to persuade the Transport Secretary Justine Greening to delay signing the contract until it can be scrutinised by Parliament Virgin said it would launch a legal bid to overturn the decision entirely.

Louise Ellman, who chairs the House of Commons transport committee, has written to Transport Secretary Justine Greening asking her to delay signing the contract.

Labour's Louise Ellman, who chairs the House of Commons transport committee, has also written to Ms Greening asking her to delay signing the contract.

The House approved legislation Tuesday that would terminate the contracts and delay the launch for 18 months.

The spacewalks have delayed the first contracted cargo mission of aerospace firm Orbital Sciences' unmanned Cygnus spacecraft, which was scheduled to launch toward the orbiting lab on Thursday (Dec. 19).