Sentence examples for delay to act from inspiring English sources

Delay to act is deadly, as each year smoking claims 5.4 million lives (41, 42).

"When there is a big piece of legislation that draws lots fear and concern and opposition from significant players, that can cause members to delay or stall or wait to act until the end, or find less controversial ways of dealing with it or passing it," said Sandy Kress, an architect of Bush administration education policy who is now an Austin lobbyist.

Both the last government and the current one have tried to wriggle off the hook and to delay their legal obligation to act on the Hirst judgment.

So I urge members of Congress to act without delay".

It again urged Congress to act without delay.

Charities and lobby groups were near-unanimous in calling on the government to act without delay.

"That need to act without delay is often best met when C.I.A. has developed its own capabilities to lawfully acquire necessary foreign intelligence information," the official said.

Mr. McCain's experience with the more than six-month delay in 1993 led him to act much faster this time.

In a stark illustration of just how critical it is to act without delay, Typhoon Koppu made landfall over Aurora province in the northern Philippines on 18 October, unleashing winds of up to 210kph.

It was also in the big things: in August , 1995 after two years of discussion and delay, the Clinton Administration decided to act against Serbian aggression in Bosnia, and led a successful NATO bombing campaign.

The union's assistant general secretary, Gail Cartmail, said: "Given the importance of the NHS and the fierce debate taking place in the UK over the European Union, you would expect the EU commissioner for trade to act without delay to allay our concerns over the impact of TTIP on the NHS.