Sentence examples for delayed meaning from inspiring English sources

Eleven deepwater gulf projects operated by major companies like Shell, Chevron and BP that were supposed to begin operating over the next year have been delayed, meaning that 400,000 fewer barrels of oil will be produced in 2015 than originally anticipated, said Leta K. Smith, director of exploration and production trends at IHS-CERA, an energy consulting firm.

However, it did admit that around 1.5percentt of messages were severely delayed, meaning for longer than two hours.

And even if you could get programming from those networks, most of it was on-demand and delayed, meaning users couldn't watch shows at the same time as those who were watching on cable.

"D" Company was further delayed, meaning that several LCAs struck antitank mines attached to beach obstacles; only 49 "D" Company soldiers reached the beach.

One early bill is the opaquely named Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act, which would delay (meaning torpedo) two new E.P.A. rules limiting toxic mercury emissions and smog-forming pollutants from power plants.

Over long sentences keep the reader on edge, delaying meaning and creating more points than can be comprehended in one go.

Long-distance services are officially classified as late after a 10-minute delay, meaning the regulator will rank Southern as running the most late services.

But now NBC has said it is going to end "tape delay", meaning that US supporters will be able to watch live.

Unions said they believed some board members knew of the likely delay, meaning the board's approval – by 10 votes to seven – should be overturned.

But Cole said that the foreign-focused surveillance orders – orders that have included Americans' communications "incidentally" collected and subject to usage restrictions – are subject to a six-month delay, meaning tech firms' periodic transparency reports may publish information on the National Security Letters and Fisa orders they receive, but not covering the same period.

But the government has insisted on a 40-second audio delay, meaning censors can just switch the sound off if something happens that they don't want the public to hear – like for example if Mr. Mohammed mentions that he was water-boarded 183 times in one month.