Sentence examples for delayed ratification from inspiring English sources

In Spain and Italy, elections delayed ratification.

In the past, Russia has delayed ratification of similar reforms for several years.

But opposition from nationalist, conservative and Catholic factions in the Philippines congress, which intensified after a shootout in MILF territory in January last year in which 44 policemen died, has delayed ratification of key legislation known as the Bangsamoro basic law.

Moreover, Democratic lawmakers have delayed ratification of a free-trade agreement with Panama for three years, in part because of concerns about bank secrecy.Such pressure proved to be too much for Ricardo Martinelli, a conservative supermarket magnate who was elected as Panama's president last year.

For the next two years, until early February 1821, Spain delayed ratification of the treaty, using it as leverage to prevent the United States from formally recognizing one of the rebellious Spanish colonies as an independent nation.

Even now, Parliament is delaying ratification of the government's decision.

The Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose party holds a clear majority in the Parliament, has threatened to delay ratification of the deal until Armenia cedes these territories.

Her prosecution has darkened relations with the West, particularly the European Union, which has vowed to delay ratification of an association and free trade agreement with Ukraine — one of Mr. Yanukovich's major policy goals — until she is released from prison.

In Washington, policy analysts have cited partisan motives for delaying ratification, to prevent Mr. Obama from scoring a political victory before Congressional elections or to leverage the vote to get more money for the national laboratories that maintain the nuclear arsenal.

The European Union already has vowed to delay ratification of an association and free trade agreement with Ukraine — one of Mr. Yanukovich's major policy goals — until Ms. Tymoshenko is released from prison.

This may further delay ratification even if Irish voters say yes.Both sides claimed vindication from a report by a group of European experts into the causes of last year's war between Russia and Georgia.