Sentence examples for demand a postponement from inspiring English sources

At the last minute, however, officials of the company decided to demand a postponement of action in order to prevent the serious rioting which promised to follow.

So was the English FA – supported by Scotland, but not Wales or either Northern Ireland – right in 2011 to demand a postponement of the presidential election now Blatter's opponent had been forced to withdraw?

For months the State Department has been pressed by human-rights groups and international election monitors who say that the United States and other foreign governments should demand a postponement of the election, given the climate of fear that now exists among the Cambodian Government's political opponents.

Though elections for a new Parliament are set for April, the opposition is demanding a postponement.

On Tuesday, City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr. accused the mayor of mismanagement and demanded a postponement of Friday's vote by the city's Industrial Development Agency.

In discussions over electoral conditions, the opposition drew a line in the sand, demanding a neutral electoral tribunal, a postponement of the balloting until October, and the presence of international observers.

The BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok says there is a sense that there is weight behind the protesters' demands, with the head of the army also urging a postponement.

Republicans may demand the postponement of Obamacare in exchange for a debt-ceiling hike.

The 14 demands, he said, include a timetable for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq; a postponement of any decision about creating autonomous federal regions; more action on releasing innocent detainees from Iraqi and American prisons; and a tough stand against Kurdish demands to repatriate Kurds to Kirkuk, an oil-producing city in the north.

Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt of Belgium refused demands for a fuel tax rebate for the trucking industry, offering instead reductions in taxes on truckers' insurance and a postponement on paying next year's road taxes.

But a postponement appears unlikely.