Sentence examples for effort to delay a from inspiring English sources

[C1.] BUYING TIME In an effort to delay a proxy fight with Microsoft, Yahoo is considering a plan to postpone its annual meeting.

The mayor and the schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, also noted that the language used by dissenting members and the order of points made in support of the delay were often identical, suggesting that a coordinated effort to delay a vote was underway, two aides to the mayor said.

Last year, he led an effort to delay a global database treaty that many scientists feared would hurt their access to information.

In an effort to delay a proxy fight from Microsoft, Yahoo! said Wednesday that it has pushed back the deadline for nominating new board directors from March 14 until a future date, likely to be 10 days after it announces the date of its next annual meeting.

They were adopted after a final showdown by two 9-to-5 votes along party lines, after Democrats' and moderate Republicans' efforts to delay a final vote failed.

But New Jersey legislators, responding a newfound sensitivity because of grievous errors committed in the death penalty system and concerns over costs of the appeals process, are re-examininge the law in an effort to delay any future executions for at least a year and a half.

Many believe that Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister, given his opposition to every peace treaty Israel has ever signed, is fanning the flames of unrest in an effort to delay indefinitely a return to negotiations.

DeVos herself held investments in such companies, and her Department of Education has staffed up with for-profit college executives, Meanwhile DeVos was slapped by a California federal judge, who ruled that her Department's effort to delay addressing a defrauded student's claim for loan relief was "both frivolous and in bad faith".

It's common for employers to drag out or obstruct the unionization process, often in an effort to delay or quash a first union contract.

President Obama called President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority on Thursday in an effort to delay the vote or offer a compromise, at what administration officials called a critical moment in the Middle East.

Labour has said it will not join any collective effort to delay or block an article 50 bill, and shadow chancellor John McDonnell has described Brexit as an "opportunity".