Sentence examples for efforts to delay from inspiring English sources

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.

Syria and Lebanon were behind efforts to delay the Arab foreign ministers' meeting today.

At home all efforts to delay retirement age are, unsurprisingly, unpopular.

We fell out of love, despite arduous efforts to delay our tumble.

Perhaps most surprising were Mr. Hickel's efforts to delay approval of the trans-Alaska pipeline.

Earlier this week, the Democrat-controlled state legislature rejected Republican efforts to delay the election certification (and thereby the inauguration).

Judge Nowlin called the civil action "an extremely tardy effort to delay the execution".

Mr. Samore has been coordinating the effort to delay and ultimately derail Iran's nuclear program.

"It seems like every day there is a new effort to delay something some how, some way," said Mr. Coffey.

"It's disappointing that there wasn't more effort to delay and see if there was an opportunity to run.

The program was at the heart of a concerted effort to delay or destroy the Iranian Natanz nuclear fuel facility.