Sentence examples for excuse to delay from inspiring English sources

He said transport ministers had "used every excuse" to delay a public investigation.

Representative Lawlor, among others, dismissed such reasoning, calling it an excuse to delay.

"But now, with managed-care companies using every excuse to delay the adjudication, there is frustration".

No lawmaker has an excuse to delay or diminish the help Americans need now.

"They could use this as an excuse to delay a decision," Mr. Keahey said.

That would be a mistake, offering the false promise of reform while giving the governor and legislators an excuse to delay any real changes for years.

"So we are not sure that the tribunal will happen, even though the government has no more excuses to delay".

Suzan Harjo told me that museums have used similar disagreements as excuses to delay or prevent repatriation.

But I think defence lawyers are paid to look for excuses, and they're trying to find excuses to delay the execution, and it's just silly".

Let's recognize two facts about apologies at the outset: First, we are psychologically predisposed to find reasons (or excuses) to delay or avoid saying we're sorry.

But as a firm believer in the notion that work is redemptive (and "everybody is looking for redemption. For something"), an old sinner like Bosch could still find a million excuses to delay the day of reckoning.