Sentence examples for expected put off from inspiring English sources

In June the British government, as expected, put off a decision to join the euro yet again, in effect for several years, in a further sign of its flagging confidence in the European economic system.

HEDGE FUNDS REVIEW Santander Said to Delay I.P.O. of British Unit | The British unit of Banco Santander of Spain is expected to put off its initial public offering in the country until early 2012, despite the assurances last month of the chief executive, Alfredo Saenz, who said that taking the unit public this year was "a priority," a person familiar with the matter told Dow Jones.

As a result, legislators this month are expected to put off a decision by temporarily extending 2016 spending levels into 2017 with a so-called continuing resolution (CR).

A day or two of lost sales is painful for stores in the holiday season, although many retailers and analysts expected consumers to put off holiday shopping until after the election.

But rebuilding housing, vital infrastructure, and other structures always takes longer than expected and residents put off returning or end up resettling elsewhere.

He said the district board's expected decision to put off deciding on the fire ring issue from its June 7 meeting to its July 5 meeting, at the earliest, will give communities the opportunity to look at pollution levels during the summer — peak time for bonfires.

While December is shaping up as a critical month, lobbyists and senior aides say they expect lawmakers to put off some decisions until next year.

And although one might expect composers to be put off by the time limitation (how much can be said in a minute?), several said that they relished the challenge.

The first time I turned on my Ubuntu-running smartphone a Galaxy Nexus—I wasn't quite sure what to expect, since I purposely put off reading the developer notes in order to simply play around with it and see what would happen.

However, the expected reactivation of Lionel Manuel was put off again.

The expected war in Iraq would put off discussion of it, he said.