Sentence examples for had long delayed from inspiring English sources

He is seizing on fears that the crisis will spread to push through the Civil Service and social security reforms that Congress had long delayed tackling.

But the company had long delayed the release of Office for iOS as the mobile ecosystem grew, hoping to use Office's market position as a way to draw users and businesses alike to the Microsoft Windows platform.

So far that has been little use in Britain, where legal battles have long delayed the auction of 4G frequencies.

Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, has long delayed making a decision, unnerved in part by strident opposition on his party's left.

But political wrangling over how to change an antiquated system has long delayed any potential solutions, and failed to remove the debris lining roads even in rural areas.

The full demarcation of indigenous lands was guaranteed under Brazil's 1988 constitution, but the government has long delayed completing the project.

She thinks that fostering a child might give her a sense of what it would be like to adopt, to inhabit the adulthood she has long delayed; her first glimpse of Velvet ripples with a new mother's immediate tenderness.

Such a system, supporters say, could reach more people, run more frequently than the Dinky and even ease a dispute that has long delayed the establishment of a university arts complex.

Tensions between different Christian denominations have long delayed urgently-needed repairs at the church.

It was first proposed in 2012 but protracted negotiations over headquarters, management and funding have long delayed the actual launch.

Germany's historic inflation fears and insistence on austerity have long delayed QE, despite pressure from France and other countries.