Sentence examples for managed to delay from inspiring English sources

For more than a decade, he managed to delay.

It managed to delay, but not stop, the operation.

We managed to delay our return to Rome long enough to squeeze in a return visit.

Police managed to delay his transportation to a hospital, and two days later he died.

Even then, local opposition managed to delay its passage into law for another two years.

Davis managed to delay passing of the bill and, in the process, became a national celebrity.

They manage to delay gratification on their climb to the top, which also teaches lessons in dealing with people, both superiors and subordinates, from diverse backgrounds.

Even if he only manages to delay a sale to News Corp, he will at least have distracted Hughes from getting on with the running of DirecTV, which has been losing market share.For Mr Murdoch, the timing could scarcely be worse.

The lawsuits, which challenge the stadium on environmental grounds, could succeed in thwarting the plan even if they are thrown out of court, if they manage to delay construction for a significant period.

Even as the government of occupied Bulgaria signed sinister compromises with the Nazis (including a pact allowing its Jewish citizens living in other occupied countries to be sent to death camps), Bulgarians, Christian and Muslim, rose up to protest the persecution, somehow managing to delay the deportation of Jews long enough for the war to come to an end.

Sceptics insist this is not ahead of schedule, but acknowledge that the new oil will more than offset declines elsewhere, especially if the Saudis manage to delay the retirement of old fields.Therefore, the main cause for concern today lies with a force that even the Saudis may not be able to reckon with: terrorism.