Sentence examples for moves to delay from inspiring English sources

Mike Farrar, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, criticised moves to delay closures that were essential to improve efficiency and safety.

The Alliance of Small Island States, which represents some of the countries most at risk from global warming, called moves to delay a new treaty "reckless and irresponsible".

The new, second consultation is thought to be necessary to help the government defeat any legal moves to delay or outlaw plain packaging by tobacco firms, which fear it will damage their profits.

But there were two concerns to wish away: that Ted Cruz, or another unhinged Senator, would use parliamentary moves to delay a vote until it was too late to avoid all-out default, and that House Republicans would just scream and say never.

The invisible attacks from Chinese hackers will further intensify Sino-Australian tensions, sparked by Canberra’s moves to delay and oppose mutibillion-dollar Chinese investment proposals in Australia’s resources sector.

On Sunday morning, the league made the rare move to delay the game, citing public safety.

"The government's proposed delay of the tax is a cynical election move to delay the operation of the tax until after the election.

Democrats moved to delay a committee vote on John Ashcroft's nomination to be attorney general, signaling hardening opposition to the appointment.

Ms. Johansson said she expected that more countries would move to delay retirement age, and noted that some countries were considering indexing that number to life expectancy.

Consumer groups and retailers have generally supported the limit on debit fees and opposed the move to delay the new rules.

See articleAt the apparent behest of President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's parliament moved to delay local elections that had been due in April.