Sentence examples for ordered to delay from inspiring English sources
It was on January 16 , 1942 then, that Ramsey, who had been ordered to delay the advancing Japanese troops, led the last horse-mounted cavalry charge in the history of the U.S. Army.
The force, nicknamed Task Force Smith for its commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Smith, was lightly armed and ordered to delay the advance of North Korean forces while the rest of the 24th Infantry Division moved into South Korea.
Akinaga had been ordered to delay the Australian advance between the Hongorai and the Hari for as long as possible, and with these orders in mind he had installed a number of strong points along the Australian's expected line of advance.
(Hughes denies that he gave orders to delay or cancel the Andreessen story).
She applied for a court order to delay the burial, arguing that police needed time to investigate.
Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin have fled the state in order to delay a vote on the issue.
"The next step would be an executive order to delay or weaken fast track," Mr. Tittel said.
However, the MoD denied that the documents were being withheld in order to delay the publication of their contents.
In practice, opponents of whaling have dragged out talks on such a system in order to delay a resumption indefinitely.
Mr. Mladic's family and lawyers, he said, are exaggerating his health problems in order to delay extradition.
Some even skipped doses of their existing medications, in order to delay the date on which they would need to pay to refill their prescription.
