Sentence examples for orders to postpone from inspiring English sources

Preparations for the offensive were, however, far from perfect; on 8 November, Stavka issued orders to postpone the launch date of the operation, because transportation delays had prevented many units from being able to move into place.

He responded he would do so only if the fog lifted; although the 51st Army opened its artillery barrage on time because front headquarters could not contact the division, the rest of the forces prepared for the operation received orders to postpone the attack until 10 00.

Love is... intellectualising your feelings in order to postpone feeling them.

Whether we should avoid carbs, fat, chicken or eggs in order to postpone that demise is not so clear cut.

Some of his opponents fear he may be trying to provoke another crisis with China, perhaps in order to postpone next year's election so that he can stay in office.Certainly, the ruling party's popularity is far from guaranteed.

GP There is a moment deep into a boxing match when a tired opponent may choose to "hug" their opponent, hanging on to them for dear life in order to postpone the inevitable.

Mr. Howard has balked over Labor's demand for an amendment to penalize drug companies that file spurious patent claims in order to postpone the adoption of generic drugs.

But none of them are issues where raising taxes today in order to postpone public sector reforms till tomorrow seems likely to bear much fruit for future generations — especially since that postponement will lead, inexorably, to tax increases that hit a much larger population than just the richest 1 percent.

American Airlines reported Monday that it will defer the delivery of 54 aircraft, in order to postpone capital spending and allow the airline more flexibility in its restructuring.

Strain gages were used to evaluate the loading profile in real-sea working conditions and different suggestions were made in order to postpone and prevent crack nucleation and propagation.

One of the main tasks of the bentonite is to reduce and delay water flow from the host rock in order to postpone a contact of water with the waste canisters as long as possible.