Sentence examples for postponed before from inspiring English sources

A cabinet meeting scheduled for Tuesday morning was repeatedly postponed before being canceled moments before Mr. Putin's televised decree.

For example, the home opener of the New York Yankees against the Minnesota Twins was postponed before the arrival of a single snowflake.

But a legal argument to be raised by one of the other nine defendants could see the trial postponed before the frail former president is due to be smuggled in via a side-door to avoid the cameras.

If there's a couple of games postponed before the split, can you get the season finished?

B12 The Arts EMMY AWARDS POSTPONED, AGAIN -- The 53rd annual Emmy Awards ceremony was postponed, hours before the nationally televised show was to start.

Lincoln McIlravy at 152 pounds and the heavyweight Kerry McCoy won their first matches. AP) SAILING: RACES POSTPONED The medal-deciding races in the Europe and Laser dinghy classes were postponed minutes before the start today because of shifting winds.

The vote had already been postponed once before.

After Sept. 11, the Emmys were postponed twice before finally being held.

0/5 Freezing fuel duty Having been postponed once before, fuel duty is due to rise by 3p per litre in January.

A much-anticipated audit of the Federal Housing Administration was abruptly postponed just before it was supposed to be made public, after questions arose about its accuracy.

The rematch had already been postponed twice before this latest setback, with injuries forcing Chagaev to pull out of meetings in May and July 2008.