Sentence examples for postponement rather than from inspiring English sources

But when the National Electoral Council, dominated by inexperienced Chavez supporters, proved unable to provide the ballot information needed for new computerized voting machines, Mr. Chavez reluctantly urged a postponement rather than running the risk of seeing the legitimacy of his expected landslide victory tarnished.

In a later study the findings suggested that laypersons were able to discriminate between levels of osteoporosis intervention effectiveness when it was presented in terms of hip fracture postponement rather than NNT [ 14].

Our study identified that parents tended to delay, rather than refuse vaccination, and that when parents resist vaccination, clinicians often do not directly address their concerns, contributing to the postponement of vaccination.

Hence, the reversal of the sequence of marriage and birth may be the result of the postponement of marriage rather than couples rejecting it altogether.

If the postponement of a final examination is occasioned by a conflict or by a crowded examination schedule, and if one of the examinations involved carries the published examination group number 0, the residential college dean must postpone that examination rather than an examination governed by a regular examination group number.

And Obama and his appointees in the justice department may come to see some sort of a legal reckoning, rather than indefinite postponement, as the only politically viable way forward.

As a result, postponement has been more pronounced in larger rather than in smaller settlements.

But by referring to the concerns of "scientists and technicians," he appeared to be indicating that the reasons for any postponement were technical or related to the weather rather than political.

I don't see why three to four months postponement to allow us to survive can't be worked on, rather than closing us down completely," he said.

But many observers said the postponement was actually a sign that Mr Jega was sticking to his standards, rather than simply pushing through a chaotic poll.

He declared that he was being tried for his political convictions rather than for any real crime or misdemeanor and requested a one-month postponement to prepare a defense.