Sentence examples for pretext for delay from inspiring English sources
Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, looked set finally to approve the deal after a consultation on its impact on media plurality ends on July 8th, but politicians and others are urging him to reconsider or at least find a pretext for delay (the announcement now looks unlikely to come soon).
Some had hoped the Cambodian coup might provide a pretext for delaying expansion for all three applicants, thereby keeping the Myanmar junta waiting.
Moreover, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "has been a cause and a pretext for delaying democratic change," contended Ms. Khalaf Hunaidi, who was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents.
Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin said other nations have been far too slow to react to warnings of looming starvation it issued in December, and were using the war with Eritrea as a pretext for delaying aid.
As The Economist went to press, the most likely outcome seemed to be that questions about the Bank's procedures could be used as a pretext for a delay.
Local leaders put much of the blame on Kabila, whose government they accuse of collaborating with warring militias to further destabilize the region and create a pretext for election delays.
"This poses a serious challenge for our foreign policy, and it could be another pretext or justification for delaying Polish accession to the European Union".
They were demonstrating against a revision to the electoral code, which critics said was a pretext to delay the presidential vote.
