Sentence examples for request for a postponement from inspiring English sources

The court date was a mere formality — a request for a postponement.

The court date was a mere formality a request for a postponement.

He said Mr. Gardiner and his wife, Eunice, 73, had readily acquiesced to the state's request for a postponement.

The judge overseeing the company's bankruptcy granted Tower's request for a postponement in light of objections to the deal.

Mr. Sarbanes agreed to Mr. Gramm's request for a postponement, Mr. Jacobs said, so the committee would have time to sort through the amendments.

The immigration judge, Eugene Pugliesi, denied the request for a postponement, which Mr. Fernandez said was clearly an attempt by the agency to defy Judge Bissell's order.

Her request for an indefinite postponement is now unlikely to be granted.

The plant has had less than two years of operating time since then, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted Con Ed's request for a year's postponement of an inspection scheduled for June 1999.

District judge Douglas Yau dismissed the prosecution's claim that the request for the postponement was a delaying tactic.

I am dispirited by the shrill chorus of voices publicly condemning New York Theater Workshop for its decision to request a postponement of the production of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" for a relatively brief period.

Israel's mission to the United Nations in Geneva informally notified the Human Rights Council this month that it wanted to delay its participation but did not follow up with a formal request for postponement, creating uncertainty about its intentions.