Sentence examples for request for delay from inspiring English sources

But as Mr. McCain said yesterday, every request for delay is really a request for time to kill the bill.

The request for delay won an unexpectedly large amount of support, mostly from Republicans, but was defeated, 146 to 285.

REQUEST FOR DELAY IN BONDS HEARING Federal prosecutors are asking for a two-month postponement of Barry Bonds's next court date.

MR. BOUCHER: My response, first of all, is that strikes me as a request for delay and prevarication rather than any serious request.

QUESTION: Richard, when you just responded to the question about the Taliban asking for information, you said, "It strikes me as a request for delay and prevarication". What exactly do you think the Taliban is lying about?

But the environmental impact statement appears to allow the plant at any of the four sites, so the consortium scheduled an announcement about its intentions for Tuesday, despite a request for delay from the Energy Department. "We don't see any practical or legal reason to delay," said Laura Sheehan, a spokeswoman for the alliance.

Two military judges granted Obama's request for delays in their cases.

Two military judges granted Obama's request for delays in other cases.

There is a constant setup cost of creating a new connection to a customer's site and a specific cost per request for delaying its service that depends on the severity of the request.

"The families would of course expect that in the event the provision is invoked, that the courts exercise their inherent authority to assure good faith negotiations are in fact taking place and that the courts not simply rubber stamp executive branch requests for delay in resolution of their claims," said Allan Gerson, who is part of a team representing many of the Sept. 11 families.

Students who wish to delay graduation to complete a minor, a double major, or simultaneous degrees must request approval for delay of graduation before what would normally be their final two semesters.