"the cause of delay" is correct and can be used in written English.
An example sentence might be: "The cause of delay was an unexpected problem with the computer system."
A news release from the exchange said the cause of delay was "an internal systems issue and not the result of any outside influence".
Through the discussions about queueing delay, we have explained the cause of delay in a simple queueing system.
As there was marginal improvement we tried to assess the cause of delay, even though this was not an original aim of our study.
Although developmental delay in children with SCD has been documented in several studies, the cause of delay is not clear.
To the contrary, there were multiple opportunities when a diagnosis could have been but was not made, suggesting provider factors (clinical inertia) as the cause of delay.
In the case of 2 surviving and 3 deceased women, the unavailability of the operating theatre was the cause of delay.
But critics say airlines have been suffering collective amnesia about the cause of delays since the court ruling.
While the cause of delays was beyond anyone's control, it is clear the crowd management at the station failed.
A relatively high dose of radiation (66 Gy) and unstable occlusion were thought to be the cause of delayed healing.
We get Barbara Boxer telling airlines when they must taxi back to the terminal and let passengers get off a plane whose takeoff has been delayed, though the cause of delays is usually the ATC system.
Conversely, it has also been reported that socioeconomic status [11], maternal diet [12], and hypoxia are not responsible for the cause of delayed skeletal growth.
