Sentence examples for told to delay from inspiring English sources

The general said he never was told to delay his troop request because of political concerns in Washington.

Filers using Form 8863, used to claim two higher education credits, had been told to delay filing while the I.R.S. updated its systems to process the forms.

Although the commission has been told to delay its final report until after the 2015 election, it is promising to draw some firm conclusions in its interim report, which is due later this year.

After qualifying for the 1998 World Cup the heroes were told to delay their return home from Australia by three days as celebrations, with members of both sexes out on the street, in the capital were getting out of hand.

As described by investigators on Friday -- in an account that parallels the findings of the commission that investigated the 9/11 attacks -- Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the architect of the 9/11 plan, was told to delay parts of the broader plan until later.

In an interview on CNN's "State of the Union," one of five that Mr. Obama taped for the Sunday morning talk shows, the president was asked about a report that said General Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander in Afghanistan, had been told to delay any specific troop request.

In Memphis, schools have been told to prepare to delay all but the most pressing classroom repairs, as the state government tries to wean itself from dependence on dwindling sales tax revenues.

Passengers flying in and out airports in the south-east have been told to expect delays and to contact their airline before travelling to the airport.

According to the Eurotunnel website, services resumed at 8.30am UK time and passengers on both sides of the channel were being told to expect delays of about 30 minutes.

Meanwhile rail passengers travelling on the West Coast Main Line have been told to expect delays and cancellations after a power failure left a train stranded at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.

SAN FRANCISCO — When the battered Asiana Boeing 777 skidded to a stop after its crash-landing here on Saturday, two flight attendants went to the cockpit to ask the three pilots inside what to do, and the pilots told them to delay evacuating the airplane while they communicated with the tower, the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday.