Sentence examples for urged a delay from inspiring English sources

But European nations urged a delay in the payment by the Asian Development Bank.

There appeared to be a cold reception to a letter, signed by 16 representatives, that had urged a delay in the vote.

Mr. Ashcroft promised last week to study the disparities, and some groups had urged a delay until the study was completed.

The endorsement came in a letter from the Securities Industry Association, which represents 700 firms and previously urged a delay in any rule-making on analysts' conflicts.

In one of his recently published "black spider" letters, sent to Tony Blair in 2005, the Prince urged a delay implementing EU restrictions on herbal medicines: "I think we both agreed this was using a sledgehammer to crack a nut".

Senator Clinton, Democrat of New York, in a letter yesterday to Susan D. Whiting, president and chief executive of Nielsen, urged a delay in plans to adopt, effective April 8, the new methodology in New York.

Urging a delay on the vote, Mr. Schoenfeld added: "Why this is being rushed through at this time is mystifying".

Representative Keith Ellison, Democrat of Minnesota, who opposes a vote now, was among those circulating the letter to colleagues urging a delay.

Last December, 18 Democratic senators, including Charles Schumer of New York and Richard Durbin of Illinois, wrote a letter urging a delay of the tax.

Mr. Mulvaney, then a Republican congressman from South Carolina, and 50 other House members sent a letter to the agency urging a delay.

But most, busy shaping their election-year images, won't utter the logical next words by urging a delay of the cuts.