Sentence examples for were to be delayed from inspiring English sources

Some councillors were also worried about the increased cost to the taxpayer if the decision were to be delayed for another month – the report says the inquiry already cost £20,920 for the inspector's fees and venue hire.

"If [main gate] were to be delayed until just after a May 2015 election that is of no great financial significance, no great military significance, no great industrial significance.

She added: "It would be unacceptable if the decision were to be delayed until September – especially as the new banding levels are due to come into force just seven months later, in April 2013.

There may be strong incentive, however, as US officials have warned that if the process were to be delayed, Afghanistan would run the risk of losing its much-needed aid.

If the elections were to be delayed long enough to let politicians from dissolved parties re-form them under new names, it would make a mockery of the rule of law.

"I was consulted by the prime minister [Malcolm Turnbull] before Christmas about the process and he expressed to me that he was very keen to have a proper process for selection and asked whether this would cause any difficulties to the commission if it were to be delayed longer," Triggs told estimates.

Angus Robertson, the SNP's Westminster leader said: "If Chilcot is to be delayed again it would be an absolute scandal".

The launch of the English-language channel from Arab satellite TV broadcaster al-Jazeera is to be delayed again.

This takes him to the news, which is to be delayed slightly in order to accommodate Johnson, who is only now arriving.

The government also confirmed in its defence review that the introduction of the new generation of Successor Trident submarines is to be delayed by up to five years.

EDF said it knew at the time of the boardroom vote only that a signing ceremony planned for the day after the meeting was to be delayed.