Sentence examples for were unable to delay from inspiring English sources

The U.S. forces at Pyongtaek and Ansong were unable to delay the North Korean force significantly or inflict significant casualties on the enemy.

Those who grabbed for the marshmallow were more likely to be impatient, have a feeling of entitlement, would overreact to irritations with a sharp temper, and were unable to delay gratification.

In follow-up studies, those children who were unable to delay gratification in order to earn an extra reward were found more likely, as adults, to be overweight or obese, to have been divorced, to have had brushes with the law, and to have abused drugs or alcohol.

Considering the altered phenotype of MSCs isolated from diabetic mice, and the fact that MSCs isolated from NOD mice were unable to delay diabetic onset [31], we decided not to evaluate their antidiabetic effect in vivo.

sli15-6A cells were unable to delay mitosis in response to defective sister chromatid cohesion in scc1-73 cells.

Under the pressure of Palestinian public opinion, he may be unable to delay another 12 months.

When women can't access family planning, they are unable to delay, space or limit their pregnancies.

But the preliminary results, reported in July 2017, were not overly encouraging — the combination was unable to delay tumour progression for longer than chemotherapy did.

Analysts said the bill would probably pass this time because Democrats in the Republican-controlled Senate would be unable to delay for an entire 30-day session.

New research suggests that kids who are unable to delay rewards are also more likely to become criminals later.David Akerlund, Hans Gronqvist and Lena Lindahl of Stockholm University and Bart Golsteyn of Maastricht University used data from a Swedish survey in which more than 13,000 children aged 13 were asked whether they would prefer to receive $140 now or $1,400 in five years' time.

Therefore, our findings are consistent with previous evidence that patients with BD have a high reward-seeking response and are unable to delay gratification (Najt et al. 2007; Swann et al. 2009).