Example sentences of "[art] long delay [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A variety of reasons were proffered for the long delay in setting the seal on a deal but drummer Gary Murdoch maintains that ‘ we 've had a string of managers who did n't really know their job ’ . |
| 2 | The present Conservative government found it much more difficult to introduce and regulate charges than it had anticipated , an indication of the difficulty being the long delay in issuing a promised consultative document on charges and the further delay before guidelines were produced . |
| 3 | American official policy was to promote self-government in south Korea as a prelude to unification but de la Mare observed that the long delay in accomplishing unification made this unlikely . |
| 4 | Whatever the Admiralty 's feelings on the matter , the determination of the shipwrights to cling to their perquisite must be viewed in the context of the long delay in paying wages . |
| 5 | At the time of writing , the first batch of prosecutions had collapsed in the magistrates ' court , on account of the long delay in launching the prosecutions against those involved . |
| 6 | However there was a long delay in sending out a rescue launch as the raid was still on , and he was dead when eventually picked up ; Waghorn was also killed . |
| 7 | But Customs officials at the Channel port said last night that they would be ‘ very surprised ’ if a long delay in clearing the consignment was because of suspicion of drug smuggling . |