lengthy delay
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflengthyanddelay
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lengthy
adjective
uk/ˈleŋ.θi/us/ˈleŋ.θi/
continuing for a ...
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delay
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈleɪ/us/dɪˈleɪ/
the situation in which you have to wait longer than expected for something to happen, or the time that you have ...
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(Definition oflengthyanddelayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Alengthydelayoften occurs between the onset of symptoms of psychotic disorders and initiation of adequate treatment.
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Labour has imposedlengthydelayand query, even on non-lethal repeat business.
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There would then be a furtherlengthydelaybefore legislation enacting its recommendations could become law.
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I apologise for thelengthydelayin replying which was due to an administrative error.
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It is thought that this is now proceeding, and it is also thought that there cannot be anylengthydelayin disposing of this vessel.
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There was alengthydelaybefore aid workers were able to reach the people in distress, and for some the aid came too late.
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Sometimes, however, companies do not learn until after alengthydelayabout a change in control.
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There is no rational explanation for thelengthydelayin enacting it.
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Anylengthydelaythere would condemn travellers on the east coast line to a second-class railway service for an even longer period.
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Likewise, after alengthydelaythey are perhaps entitled to assume that, after all, the proposed changes will not take place.
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Many of my constituents are dismayed at having to endure thelengthydelayin making the decision.
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We cannot agree to such alengthydelay.
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In some cases, they felt their work had been ignored; in others, that there had beenlengthydelay.
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There is nolengthydelayand the dates on which such series are to be published are set out well in advance.
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Such alengthydelaywould have two important implications.
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Why was there such alengthydelayin finally granting this man a medical examination for which he asked?
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After alengthydelay, the woman was turned down on both racial and religious grounds.
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The board rightly wished to avoid anylengthydelayin informing women of the results of their smears—delay which could cause unnecessary anxiety in those women concerned.
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I have to grant that in this case permission was given for a bore-hole after a verylengthydelay, and those people now have a supply.
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After alengthydelay, fire crews, police and ambulances finally arrive on the scene and relieve the residents of their work.
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