prolonged delay

collocation in English

meaningsofprolongedanddelay

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prolonged
adjective
uk
/prəˈlɒŋd/us
/prəˈlɑːŋd/
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 ofprolongedanddelayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprolonged delay

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Aprolongeddelayin supplying guides or porters might succeed in forcing the traveller to stay the night, and provide the opportunity for more complex ceremonies to transfer semangat.
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That would avoid the whole cumbersome process of legislation and aprolongeddelayfor a slot in the legislative timetable.
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Will these ships be available immediately, or is there likely to be any furtherprolongeddelay?
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Where there is likely to beprolongeddelay, an acknowledgment is now sent.
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Does he have any idea of the damage done by thatprolongeddelay?
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I think that it would inevitably lead toprolongeddelayand uncertainty.
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That could in fact just provide a recipe forprolongeddelay.
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I understand that at one point there were 15 ships in the queue, but only one vessel has faced aprolongeddelayin offloading.
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But think of the harm that was done by thatprolongeddelay!
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First, what conceivable excuse is there for theprolongeddelay?
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Prolongeddelayto this urgent scheme would, however, be very unfortunate.
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The military consequences of anyprolongeddelaymight be of a most serious nature.
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How near are we to ending the currentprolongeddelay?
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They regret theprolongeddelaywhich has occurred.
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What is the reason for thisprolongeddelay?
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But there is aprolongeddelaybefore the appropriate reassessment can be made and the student be adequately supported.
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But the last thing which the industry and the nation can afford is aprolongeddelay.
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With all that warning time and less work than expected, has there not been some maladministration leading toprolongeddelayin processing and paying the claims?
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I see no reason forprolongeddelay.
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That process necessarily involvesprolongeddelay.
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