severe delay

collocation in English

meaningsofsevereanddelay

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severe
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪər/us
/səˈvɪr/
causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; ...
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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 ofsevereanddelayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Severedelayin the payment of housing benefit causes major problems in tenant-landlord relationships for both young and old tenants.
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In addition to theseveredelayin myelination, lipid and protein composition of peripheral myelin is changed, and frequently stretches of uncompacted myelin can be observed.
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However, there has been aseveredelayin implementation.
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That will cause interminable delay when it is introduced, and, not a green channel, but a channel for people with animals, would also causeseveredelay.
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Although shipping movements on the ship canal are far less frequent than in years past, they can causeseveredelayto local road traffic.
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Without the terminal, congestion on the ground will get worse and passengers will experience more severe delays.
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That would have required emergency reductions in the services which is exactly what we have sought to avoid, and severe delays in payments to suppliers.
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Moreover, the regulation is of course also being extended to cover severe delays and flight cancellations.
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Even under the system of making payments for plant and machinery under the 1963 legislation severe delays were bound to arise from time to time.
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Severe delays were experienced last summer and may emerge again this summer.
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This deadline is of vital importance, because we have seen severe delays at this stage in the past.
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There is a severe maintenance backlog for council tenants and severe delays for those waiting for improvement grants.
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There are severe delays in the provision of forensic science evidence.
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While excavating the tunnel, engineers encountered difficult geological problems like fractured rock and massive inflows of water, which caused severe delays.
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Attempts to move artillery forward encountered severe delays.
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This would be the beginning of a series of severe delays.
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Of those that did survive, 3 were diagnosed with autism, one with an autism spectrum disorder, and the last had severe delays in language development.
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