two-year delay
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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 ofdelayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is frequently a reluctance on his part to require completion, even after thetwo-yeardelayhas expired.
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It is obvious that this would mean, let us say, atwo-yeardelayor moratorium on all these plans.
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There has been a furthertwo-yeardelayin allowing trustee savings banks to make loans to their depositors.
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I want to ensure that we use profitably and productively thetwo-yeardelaywhich he so generously offered us.
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We decided on thetwo-yeardelaybecause we feel that it allows the ports substantial period during which to see the benefits of privatisation.
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Atwo-yeardelayin implementing community care looks extremely optimistic.
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With regard to research in beef and sheep, there was to be atwo-yeardelay.
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We hear that there is to be atwo-yeardelay.
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I am not persuaded by the merits of an 18-month delay or the originaltwo-yeardelay.
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Can we sit back without criticising atwo-yeardelayin making a comparatively minor alteration in the law?
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The result is atwo-yeardelaywhile the steel is obtained and before it is delivered.
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In some instances an applicaton may be deemed to be bogus after atwo-yeardelay.
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There might be atwo-yeardelayfor the revaluation rather than a three—year delay.
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I am happy to look at thetwo-yeardelay.
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I suspect that no one who has been present throughout the debate would wish for atwo-yeardelay, or whatever.
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Thetwo-yeardelayalso results in cases being settled out of court.
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That is the reason, and the only reason, for thetwo-yeardelay.
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If there is atwo-yeardelay, at least another 2 million properties will be sold without any energy efficiency information being available.
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The problem has been exacerbated by thetwo-yeardelayin the control of volatile organic compound emissions.
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Thetwo-yeardelayin implementation proposed by this amendment will be in the national interest.
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