Collocations withdelay
These are words often used in combination withdelay.
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average delay
The average delay between reading assessments was 1 year 7 months.
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brief delay
After a brief delay, children were given an elicited production task.
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bureaucratic delay
The authorities seem to have done all in their power to subject this petition to bureaucratic delay.
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considerable delay
However, for both vaccines there is a significant rise of coverage between age 7 months and 13 months, indicating considerable delay in vaccination.
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constant delay
The performances, transparency and contact stability, of the method were validated by the simulations subjected to a constant delay.
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continued delay
Continued delay in the resumption of payments, however, compels me to raise it again.
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delay interval
To eliminate the memory requirement, there was no contingency between the operations preceding and following the delay interval.
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developmental delay
Is the excessive crying associated with colic a manifestation of developmental delay or disregulation?
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endless delay
The real bugbear for local authorities is the possibility of endless delay and procrastination on the part of "hot" landlords.
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excessive delay
Is there not a need for speedy action to ensure that spending plans are not prejudiced by excessive delay?
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frequent delays
Given the frequent delays in the system, the redemption might take place only years later.
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indefinite delay
I can see no justification whatever for any indefinite delay.
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interminable delay
Decisions need to be kept as close as possible to the patient and interminable delay, occasioned by seemingly endless consultation, seeking reconciliation of basically irreconcilable views should be avoided.
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language delay
Predicting outcomes of early expressive language delay : ethical implications.
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lengthy delay
A lengthy delay often occurs between the onset of symptoms of psychotic disorders and initiation of adequate treatment.
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long delay
In the long delay recall test, subjects read out loud a text from a book for 1 min before the recall phase.
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minimal delay
Waiting lists have, in the main, been reduced to low levels, such that more urgent surgical procedures and all diagnostic procedures can be carried out with minimal delay.
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minor delay
However, we must discourage people from rat running through our roads just to avoid the inconvenience and minor delay of motorway repairs.
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numerous delays
Failure to identify with regional objectives always generates controversy and holds up action, causing numerous delays.
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prolonged delay
A prolonged delay in 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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propagation delay
To be more specific, light does not manifest noticeable propagation delay, and its wave nature appears only when it interacts with structures of microscopic size.
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rain delay
Due to rain delay, both quarter- and semi-finals were played on the same day, therefore the semifinal match followed the quarterfinal match.
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repeated delays
From the late 1980s when pro-market reforms arrived on the agenda the process was plagued by repeated delays.
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resulting delay
He also had to solve the tricky problem of the resulting delay between triggering the sound file on the screen and its actual performance through the loudspeaker.
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severe delay
Severe delay in the payment of housing benefit causes major problems in tenant-landlord relationships for both young and old tenants.
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significant delay
Supernatural belief was measured either shortly after the primes, or after a significant delay between the primes and the belief measures.
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six-month delay
What has that to do with a six-month delay?
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slight delay
In addition, although the selfmonitoring was immediate, there was a slight delay (500 ms) between the event and the cue to respond.
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substantial delay
Here the selected next speaker provides an answer only after a substantial delay.
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tape delay
However, the essential theatrical dimension of the accelerating tape delay will have disappeared.
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traffic delay
However, any all-red phase needs to be as short as possible to avoid serious traffic delay.
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two-year delay
There is frequently a reluctance on his part to require completion, even after the two-year delay has expired.
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undue delay
It is hoped to receive the report of this committee without undue delay.
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unexpected delay
The route should be completed by the end of 1929, provided no unexpected delay occurs in the negotiations regarding the construction of bridges.
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unnecessary delay
For these patients, quality of life could be expected to decrease, given the unnecessary delay, in the presence of persistent knee symptoms.
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unreasonable delay
I can find no evidence of unreasonable delay by the local planning authority.
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variable delay
All transmission across the retino-geniculate synapse involves some degree of variable delay between the presynaptic and postsynaptic spikes.
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