considerable delay
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsiderableanddelay
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considerable
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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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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However, for both vaccines there is a significant rise of coverage between age 7 months and 13 months, indicatingconsiderabledelayin vaccination.
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Comparing vaccinations that had taken place to national recommendations still revealedconsiderabledelay.
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We show how restricting the deterministic drift part of the cointegrating models may lead to aconsiderabledelayof such unwanted long-run features.
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This causedconsiderabledelayin completion of the study tasks in these practices.
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There has unfortunately beenconsiderabledelayin the payment of these balances.
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It is bound to entail a veryconsiderabledelay.
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The machinery which he has outlined involvesconsiderabledelay.
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Is he aware that there has been aconsiderabledelayin making this statement, which we were promised in the autumn?
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Any alteration at this very late stage would involveconsiderabledelayand expense.
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It would meanconsiderabledelaybefore decisions could be taken.
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All those things add up to aconsiderabledelay.
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That would surely saveconsiderabledelayand also much work for our overworked courts and other authorities.
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It is said that the procedures for enfranchisement are complex and can be subject toconsiderabledelay.
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If it chose to take such steps, there would be aconsiderabledelay.
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Although a similar system operates in this country, receipt of those reports has been subject toconsiderabledelay.
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Considerabledelayin supplying some of the photographs of graves in the various theatres of war is unavoidable.
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There are, of course, countries where such remittances are subject toconsiderabledelaythrough exchange control formalities or shortage of foreign exchange.
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There has beenconsiderabledelayand the company has been pushed to the brink.
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The net result, of course, is that queues build up, temper;; become frayed and there isconsiderabledelay.
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