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• The tmax was delayed by two hours.
• Further north, the period is delayed by a few weeks.
• His entry into the industry was delayed by a period of service in the British Royal Navy, from 1944 through 1946.
• His advance was delayed by a standoff at a bridge, during which the colonists removed the weapons he was looking for.
• The Authority is delayed by three years.
• In spring, temperatures have remained low until late May, so the phase of germination was delayed by at least a month.
• Edward II's coronation, similarly, was delayed by a campaign in Scotland in 1307.
• The force was delayed by storms at Ajaccio, and only reached La Maddalena on 22 February 1793, anchoring in the Santo Stefano channel.
• Her Majesty has merely been delayed by the storm.
• I have been delayed by some urgent matter.
• No problem sir, flight is delayed by 30 minutes.
• He's delayed by the security latch on the door.
• I've been delayed by some business.
• That evening his flight to Gibraltar was delayed by an electrical storm.
• Initial deliveries of the new PA-31-350 Chieftain were also delayed by several months.
• His departure was delayed by illness, and he sailed for France in January 1779.
• In 1809, the departure was further delayed by the disastrous Walcheren Expedition.
• The approaching soldiers were delayed by severely muddy roads and poor maps.
• Work took more than 200 years, and construction was delayed by another fire in 1135.
• After his arrival in San Francisco in January 1880, his train travel east was delayed by snow.

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