Nicoli Nattrass blames the former government of Thabo Mbeki for delays in providing antiretroviral drugs.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

It is generally believed that in order for that to work you need the round ship delays in milliseconds, in 100 milliseconds, in 200 milliseconds, not 8s.

人们一般相信，为了运行正常,总延迟需要控制在毫秒的单位，在100毫秒，200毫秒以内，而不是8秒。

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Now as metonymy, the delays we have been talking about, -- the paratactic structure of the way in which the story is told-- all of those, and the elements of repetition, are forms that we recognize as metonymic, but there's something beyond that at the level of theme.

作为转喻，我们之前说过的延后，在这个故事中表现为那种并列的结构-,都是重复的元素，我们把它们看做是转喻的，但是还有些东西在这个主题之上。

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She says her group faces frequent delays in getting supplies into Gaza, and some supplies are blocked entirely.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

In a letter to the local organizing committee, Fennel said that the current situation and delays in preparing for the Games poses a "serious risk" to the event.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

The Carter Center released a statement late last week that cautioned that the elections might have to be slightly postponed due to logistical delays in Sudan's preparation for the vote.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Major concerns over delays in the construction of facilities, including stadium updates and practice fields at a number of the eight venues spread across the country, seem to have been resolved at the last moment.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

There have been delays before. Officials said the average processing time in October of two thousand three was seventy-five days.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

The top United Nations diplomat in Iraq says the delays are creating conditions that opponents of democracy could use for their own gain.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

Ad Melkert told the Security Council that the delays affect the rebuilding of basic services in Iraq.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

The National Institutes of Health says carbidopa delays the changes in levodopa until it reaches the brain.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

The International Space Station was originally scheduled for completion in 2006, but unpredicted expenses created major delays.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

The president said both leaders will need to end delays and make sacrifices to revive the peace talks that broke off in 2008.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

In a briefing to the Security Council, he noted that the delays are also affecting the rebuilding of the country's basic infrastructure and services.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

The delays mean countries have bought or leased other planes in the meantime.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Some passengers who were among the first to undergo increased screening said they faced extensive searches in Paris, but shorter delays at Dulles Internatonal Airport outside of Washington.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

The U.N.'s top diplomat in Iraq,Ad Melkert, echoed the council's call, saying the delays are contributing to uncertainty and creating conditions that could be exploited by elements opposed to the country's democratic transition.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

(Speaking) Bdi says although they can't exactly get back the time lost as a result of these technical delays, other steps in the process can be accelerated to ensure that the vote happens on schedule.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29