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minor delay

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meanings of minorand delay


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minor
adjective
uk /ˈmaɪ.nər/ us /ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of the ...
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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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Examples of minor delay


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However, we must discourage people from rat running through our roads just to avoid the inconvenience and minordelay of motorway repairs.
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Fife health board has indicated that after some minordelay in the issue of invitations to tender, it will be undertaking the required programme of competitive tendering.
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In that case, a minordelay was not held to cause material harm and thus no breach of contract occurred.
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The event caused a minordelay in the school schedule.
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The prices for five contracts have been adjusted to take account of minor delays.
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Whatever the spelling errors, or the minor delays in subtitling, the service constitutues a phenomenal advantage for deaf people.
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There is little boat traffic at night and minor delays would be the only inconvenience to boaters.
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Nonetheless, subsequent missions were able to be conducted with only minor delays, none of which were related to the new sonars.
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As no overtaking is possible this can result in minor delays if you are stuck behind slow moving traffic.
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Minor inconveniences were reported, with some commuters recounting only minor delays in trips downtown.
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These measures can last anywhere between a couple of minutes (when minor delays are occurring) up to several hours (during major incidents).
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This means that even minor delays quickly become major delays.
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The project encountered minor delays, due to labour issues and late deliveries of carpentry materials.
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