1.   The bagman-fox, now on home ground, had delayed them by running up a long culvert.

2.   One proposal, in the works for the past two years but delayed by the change in administration, would deal with coastal ocean zones.

3.   At his peak, he persuaded investors to let his shakiest clients delay payments by promising even richer returns later.

4.   A man standing beside a pickup delayed them by talking to them about a kitten.

5.   Four departing flights were delayed by about an hour and a half because of the security lapse, Morrisson said.

6.   In addition, the Web-based systems tend to provide more up-to-date information, while data sent through the Intuit network is generally delayed by about a day.

7.   It has blocked imports of some humanitarian supplies, and delayed by weeks the entry visas for additional staff members that international agencies say they need.

8.   It enabled them to delay by a day the next scheduled start of Tom Candiotti.

9.   Students who attended non-English-speaking foreign high schools or whose families are economically disadvantaged are permitted to delay by one year passing the entrance exams.

10.   Swift fired the members, Jordan Levy and Christy Mihos, after they voted to delay by six months a scheduled toll increase on the turnpike.