1.   A last-minute dispute over tiny details delayed the ceremony.

2.   If it does rain, the organizers are prepared to delay the ceremony.

3.   In fact, there was some consideration to delaying the ceremony until Friday out of respect to league-wide tributes for the victims of the attacks.

4.   The ceremony was slightly delayed by a last-minute hitch that officials said occurred just moments before the signing was scheduled.

5.   The couple were supposed to get married the week after the quake, but they had to delay the ceremony for six months.

6.   The opening ceremony was delayed several hours.

7.   But officials at the presidency said the ceremony had been delayed by a day or two.

8.   But officials at the presidency, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the ceremony had been delayed by a day or two.

9.   Economic crisis forces Turks to delay circumcision ceremonies.

10.   He was scheduled to be sworn in Monday, but delayed the ceremony because Nepalese consider the last day of the calendar a bad day for starting new jobs.