11.   Forecasters warned of a growing threat that thunderstorms could force a delay.

12.   Frequently, officials said, the reports reach judges after initial deadlines, automatically forcing delays in sentencings.

13.   Haze, fog and low clouds reduced visibility and forced the delay of the landing of the space shuttle at Cape Canaveral, Fla., early Friday.

14.   He was here Thursday night, forcing a delay in the competition.

15.   His arguments prevailed over complaints that current policy forced delays in repairing levees and put rare species ahead of protecting human life.

16.   However, computer problems at two new power agencies responsible for buying, selling and transporting electricity forced a delay.

17.   In Windsor Locks, Conn., thick fog forced delays of up to an hour at Bradley International Airport.

18.   It was the second time a software problem had forced a delay in the ground tests.

19.   Last month, several guerrilla attacks on transport trucks in northern Colombia forced delays in coffee shipments from the Atlantic coast.

20.   That port is too small to accommodate the large number of ships seeking to load sugar, forcing delays of more than a week, traders said.