21.   But KPN, the Dutch company, has already been forced to delay plans to float shares of its mobile telephone unit.

22.   But opposition from college administrators who work with foreign students delayed plans to expand the program nationally.

23.   But the company has a history of successfully suing the city, and if it does go to court, the plan may be delayed for months.

24.   But, under law, they can only delay government plans for a year, so the most they can do is put off the inevitable.

25.   By spring, angry residents of the region, the southern part of Bolivar Province, held noisy demonstrations, blocking roads and delaying the plan.

26.   CBS, meanwhile, has delayed plans to spin off its Internet operations into a separate company.

27.   Commercial fishermen want to delay that plan at least a year.

28.   Companies continue to delay plans to raise funds in the corporate bond market until Treasuries and global stock markets stabilize and investor demand for corporate debt resumes.

29.   Companies are more likely to delay plans to expand in view of the higher funding costs, analysts said.

30.   Earlier this week, Business Times reported that three companies have delayed plans for share sales in the coming months because of the poor environment for such offerings.