21.   The government has delayed raising official oil prices for more than a year.

22.   The government has delayed raising oil prices for more than a year.

23.   The government has so far delayed, trying to avoid political unrest or crime.

24.   The government this year delayed its plans to sell shares in Korea Telecom and other large state enterprises to the public to prevent a share glut.

25.   The French government has delayed the sale of Thomson-CSF for months amid bickering about how the nation can keep control of key parts of its defense industry.

26.   The government delayed indefinitely a second attempt scheduled for October that year because of a fall in the prices of existing GDRs.

27.   The government has been delaying the decision for more than eight months.

28.   The government has delayed a decision out of concern it could trigger social unrest.

29.   The Israeli government has delayed pulling out its army, angering the Palestinian Authority.

30.   The government recently delayed plans to increase the minimum capital requirements of banks for one year and said it would pay off depositors who lost money in liquidated banks.