41.   This causes consumers to delay major purchases, expecting the price reductions to continue.

42.   Until then, Cho added, Korean Air, too, may have to consider delaying its purchase of new wide-body jets.

43.   While high retail prices could slow consumer demand, some roasters are delaying coffee purchases, traders said.

44.   With prospects for a good world crop, many importers have been delaying purchases.

45.   An analyst with an American brokerage house said homebuyers would probably delay their purchase, hoping developers would offer bigger discounts in the coming months.

46.   Exports also are falling because prices are at historic highs, and foreign countries are delaying purchases until prices fall further, analysts said.

47.   For spring, she plans to delay purchases of such items as black-and-white clothing and floral print pants until April.

48.   It has also delayed the purchase of a number of expensive new aircraft.

49.   Marconi said firms were delaying purchases as they felt the pinch from the global economic slowdown.

50.   Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa has decided to delay the purchase for at least a year.