1.   Eventually the committee agreed to defer a decision to see if the school could team up with neighbouring villages to boost numbers.

2.   The committee deferred a decision on the application, and the matter will be further considered at a later date.

3.   It was agreed by a single vote to defer a decision until consultations with clubs booked for weekend activities until the middle of December.

4.   COUNCILLORS have deferred a decision on banning circuses with performing animals from council-owned land at Stockton.

5.   He unsuccessfully proposed a decision be deferred to allow further consultation with the disabled.

6.   He said opponents hoped the council would either reverse or defer their decision to close Hustledown House.

7.   After Taiwan sought to buy four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers equipped with the Aegis system, the Clinton administration deferred a decision and asked for a Pentagon assessment.

8.   But Clinton was wise to defer his decision.

9.   By deferring that decision, Yeltsin may have found a face-saving way to kill the deal later.

10.   Clinton favors more research on a missile defense system but wants to defer a decision on full development and deployment for at least three years.