But this sort of delayed material gratification rarely pans out in practice. (firstthings.com)
The last major enlargement happened in 2004/2007 as a sort of delayed result of the fall of the Soviet Union and is still heavily debated in several member states. (politics.stackexchange.com)
Given that the powers that be might think it much more convenient to start those new arrangements from the beginning of a new Session, I presume that arrangements will have to be made to ensure that the House business committee can start at the very beginning of the next Session and that we will not have the sort of delay we got this year between the Loyal Address and the Government's response on what the business of the House would be. (conservativehome.blogs.com)