Sentences with phrase «year delay prompted»

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Earlier this month, a flyover under construction in the eastern city of Kolkata for years collapsed killing 27 people, prompting allegations that shoddy material was used and that the metal parts had corroded during the years of delay.

Global turmoil last summer, stemming from China, prompted the United States to delay raising interest rates until the end of last year.

Last year former prime minister Gordon Brown delayed expressing an opinion on whether Mr MacAskill was right to give Megrahi his freedom, prompting criticism from Conservative leader David Cameron and William Hague.

But the increase of cases and birth defects in Brazil in the past year — suspected to exceed more than 4,100 — has prompted health officials to warn pregnant women or those thinking of becoming pregnant to take precautions or consider delaying pregnancy.

But the increase of cases and birth defects in Brazil in the past year — suspected to exceed more than 4,100, making that nation the epicenter of the epidemic — has prompted health officials there to warn pregnant women or those thinking of becoming pregnant to take precautions or consider delaying pregnancy.

And in New York, which previously signed up for PARCC tests but has used its own Common Core - aligned tests in the mean time, a drastic drop in test scores last year prompted legislators to delay a commitment to the test.

The report, sponsored by the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, found unprecedented temperatures this year in the Arctic contributed to a record - breaking delay in the annual freeze — prompting extensive melting of the Greenland ice sheet and land - based snow cover.

That, and an uncertain housing market, which is prompting many contractors to delay buying new trucks, have combined to cut into pickup truck sales, which are down 5 percent so far this year from a weak market last year.