They said it was possible that an announcement could be delayed until next week.

The announcement, planned last week, was delayed until the secretary could be told about it.

The announcement was delayed until after the stock markets closed.

Court officials said that once a verdict was reached, the announcement would be delayed three hours to give the police time to position their forces.

The announcement of the results was slightly delayed, but generally speaking, there were no major incidents.

He has, they said, often delayed announcement of new crime strategies, sometimes over little things like wording.

The final announcement of awards was much delayed due to various controversies associated with them.

The vote was actually taken 10 days ago but the announcement of the results was delayed to avoid having any influence on the election.

Though originally scheduled for late 2006, the announcement on "the new way forward" was delayed to give the President "more time" to gather information.

The announcement had been delayed at the request of authorities, who still insisted that they saw no reason for alarm.