accommodate

Esimerkkilauseet

It was uncommonly difficult to accommodate everyone.

I advocate a sufficient degree of flexibility to accommodate short - term economic conditions.

We must find ways in each case, as it arises, to accommodate both these principles.

For that too, a proper system will need to be developed to accommodate this.

Its borders are set not by how may countries want to join, but by how many countries it can accommodate.

adjourn

Esimerkkilauseet

-- We will now adjourn the vote and resume after the formal sitting.

We will now adjourn the debate since we must proceed to the vote, which will take a while.

assign

Esimerkkilauseet

Lacking a legal basis, it is clearly not possible to assign a specific budget line for sport.

back up (, 1)

cede

defer

Esimerkkilauseet

We do not need to defer it any longer.

We will therefore have to defer this experiment until the next plenary sitting.

Their future commitment depends on whether or not we are willing to defer.

It is not acceptable for them to ask us to defer our own regulations.

Unfortunately, however, we have now reached the point at which we can no longer defer this discussion.

delay

Esimerkkilauseet

The delay is unacceptable.

Parliament will not tolerate delay.

They must be implemented without delay.

We can delay this no longer.

So there is no reason to delay.

delay (, retarder)

fall back (, 1)

give way

Esimerkkilauseet

Another topic may simply have to give way.

In the end it is the theoretical expert who must give way to practice.

To confuse them would be to give way to populist rhetoric.

go backward (, 1)

grant

Esimerkkilauseet

To grant discharge is, when all is said and done, to grant a certificate of good management.

We shall therefore grant the discharge.

Germany has virtually ceased to grant asylum.

We refused to grant it any aid.

We are prepared to grant discharge under these conditions.

postpone

Esimerkkilauseet

To postpone them once again would be a setback.

We are continually having to postpone the discussion of reports.

3913 I would therefore ask, also on behalf of many others, to postpone the vote until tomorrow.

And then we say we will postpone it to whenever.

I think we can postpone this vote out of respect for him and the work he has done.

procrastinate

pull back (, 1)

pull back (, 2)

push back (, 1,2)

put off

recede

regress

Esimerkkilauseet

The train is at a standstill, and to stand still is to regress.

In the final analysis, to stand still is to regress, and fear is a bad advisor.

resist (, 3)

retrogress

set back (, retarder)

shelve

step back

Esimerkkilauseet

In my view, we are taking one step back instead of forward.

walk back

yield

Esimerkkilauseet

This debate must yield results.

Moreover, such markets also yield new employment.

There are huge differences in yield, quality and requirements.

22120 It would also seem to be better than imposing sanctions that do not yield anything.

Here we can see how small changes can yield considerable results in practice.