Sentence examples for Modest setback from inspiring English sources

The zone suffered a modest setback in 1910 when the Nevada legislature outlawed gambling.

The apparent about-face by Mr. D'Escoto, whose country has forged an unlikely friendship with Libya, marked a modest setback for the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

By this evening, it was unclear whether the day's developments were a modest setback or an indication that a compromise on the budget might never be accomplished.

Greece could run out of money to pay its creditors as early as mid-April.France's National Front came second in departmental elections with 25% of the vote, a modest setback for the party, which had been widely expected to finish first.

In my view, the bond market is due for a modest setback — very modest, but enough to make most bond investments eminently postponable.

Compared with the reality show trope of hapless youth struggling with modest setbacks, it's a refreshing look at how well twentysomethings muck in when livelihoods depend on it.

Filtering out the hyperbole surrounding recent proclamations about Iran's tangible progress is always difficult, especially at a time when the country is determined to show that neither the Stuxnet computer worm, which crippled part of its nuclear infrastructure last year, nor Western sanctions have proved to be more than modest setbacks.

But once the Treasury Department made public its final plan, which also bears the strong stamp of White House policy aide Richard C. Breeden, its officials have been generally successful, despite some modest setbacks in one House subcommittee, in out-maneuvering entrenched special interest groups and overcoming objections from balky members of Congress.

PAGE A11 Google Begins Share Auction After government scrutiny, a few modest legal setbacks and rising investor skepticism, Google began taking bids online for its shares using a Dutch auction.

Yesterday, after nearly three months of intense government scrutiny, a few modest legal setbacks and rising investor skepticism, Google began taking bids on the Internet for 25.7 million of its shares.

Some restaurant chains, notably the McDonald's Corporation and Wendy's International, posted modest gains, reversing setbacks on Wednesday when the initial reaction to the mad cow scare swept the markets.