Sentence examples for a personal setback from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Arnett's firing is more than a personal setback.

It is a personal setback for Mike German, the leader and an advocate of coalition politics.

He took this as a personal setback, because he had prided himself on his sales ability since his boyhood.

A failure to take action against the tax havens would be seen as a personal setback for Cameron.

"And while I may have suffered a personal setback last night, I couldn't be more optimistic about the future of this country".

That he received 2.7m was a personal setback, as was the fact that the PdL did better in local elections held at the same time.

Having invested an unusually large amount of political capital in a state election, observers say a defeat will be a significant personal setback for a prime minister who has enjoyed an extended honeymoon with voters since his landslide general election victory.

They named the baby Heather, a double gift to the pioneering parent who turned a very personal setback — the inability to conceive — into something very public and positive.

"Downton Abbey" tends to be pretty progressive when it comes to gender -- case in point: Lady Mary is now the estate agent -- but the show does have a troubling tendency to portray some female characters as a single personal setback away from becoming wild-eyed baby-snatchers.

Twain also had a more personal setback, as evidenced by his ad several days later in The Hartford Courant.

A loss of market credibility, which is difficult to reverse, would tilt the balance even more firmly towards Germany.For Mr Sarkozy, it would also be a huge personal setback.