Sentence examples for a sharp setback in from inspiring English sources

In Greece, the governing conservatives suffered a sharp setback in the elections, seen as an acid test for Kostas Karamanlis, the prime minister.

Substantial recovery started in the 1960s, only to suffer a sharp setback in the early '70s, when the bulk of the U.S. Navy's operations in the state were reassigned elsewhere.

That campaign suffered a sharp setback in September when the judge in the case, Eugene H. Nickerson, issued a sharply worded opinion denying Mr. Schwarz's request for a new trial.

In a sharp setback for the nation's broadcasters, the Federal Communications Commission decided today to deny television stations the right to force cable companies to transmit both their digital and analog signals as they slowly convert to high-definition television, agency officials said.

It followed two hours of oral arguments at an emergency hearing this morning by a three-judge panel in Philadelphia and was a sharp setback for the largest media companies and for the commission's chairman, Michael K. Powell.

But safety experts say that criticism is unwarranted, and that Ms. Gall's philosophy, if put in force at the agency, will lead to a sharp setback for consumers.

The Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs dealt a sharp setback today to an American Indian group's ambitions to open a casino here in Connecticut's largest city, rejecting the group's application for federal recognition as a tribe.

That was in 1998, when it slashed rates by half a percentage point on fears of a sharp setback to the global economy.

The vote was a sharp setback to unionization drives at the traditionally nonunion airline.

1963 Peronists Weaker, Illia Ahead BUENOS AIRES — Arturo Illia today piled up a commanding lead in returns from a Presidential election yesterday [July 7] that dealt a sharp setback to followers of former dictator Juan Peron.

The verdict was a sharp setback for Pentagon officials, who had contended they could detain him indefinitely.