Sentence examples for are a setback to from inspiring English sources

Although the remarks broadcast on Iraqi television by Mr. Hakim fell short of an endorsement, they are a setback to Mr. Maliki, who has been seeking to form a coalition with the council, which won about 20 seats.

The surge was a setback to hopes that layoffs were declining.

A humiliation for BP in Russia would be a setback to this charm offensive.

In the minds of many shark researchers, the movie was a setback to white-shark science.

The loss of supplies to the Afghan Army is a setback to that effort.

But it would be a setback to those ideas, and the people who need those ideas".

The decision is a setback to Grayling's prison and probation privatisation programme.

The decision appeared to be a setback to United Nations-sponsored efforts to reform Guatemala's corruption-racked judicial system.

His misbehavior, however, is a setback to the hierarchy's efforts to repair the church's reputation.

But Tuesday's crash, which occurred at Colorado's Copper Mountain, would appear to be a setback to that goal.

His decision was a setback to Mr Berlusconi's hopes of quickly regaining the power that he lost in April 2006.