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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as a considerable setback" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant obstacle or hindrance that affects progress or success in a situation.
Example: "The unexpected loss of funding was experienced as a considerable setback for the project."
Alternatives: "as a significant obstacle" or "as a major hindrance."
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For Mr. Mugabe, 75, the only leader this nation of 12.5 million people has known since it achieved majority rule two decades ago, the defeat was regarded as a considerable setback, one certain to energize the growing opposition as the country prepares for parliamentary elections in April.
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That was always going to be a considerable setback.
That was a considerable setback for an unelected, already unpopular President like Truman.
John Terry, nursing a sprained ankle, would probably not have started anyway, but Hazard's absence represents a considerable setback.
THE cause of serious eating in Bergen County suffered a considerable setback in 1999, when Jamie Milkman left Jamie's, his namesake restaurant in Englewood Cliffs.
The enforced retirement of Ryan Harris is a considerable setback to Australia five days before the first Test, though it is not on the same scale as the injury to Glenn McGrath about 40 minutes before the start of the Edgbaston Test of 2005.
The loss of the Lions duo is a considerable setback for Irish coach Joe Schmidt before the eagerly anticipated Aviva Stadium game against the All Blacks.
In view of these considerable setbacks with the use of SARM KO mice, we strategically planned and developed a novel in vivo adoptive transfer mouse model system to study the effect of SARM knockdown during an experimental influenza infection.
That would be as big a setback as his rigged re-election in 2009.
Thus, Venice retained some of its 1256 gains, but overall the treaty was regarded as a setback, in view of the considerable expenses incurred.
I see the current controversies as a temporary setback.
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