Sentence examples for as a great setback from inspiring English sources

The agency director, Mohamed ElBaradei, described the omission as a "great setback".

The extremists interpreted the results as a great setback for the government, and they demanded that Castelo Branco annul the two elections.

Image caption President Granger said the deadly pirate attacks had "come as a great setback" Guyana's President David Granger has described as a "massacre" a pirate attack last week that is feared to have killed at least a dozen fishermen.

Mr Granger told reporters on Thursday that Guyana had been "very successful" in curbing piracy in the region but that the latest deadly attacks had "come as a great setback".

This has to be a great setback".

That would be a great setback for the rule of law.

"This drone strike is a great setback," Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar told reporters in the capital Saturday.

However, he said private consultants are redesigning portions of the proposed development to quiet other criticisms, such as the need for a greater setback of buildings from streets and relocation of entryways and exits to a massive underground garage in order to reduce potential impacts on the neighborhood.

Despite many obstacles and setbacks, the 1896 Olympics were regarded as a great success.

That would be as big a setback as his rigged re-election in 2009.

But he said the oil spill could be an even greater setback, potentially changing fishing conditions for years.