Sentence examples for as a major setback from inspiring English sources

That decision was viewed as a major setback for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

This has been described as a major setback in efforts to tackle the disease.

Environmentalists criticized the decision as a major setback for clean air.

Ed Cox, the director of the IPPR North thinktank, described the announcement as a "major setback to the Northern powerhouse".

The failed merger was viewed by telecommunications industry analysts as a major setback for Telefonica, the once state-owned monopoly.

When a jury acquitted both men in November 2009, the loss was seen as a major setback for the the Justice Department.

The long-term U.S. goal of spreading democracy and freedom will be widely perceived, both domestically and internationally, as suffering a major setback should Iraq fail to fulfil the requirements of democratization.

"That wasn't progress as much as it was preventing a major setback".

Anti-slavery groups are mounting a spirited effort to have the register reinstated, as its demise would be a major setback in the fight against slavery.

The Iran-contra scandal of 1987 was a major setback, as the Reagan administration bypassed the new oversight procedures to conduct a covert war in Nicaragua -- against the will of Congress.

The second Lebanon war of 2006 caused a major setback, as the media was blamed for disclosing the locations of rocket attacks and thus "supplying Hezbollah with targeting data".