Their relations with Iraq had been gradually warming, in several ways; this is a bad setback.
I did not know Welbeck had had a bad setback," Wenger said.
They're stainless steel 304.' [Laughs.] It was a bad setback, but now metals testing happens much earlier in the process, and we might not have thought of that being a necessary step otherwise.
There will be bad news, setbacks, broken promises and long hours.
And events on bad days-setbacks and other hindrances-are nearly the mirror image of those on good days.
But if you're a country that's trying to cement its status as a major world power — to go from "emerging" to "emerged" — how bad a setback is this?
In fact, in keeping with the cussed logic of a career characterised by bad breaks and setbacks, their next album, Lisbon, turned out to be their best yet.
The stories here – of bad relationships, career setbacks and all those other tiny disappointments of adulthood – may be routine, but their telling is anything but, with the driving, fuzzy indie of the likes of She Sends Kisses and Ex-Girl Collection building to a dizzying emotional pitch.
The project has had numerous setbacks: bad weather, including winds so heavy that no work at all could take place today, has thrown tomorrow's planned completion date into doubt, and the cost, originally estimated at $6 million, is now certain to exceed $10 million, say people close to the artists.
I'm a big believer in the value of perseverance for overcoming the bad luck, unexpected setbacks, and unavoidable roadblocks that invariably arise.
