Sentence examples for be a massive setback from inspiring English sources

Jonathon Porritt, the Government's top environmental adviser, said that a Johnson victory would be "a massive setback" – and, once in office, the new Mayor seemed to justify the warning.

If this is accomplished, it will be a massive setback for the respective intelligence agencies of nations across the globe, not to mention the governments on behalf of which they operate as well as any number of non-government entities including banks, multinationals, and religious institutions.

But I was highly disappointed with some of these character traits, and these were a massive setback for me.

The latest earthquake is a massive setback for the Nepal as the the impoverished mountainous nation tries to rebuild following April's tragic earthquake that killed more than 8000 people.

The surprising strength of Hezbollah's resistance, and its continuing ability to fire rockets into northern Israel in the face of the constant Israeli bombing, the Middle East expert told me, "is a massive setback for those in the White House who want to use force in Iran.

The BBC's Ahmed Maher says the offensive is a "massive setback" for the government.

Today's decision by the United States Supreme Court is a massive setback for the American consumer.

"Losing our captain is a massive setback, Jean has been superb as our leader on and off the field," said Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer.

This is a massive setback for the former world number one, who was playing only his 10th competitive round since back surgery in March.

For Ireland, it was a massive setback after winning the qualifying tournament and coming out on top in their two games against Zimbabwe and the UAE.

And Brown, who beat O'Sullivan by a single point in the able-bodied National Series Championships recently, is being supported in her appeal by Archery GB. "It's a massive setback for her - she's won the Paralympics twice before and she gets funding as a Paralympic archer so without that classification she won't get that funding any more".