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The presence of ISIS on the Kurdish borders and the difficulties in selling oil constituted a "setback," he said.

But Girardi said it was by design and did not constitute a setback.

While CBS has rightfully won the day regarding Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" at the 2004 Super Bowl, I find it ludicrous that your editorial suggests that the Federal Communications Commission's ruling — however arbitrary — constituted a serious setback to freedom of expression.

In the past that sort of non-result might have constituted a severe setback but I was no longer disposed to accept failure meekly and I was beginning to know my way around.

In 1947 the partition of Bengal between newly independent India and Pakistan constituted a serious setback for Calcutta, which became the capital of West Bengal only, losing the trade of a part of its former hinterland.

But though the I.R.A.'s move constituted a grave setback for the already battered peace accord, it did not appear to signal any return to violence by the I.R.A. Sir Ronnie Flanagan, chief of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, said security forces had no intelligence to indicate that the clandestine army "intends to re-engage in acts of violence contrary to their stated cessation".

Furthermore, there were concerns that that Indonesian nurses and midwives would not be acceptable in the international labour market; since one of the labour and international policies of the country is to export more professional staff in order to address the world shortage, this clearly constituted a major setback.

Nevertheless, losing the Concert platform constitutes a strategic setback for a firm that has suffered more than its share of strategic setbacks lately.

Acceptance of such behavior would constitute a major setback for social progress.

Though the Canadian-born architect remains nominally the master planner for the site, this constitutes a heavy setback for his LA-headquartered practice that has already lost half of its staff over the past year.

The Ambassador also stated that Thailand's failure to ensure an extradition process in Bout that is free from corruption and undue influence would constitute a major setback to the bilateral relations between the U.S. and Thailand, especially in the area of law enforcement.