Sentence examples for heavy setbacks from inspiring English sources

But while the Army was gaining the foremost role internally, China suffered heavy setbacks in foreign policy.

The World Bank paper bemoans Africa's standards of governance.Perhaps even more worrying, in the past year or so, three of Africa's leading countries have had heavy setbacks.

Sunday's violence came amid fears that the insurgency has gained new strength after suffering heavy setbacks in US and Iraqi offensives.

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.

Amid fears among senior Lib Dems that the party is heading for a heavy setback in next year's general election, the deputy prime minister made clear he had his sights firmly set on remaining in government when he predicted that Britain would experience further coalitions.

Tourism and trade, as well as hopes for a peaceful resolution to the country's 18-year-old ethnic conflict, suffered a heavy setback when Tamil rebels made a suicidal attack on the international airport on July 24, destroying a third of the national carrier's fleet.

Two days before the advance, the battalion suffered a heavy setback when their commanding officer, McSharry, was mortally wounded in a bombardment around Vaire, while trying to rescue a wounded soldier.

The French dominated the first half without seriously threatening to score, one Franck Ribéry effort over the bar apart, and the heaviest setback to befall Scotland was when Darren Fletcher was forced off in the 26th minute with an injury inflicted by the home captain, Patrick Vieira.

They experience great setbacks.

The great setback of 1996, when Birt's heavy-handed management reorganisation notoriously kept women away from the top broadcasting posts, was only temporary.

Many Sids experience increasingly frequent extreme weather events, resulting in serious development setbacks and heavy reconstruction costs.