Sentence examples for if it was a setback from inspiring English sources
If it was a setback, it was only momentary.
"I don't know if it's a setback," he said.
In the 72 hours after the Braves acquired Teixeira from Texas, they went from three and a half games behind the Mets in the National League East to five and a half back, and there was a shrug, as if it were a temporary setback.
He greeted the bereaved families and survivors in the public gallery on the other side of the bulletproof glass with a sarcastic slow handclap and thumbs up, deriding their victory over him as if it were a temporary setback, soon to be reversed.
"If it passes I think it is a setback for this clean energy future we've been talking about that is as significant as the failure to produce comprehensive energy and climate legislation in the Congress," said John Podesta, head of the Center for American Progress, a research institution.
Asked Friday if the decision was a setback, Judge Lippman said the commission had been successful because it ended with a pay increase at a time of economic crisis.
On if the game was a setback… I wouldn't say that.
If losing Brendan Rodgers was a setback, the arrival of a man with the pedigree of Laudrup has more than softened the blow.
It will either enable them to expand to tablets and smartphones, but if it doesn't, then it will be a setback".
It was a puzzling if not quite devastating setback for the Uncle Mo camp.
