Sentence examples similar to it constituted a setback from inspiring English sources

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.

In most countries that would be no big deal, but in Japan it constitutes a stinging rebuke for local suppliers.And the fight goes onBusinessmen are defined by their successes; entrepreneurs by their setbacks.

It constitutes a marathon election.

It constitutes a dímos (municipality).

It constitutes a real long-term threat.

It constitutes a criminal offence".

…of odours), it constitutes an ordinal scale.

Were that to happen, it would constitute a major setback for Obama's domestic priorities.

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".

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.