Sentence examples for marked setback from inspiring English sources

It was a marked setback for international efforts to push the two nations away from the brink of a conflict over the Himalayan region claimed by both countries.

Lebanese media, long considered the Arab world's trailblazers, have declined in terms of freedom and balanced coverage, with management reluctant to reveal details about inner workings and operations -- a marked setback on the eve of a key legislative election.

That attack marked a setback to an encouraging trend: Civilian casualties in Afghanistan dropped significantly in the first four months of 2012, and a smaller proportion of the deaths was attributed to coalition and Afghan forces compared with a year earlier, the United Nations director in the country said last month.

[Page A13.] The developments marked a setback for the Bush administration, which had finally become re-engaged in the search for a Middle East peace and had pressed the Israelis hard to enable Mr. Arafat to attend the meeting, while pressing Mr. Arafat hard to crack down on terror.

Tuesday's results in Mississippi in particular marked a setback, though Idaho offered some consolation.

By putting Magna Carta in historical context, he cast doubt on its contemporary political relevance; his historical understanding did not survive the Glorious Revolution, which, according to the historian J. G. A. Pocock, "marked a setback for the course of English historiography".

The great meeting in Bergen soon after however renewed the division of the Norwegian kingdom with Skule, who thereafter gained control of the northern third of the country instead of the east, in what marked a setback despite his military victory.

This marks a setback for the seven rating firms that have been recognised by the Securities and Exchange Commission SECC) more recently, including DBRS and Egan-Jones.

Goldman's leading role marks a setback for Morgan Stanley, which led the Facebook I.P.O. and is regarded as having the strongest equity capital markets practice in the technology sector.

The announcement on Monday means Ohio will go at least two years without putting anyone to death and marks another setback in efforts to carry out capital punishment in the state.

The disintegration of Yanukovych's government marks a setback for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who had counted on the Ukrainian leader to bring the country into a Eurasian union of former Soviet-bloc nations.