Sentence examples for met with a setback from inspiring English sources

The talented but fragile six-year-old, who runs in the same Michael Buckley colours as Finian's Rainbow, had not done so since last season, having met with a setback during the autumn.

RE: Update on New Lines of Business As you would of heard by now, the recent LCN 2000(R) initiative to increase annual revenue by hustling stocks to greedy investors met with a setback last week due to unforeseen federal indictments.

"This is a horse we've held in high regard from the spring onwards, we just met with a slight setback in the spring, so we had to be patient with him.

As things turned out, the Reliance Fresh expansion met with a series of setbacks.

Punters hoping for a share-out of the £23m "won" in controversial circumstances on Betfair last December met with a substantial if not unexpected setback on Saturday when the Independent Betting Adjudication Service (IBAS) backed the betting exchange's decision to void all the bets.

Its initial success has been met with a number of highly publicised setbacks.

Buildings and vehicles ablaze, power and water cut off, and refugees fleeing with pushcarts do not — at least to my wife and I — paint the portrait of laid back island life where every setback is met with a smile.

– was met with a swift "no".

The book met with a mixed reception.

And it provided some vindication for Marks & Spencer's chairman, Luc Vandevelde, who joined the company nearly two years ago, vowing to return the tired British icon to a semblance of its former glory, only to meet with a series of setbacks.

28 For example, the Gates Foundation's campaign to eradicate polio met with significant setbacks that reinforce the importance of a broad understanding of delivery outcomes in the planning process.