Sentence examples for of serious setbacks from inspiring English sources

By the middle of this week, after 10 days of serious setbacks, the FTSE 100 was below 5,600 - lower than at the start of the year and about 9 per cent off the peak.

Kreuzer, who has overcome a series of serious setbacks since being drafted in 2007, will have surgery on the injury he suffered during the Blues' two-point win over Port Adelaide.

"For the eighth consecutive year, [we] recorded more declines in democracy worldwide than gains," the 41st annual edition of its Freedom in the World report found, warning of serious setbacks in "large politically influential countries" including Egypt, Russia, Turkey and Indonesia, and the rise of "modern authoritarianism".

The passage of this religion law is the latest and most disturbing example of this serious setback of human rights and the rule of law in Hungary.

In the book, he rates the chances of a "serious setback" for humanity over the next 100 years at 50-500".

Mr. Caulkett said investors were "frightened in case it's the beginning of a serious setback" and were not likely to do any buying until New York investors returned today.

The approach taken by the new federal guidance is nothing short of a serious setback in advancing towards what is a universal goal: protecting the basic civil rights of all communities.

Some owners' core businesses have had serious setbacks because of the recession.

At least four serious criminal cases — including two murder cases — have already suffered serious setbacks because of questions over informant involvement.

Since the early 90's, "rule of law" or something like it has been quite prominent in such discussions; yet the legal system has remained far from independent, with seemingly every glimmer of genuine reform matched by serious setbacks.

The global effort to eradicate polio, a disease that has been on the brink of extinction for years, is facing serious setbacks on two continents.