Sentence examples for represents a setback for from inspiring English sources

"There are some who think that sales success represents a setback for American poetry," he said.

The proposal represents a setback for the car industry, which must redouble its efforts to win concessions it had sought in the final version of the legislation.

The decision represents a setback for the pharmaceutical multinationals who want only patent-holders to decide what discounts to offer on their most expensive and profitable products.

The lobbying scandal also represents a setback for Mr. Tusk in his efforts to run for president next year against Lech Kaczynski, the incumbent.

The drop in exports represents a setback for manufacturers and for President Obama, who has made the doubling of exports in the next five years a priority, saying that the increase would support two million jobs.

Increasing poverty represents a setback for the Kremlin strongman, whose popularity had long been fuelled by the growing wealth of the Russian population as a result of high oil prices in the first decade of his presidency.

American officials said his departure represented a setback for them.

It would represent a setback for BP's rehabilitation".

Imposing the constraints proposed by Ms. Steinfeld could only represent a setback for the progress we have achieved.

A failure to underpin the reforms would represent a setback for Cameron, who pledged last year to secure "full-on treaty change".

He then details how "the balance between freedom and restraint has been thrown out of whack," and how the Supreme Court's willingness to entertain the question of same-sex marriage represented "a setback for the forces of maximum freedom".