Sentence examples for serious setback to from inspiring English sources

That would represent a serious setback to the peace process but probably not halt it completely.

The Napoleonic occupation of 1806 08 caused a serious setback to its development.

Their destruction and banning of icon paintings was a serious setback to Christian art.

Next year looks increasingly likely to see the most serious setback to growth in Britain for over a decade.

These disasters were a serious setback to China, which had just begun to promote industrialization to meet the Western challenge.

Despite this serious setback to his plan for "sovereignty-association," Lévesque (as his reelection demonstrates) retained his personal popularity.

It also deals yet another serious setback to the agency's efforts to eradicate the disease by year's end.

The new policy, thus, may represent a serious setback to the independent living movement for people with disabilities.

The Bihar elections also dealt a serious setback to the efforts by the Indian National Congress Party, which leads the national government, to rebuild itself in northern India.

See articleIn a serious setback to the peace process in Nepal, an election next month to choose a constituent assembly to write a new constitution was indefinitely postponed.

Legal authorities considered it a serious setback to their efforts to give an unequivocal signal that Geneva is no longer a haven for dubious funds.