Sentence examples similar to set back a day from inspiring English sources

Mr. McCabe has three daughters and a son — what would have been considered a starter set back in the day.

Yesterday the supreme court rejected a defence plea to set back the Tuesday deadline for Judge Guzman to interview the general: a sign that it is likely to reject its plea for the judge's dismissal from the case.

It's a story that is set back in the day, but it's still very relevant to our time now.

President Obama's push to get more control over Americans' gun use was set back on Wednesday, when the senate defeated a gun-buyer background check bill.

The news was a shot in the arm to euro-boosters, who were set back after Friday's U.S. labor report indicated economic improvement in America is free of inflation pressure, despite massive liquidity injections by the Federal Reserve and Treasury.

They were set back late Tuesday night when Juan Gonzalez, the prize free-agent outfielder, decided to sign with the Texas Rangers.

The efforts by Ukraine and Georgia to start the slow process of joining NATO were set back on Thursday by the Bush administration's squabbles with Russia.

That meeting was to start today, but the Taliban announced that it had been set back to Wednesday and possibly later.

In 1966, the Uniform Time Act outlined that clocks should be set forward on the last Sunday in April and set back the last Sunday in October.

In 1966 in the United States, the Uniform Time Act outlined that clocks should be set forward on the last Sunday in April and set back the last Sunday in October.

LONDON — Hopes that the euro zone might emerge from recession soon were set back Thursday as data showed that a downturn in business activity in the region worsened unexpectedly this month, especially in France.