Sentence examples for set for defeat from inspiring English sources

The Conservatives are set for defeat in an upcoming by-election, a party grandee has acknowledged.

The Labour Party looks set for defeat in the general election which must be held by June 2010.

Angers had looked set for defeat against Lyon as they trailed to a 40th-minute goal by Diego Rolan.

The Democrats, the party of Serbia's pro-European president, Boris Tadic, looked set for defeat in the general election on May 11th.

Ohio Issue 2: GOP set for defeat over anti-union referendum was corrected because the original referred to Ohio governor John Kasich as Joe Kasich.

The restructure had been set for defeat at the 29 May meeting, with only 74.1% of proxy votes cast in favour of the move.

Instead, it looks set for a humiliating defeat.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest 1.52pm BST Currently on Philippe Chatrier Maria Sharapova looks set for a crushing defeat to Garbine Muguruza, having lost the first set 6-1.

The Wolves looked set for a first defeat of the season until George King went in with three minutes left, Chris Sandow adding a clincher for good measure.

Giovanni Trapattoni's side looked set for a humiliating defeat before a penalty from Robbie Keane and a shot in the dying seconds from Kevin Doyle turned the match around.

Addressing several hundred Congress faithful, Gandhi, 43, vowed to confound pollsters' predictions that Congress was set for a humiliating defeat to the Hindu nationalist opposition after a decade in power.