Sentence examples for setback in progress from inspiring English sources
This funding gap is only recently being closed and the world's children cannot afford yet another setback in progress.
This is not to deny that there have been setbacks in progress towards the MDGs.
41 The government of PNG has taken important steps to place renewed focus on strengthening the healthcare system, after initial gains in the 1990s were partly defeated by setbacks in progress, revealed by 'brain drain' of qualified healthcare workers from remote areas to urban areas or out-of-country, and the closing of several aid posts.
During the period of the Sargonic dynasty, the Semitic Akkadians took over the political hegemony of Babylonia, marking a definite setback in the progress of the Sumerian language.
(The film derives much suspense from a suspicious-looking spot on the director's rib). At one point, discussing a sudden setback in his progress, he is seen near the Central Park statue of Lewis Carroll's Alice, a reference the film makes instantly understandable.
New regulations approved by the D.C. Taxi Commission last week could be a setback in the progress that Uber has made there, however.
More and more sophisticated efforts are required in order to prevent a setback in MDG progress in the economically-challenging year to come.
"The publications come at an opportune time when all our efforts must be directed at addressing the impact of the global economic crisis on the world's poorest and most vulnerable groups, and to prevent setbacks in the progress on the Millennium Development Goals," said UNICEF Director of Programmes Dr. Nicholas Alipui.
But it would be a huge setback in the impressive progress that Turkey has made under Mr Erdogan.
The extension is seen as a setback to progress in African governance by the international community.
If drug-resistance spreads to Bangladesh and India, the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance say it would be "a major regional and global setback to progress in malaria control efforts over the last decade".
