Sentence examples for setback in promoting from inspiring English sources

On Tuesday evening, Mr. Martin suffered a setback in promoting his agenda to more tightly regulate cable television when the commission voted to postpone a vote on his proposal to adopt a finding that the industry had grown so large that the commission's regulatory authority over it should be expanded.

In promoting the Michigan initiative, DeVos faced a setback.

Dr. Lloyd J. Old, who made seminal discoveries about the relationship between cancer and the immune system, and despite setbacks in the field steadfastly promoted the development of vaccines and other immunological means to fight cancer, died on Nov. 28 at his home in Manhattan.

Then his upgrade of the Dearborn plant, already interrupted by the recession, suffered an unexpected setback in January when the U.S. Department of Energy backed out of a $730 million low-cost loan it had promised under a program to promote clean vehicles.

Some may say clean energy suffered a setback in Michigan last fall when voters failed to pass a ballot measure that would have amended the state constitution to include policies to promote renewable energy.

First, on April 9th, came a setback in parliamentary polls.

Each mistranslation is a setback in human relations.

Georgians fear setback in Riga.

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This was a painful setback in every sense.

This news comes after last week's setback in China.