"setbacks and delays" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it whenever you need to refer to the difficulties or problems that may impede progress towards a goal. For example: "The project has encountered unexpected setbacks and delays, but we are still committed to reaching our deadline."
Reyes's recovery has been something of a mystery for the Mets, filled with setbacks and delays.
The researchers had hoped to turn on the power over the summer but suffered a series of setbacks and delays.
But for a brief period in 2013 the $50bn mega-project in Kazakhstan began pumping oil for the first time after a decade of setbacks and delays.
But at the preview on May 29, despite the setbacks and delays he has experienced elsewhere in the county, the 54-year-old Mr. Trump was all smiles.
It had been four years full of setbacks and delays since the director's triumph, "Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb".
Russia has been the most active of the Arctic states in forging ahead with Arctic development, but it has faced setbacks and delays because of the harsh conditions and environmental concerns.
For all Senator Barack Obama's success at raising money and generating excitement among voters, he faces a daunting challenge as he prepares to claim the nomination in August: a Democratic convention effort marred by costly setbacks and embarrassing delays.
There were battlefield setbacks and operational delays along the way, but overall Zhukov had an astounding record of success.
The budget ballooned to nearly $200 million, the production faced setbacks and release delays, and Pitt reportedly clashed with director Marc Forster.
There were thousands of little, everyday dramas for everyday people, small-scale victories and setbacks, delays and defeats.
Roche said preclinical studies show that the combination may be better than Pegasys and ribavirin, the most successful treatment for hepatitis C. Roche has had a series of research setbacks and faces a delay for Pegasys, the only potentially top-selling medication it planned to introduce in 2001, analysts said.
