Sentence examples for setbacks encountered from inspiring English sources

An article last Sunday about business setbacks encountered by the pharmaceutical giant Merck misstated the number of its recent layoffs.

Christian Wolmar (In praise of the tram: how a love of cars killed the workers' transport system, 6 June) fails to mention Toronto, Canada, where trams have flourished since 1861 without the setbacks encountered in Britain.

Mr. Rumsfeld's journey to the region was his first since early May, when President Bush declared major combat operations in Iraq to be over, but preparations for this trip have been darkened by the heavy casualties and other setbacks encountered by American forces in Iraq.

We assume that some institutions are in a position to be more helpful and understanding about the setbacks encountered by early-stage businesses, and that the institutions' skillset and tolerance offers entrepreneurs an environment to learn and grow their businesses.

We used the word 'ideology' because a belief in the value and prospects of distributed control, in spite of all difficulties and setbacks encountered by this technology since its inception, has more to do with passions and value systems than individualistic calculation of personal interests.

As a consequence of several setbacks encountered by viral technology in achieving efficient and safe gene therapy in clinical trials, non-viral gene delivery vectors are considered to date as a valuable alternative and to hold promise for future therapeutic applications.

Many of the paintings in the exhibition show the setbacks they encountered during their travels, the bandits who robbed and harassed them, and even raped them.

In this scenario, sexual love was flatly instrumental, and this too was exciting, as it illuminated a reality many of us were, unwittingly, beginning to inhabit: that of the unexpected setbacks one encountered on the road to experience.

The character later underwent a transitional period; she retained her strong personality, but displayed a weaker side resulting from the setbacks she encountered.

The exhibit "shows ups and downs of the artist's creative process," Freer and Sackler assistant curator Carol Huh says; indeed, "nine deaths" in the exhibition's title refers to the many setbacks Xu encountered with this project, which took two years instead of a projected four months.

This will be set out as a board game of snakes and ladders highlighting the successes and setbacks we encountered, and how we started, recruited staff, trained and now use their training.