Sentence examples for setbacks to development from inspiring English sources

It comprises a voluntary set of targets and priorities to foster increased resilience to present and future hazards and to prevent setbacks to development as the result of small and large disasters.

African swine fever (ASF) is one of the major setbacks to development of the pig industry in Nigeria.

Asked how the upbeat predictions sat with the ongoing crises in Syria, Iraq, South Sudan and Central African Republic, Gates said violence was a "huge setback" to development.

A state agency's plans to install 10 temporary generators around the city to meet power needs next summer is facing staunch opposition, particularly in Queens, where community and business leaders fear a setback to development taking place along the waterfront of Long Island City.

Thus, the close inter-relations between social, health, and economic impacts significantly substantiate setbacks to overall development.

The Napoleonic occupation of 1806 08 caused a serious setback to its development.

In March 2015, however, Vanuatu suffered a severe setback to its development when Cyclone Pam, a category 5 (highest intensity) tropical cyclone, struck the islands.

Boeing said yesterday that it would delay the first test flight of the 787 Dreamliner by about three months, the first significant setback to the development of the fastest-selling commercial aircraft in history.

But today, Dr. Post said that the documents, containing complaints, memorandums and letters about eight priests accused of abuse, were a "major setback to the development of any relationship between Voice of the Faithful and Cardinal Law".

The IMF said the Libyan supply setback was comparable to development around the time of the Iraq war in 2003.

Without this support – which would not be available without government funding – Harrison would have suffered huge setbacks to his academic and social development.