Sentence examples for slip backwards from inspiring English sources

We cannot stand still or slip backwards.

How did a Labour government let inequality slip backwards in those golden years?

These countries should be first in the queue, while nations like the Maldives that slip backwards into autocracy and corruption should be excluded from accessing climate finance support.

Egypt promises to follow, though the generals in charge of its transition have been horribly inept of late, raising fears that the country may slip backwards to disorder or military control.

"What happens in Sudan in the days ahead may decide whether a people who have endured too much war move forward towards peace or slip backwards into bloodshed," Mr. Obama said, establishing the warning tone taken by all speakers at the session.

The treatment agency, which is to be merged into the NHS's Public Health England next month, has also warned that this progress could slip backwards as drug treatment will face heavy competition for health money from other pressing issues such as alcohol abuse.

Many, though, were still engaged in a "constant battle to avoid slipping backwards".

But none of this may be enough to stop Serbia's slipping backwards.

Farzana says her mother despairs at how the country slipped backwards.

"We've been slipping backwards and we didn't know that before," he said.

After five years of SPLM rule, too many health and social indicators are slipping backwards.