Sentence examples for suffered a sharp setback from inspiring English sources

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia — At first glance around this rebellious city, President Evo Morales seemed to have suffered a sharp setback this month.

In Greece, the governing conservatives suffered a sharp setback in the elections, seen as an acid test for Kostas Karamanlis, the prime minister.

DAVID BARBOZA BROADCASTER VICTORY The Federal Communications Commission and the Bush administration suffered a sharp setback when a federal appeals court struck down the government policy of punishing networks and stations for broadcasting shows with fleeting obscenities.

The Federal Communications Commission and the Bush administration suffered a sharp setback when a federal appeals court struck down the government policy of punishing networks and stations for broadcasting shows with fleeting obscenities.

That campaign suffered a sharp setback in September when the judge in the case, Eugene H. Nickerson, issued a sharply worded opinion denying Mr. Schwarz's request for a new trial.

Tom Glocer, head of Reuters' main information division, will become the first American (and first non-journalist) to run the company.The revival of Apple Computer, overseen by Steve Jobs, chief executive and co-founder, suffered a sharp setback after a profits warning.

Substantial recovery started in the 1960s, only to suffer a sharp setback in the early '70s, when the bulk of the U.S. Navy's operations in the state were reassigned elsewhere.

The sacrament has suffered a sharp decline.

The vote was a sharp setback to unionization drives at the traditionally nonunion airline.

"The opposition has suffered a huge setback".

Instead, Mr. Washington suffered a rare setback.