Sentence examples for tremendous setback from inspiring English sources

"If Novartis had won, this would have been a tremendous setback for us," he said.

"It would be a tremendous, tremendous setback," said Pepe Hernandez, the president of the Cuban American National Foundation, which provides support to the anti-Castro movement in Cuba.

Even after the team had left, the British Deputy High Commissioner complained that the incident had caused a "tremendous setback" in relations between the two nations.

"If the Kaesong project is stopped and we have to pull our workers completely, it will be a tremendous setback to South-North relations," Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae of South Korea said during a parliamentary hearing.

From the Times: "This is a tremendous setback," said Steve Valk, communications director for the Citizens Climate Lobby, an advocacy group devoted to enacting a carbon tax in the United States.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger clearly had it in mind when he recently said "Last year we had a tremendous setback because some of the science and some of the numbers were manipulated and that is very damaging because it gives the other side a way in".

"They overcame tremendous setbacks and asserted themselves as individuals at a time when the world did not have that expectation of women".

There's something energizing about listening to the words of outstanding individuals who've experienced tremendous setbacks yet have still managed to craft extraordinary lives for themselves.

It was a terrible setback.

"Losing Edson was a tremendous blow — it was a real setback for Merrill".

If Assad is thrown over by his own people, it will be a tremendous strategic setback for Iran and a great victory for the rest of the people in the Middle East, and for us as well because, obviously, Iran is our sworn enemy.