Sentence examples for unfortunate steps from inspiring English sources

The whole Nigerian political system, built up in a series of unfortunate steps over the past 40 years, tends to encourage corruption.

Ably directed by Ronny Yu, a veteran of Hong Kong cinema ("The Bride With White Hair") who has taken unfortunate steps into Hollywood ("Freddy vs. Jason") as well as sprightly ones ("Bride of Chucky"), "Fearless" sustains the tradition of ethically inflected Chinese action movies.

This would be an unfortunate step backwards.

"I guess it's the next logical, unfortunate step".

One unfortunate step by the versatile junior forward Robbie Hummel has jeopardized Purdue's Final Four hopes.

Senator Bernie Sanders has lambasted the Democratic National Committee DNCC) for taking an "unfortunate step backward" in once again allowing donations from lobbyists and PACs, a move that Obama had banned when he became a nominee in 2008.

In an unfortunate step backward, the Facebook hearings returned us to the old familiar Russia versus the West framework.

With all the long-term economic and social challenges that face this growing country, Phoenix's folly marks an unfortunate step backward to our more shameful past and away from a potentially promising future.

Ari Goldman's effort to assert his own partial perspective as incontestable fact is an unfortunate step backwards in this important process.

Several European foreign ministers issued a joint statement calling the election and its aftermath an "unfortunate step backwards in the development of democratic governance and respect for human rights in Belarus".

"These are unfortunate but necessary steps to help return Chrysler to a solid footing," Rick Deneau, a Chrysler spokesman, wrote on the company's Web site this week.