Sentence examples for visible setback from inspiring English sources
Carrots for compliance rather than the threatened sticks would probably have been more effective, and would have prevented a highly visible setback.
The chart shows just how unusual the 2001 recession was, in that it took place with no visible setback in the auto share of the consumer pocketbook, as had occurred in previous downturns.
Any significant order for American troops to step back in would undermine the credibility of the Iraqi government and be a visible setback for the training program, risking the entire United States strategy.
While he criticized others for decisions that led to what he called a false start, General Eaton accepted responsibility for the most visible setback in the training, when a battalion of the new Iraqi Army dissolved in April 2004 as it was sent into its first major battle.
Holmgren bit down hard and decided to stay, stomaching his most visible public setback in the city whose team he was supposed to save.
We've had setbacks, but underneath the most visible rejections are the most inconspicuous victories.
In fact it's not a recent phenomenon: even visible, dependable "brands" like Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges all had their commercial setbacks.
To truly advance our knowledge and move our society forward, we must accept that there will be setbacks, that the path ahead will rarely be visible, and that we'll fail before we succeed.
The United Automobile Workers's suspension of its highly visible organizing drive at the Honda Motors plant at Marysville, Ohio, is a major setback for the union and seems to portend greater organizing difficulties.
The signs of recovery visible under the later Mongol rulers known as the Il-Khanid dynasty had been followed by a setback after the death of the last Il-Khanid, Abu Said (1335).
Their plans, coups and setbacks filled the news as much as anything in the advertising world in 2002, perhaps made more visible by a backdrop of mostly lackluster ad spending.
