Sentence examples for was a setback to from inspiring English sources

The surge was a setback to hopes that layoffs were declining.

In the minds of many shark researchers, the movie was a setback to white-shark science.

His decision was a setback to Mr Berlusconi's hopes of quickly regaining the power that he lost in April 2006.

The delay was a setback to the opposition's plans to fill the power vacuum created by the ever bloodier civil war.

It remains a tough sell and this was a setback to the club's hopes of scrambling to a top-four finish.

While the reinstatement was a setback to the reputation of Dr. Crew, it could also make it harder for Mr. Levy to hold superintendents accountable for their performance.

A humiliation for BP in Russia would be a setback to this charm offensive.

The loss of supplies to the Afghan Army is a setback to that effort.

But it would be a setback to those ideas, and the people who need those ideas".

The decision is a setback to Grayling's prison and probation privatisation programme.

The decision appeared to be a setback to United Nations-sponsored efforts to reform Guatemala's corruption-racked judicial system.