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Sentence Examples Leave the lip in place because it seems that even a three-course wall looks nicer with the setback. The only setback was that I was unable to import the comments from the old system. The decision will be seen as a serious setback to the team's hopes of progressing to the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal. In fact, many men have experienced the crushing setback of reverse discrimination when seeking jobs. He said there is a window of opportunity to reverse the environmental setback caused by many years of neglect. Unfortunately, the amount of work that she was being forced to do was a huge setback to their progress. The findings will be a serious setback for Blair and Jack McConnell as they battle to persuade activists to campaign in the coming election. And it would be a setback for efforts just getting underway in the United Nations to draft a global convention banning reproductive cloning. This was a setback because he had conceived an ambition to study physics with Boltzmann in Vienna. However, the momentary setback of failing that exam delays Dan just enough to miss the plane. Music students gearing up to make a bid for pop superstardom suffered a major setback when thieves cleaned them out. Ellen MacArthur's bid to circumnavigate the globe in record time received a cruel setback when her mast was damaged. This is a setback for studies of the role of horizontal transfer in niche expansion and speciation. Maintaining setback distances will reduce the possibility of contaminating ground and surface water. After more than six hours in the water he surfaced in excellent humour, quietly resigned to the setback. A quick cheerio to the normally indefatigable Lillian, who suffered a setback last week when she thought she was suffering from indigestion. Swisswings cites high fuel prices and overexpansion into non-profitable markets as reasons for the setback. Saltwater anglers and spring-break tourists suffered a miserable setback Tuesday as the wet norther pushed across southeast Texas. You know, after a setback, most presidents use the bully pulpit to go speechifying. Just as the launch of Sputnik changed the space race, this surprise announcement is being viewed as a setback for American science. Show More Sentences Ministers insisted they would not make snap decisions after the setback but the deputy prime minister is reportedly facing calls to resign. And, within hours of the first setback of his Ibrox management, they are thrown face-to-face with a Celtic side which smells blood. One setback will be the loss of punter Joey Hildbold, who regularly bails out the offense with booming kicks. One is left to reflect on the many might-have-beens and the extreme narrowness between victory and a severe setback. It's frustrating enough to encounter a big setback, so why torment the kids with snakes. Early in June the mine suffered a minor setback when one of the driving wheels of the engine broke. But typically the dictatorial F1 supremo doesn't see this setback as remotely his Waterloo! Despite the crash setback, aeromedical transportation continued to progress. The failure has turned the summit into a significant setback rather than a step toward an accord. It was an unfortunate setback after a period of relative stability and noticeable improvement. Suffering setback after setback, he is currently back in Rio recuperating from his latest. Scotland suffered a setback when Jones was controversially yellow-carded by Argentinian referee Manual Picara for killing the ball on the ground. His only consolation is that each setback provides ammunition for his songwriting. This was apparently yet another significant setback to the dissident republican cause. Apart from this one setback, the firm continued to grow profitably and earned a reputation as a leader in its field. Remember to provide for a 10-foot setback from property lines and buildings. But he doesn't seem to be worried about the loss of earnings and career setback that most female returners experience. We work very hard to restore this magnificent building to its former glory and this is a very obvious setback. The visitors refused to take this setback lying down and almost immediately forced a corner. They may have a setback with a third of the group leaving, but they showed no signs of giving up. Show More Sentences The olive ridley turtle is one of several animal species that may have suffered a big setback as a result of last month's earthquake and tsunami. In order of preference, dry cows and heifers will suffer no setback through being indoors for a couple of weeks. If you look out for artful and dishonest sorts, you will probably spare yourself a big fiscal setback. Their most serious setback came when valuable Cotswold stone roof tiles from the roof were stolen by thieves. Plans to convert an old factory building into 12 homes hit a setback on Monday amid opposition from residents. Those who lose a job or face a financial setback fall through the frayed safety net of welfare and other social service cutbacks. It meant more to our father to see us deal with a setback and try to bounce back than to watch how we handled our successes. This is the second huge setback for union-backed Senate candidates in the last few weeks, the first being Arlen Specter. Homegrown medical marijuana qualifies as interstate commerce, the Supreme Court ruled June 6, in the second major setback it has delivered to pot patients. But as time went by, and there was no news of the men, I decided they were unlikely to bother taking the trouble and risk of searching me out in revenge for a minor setback. A popular Clapham bar under the spotlight for complaints about antisocial behaviour suffered a fresh setback after a customer was stabbed in the back during a fight. Jessegate is just the latest, and I would argue inevitable, setback in the centuries-long quest to gentrify overalls. Seneca encouraged followers to possess the strength of immunity to setback, but never withheld his human touch. It is hard to see what purpose would be served by second-guessing the administration over every setback, or wringing our hands over every difficulty. The revival was halted when they were dealt another two-pronged setback. Firstly, that it will have an effect on the Rillington bypass if the road is fully dualled and that will be a further setback for the people of Rillington. Already without Chris Nicholls through injury the second team had another setback when Trevor Williams withdrew after injuring his back in the earlier match. It was a serious setback for the Mayo men and four minutes later this was compounded when Hayes set up Mark Ronan for the opening goal of the match. Antony emerged triumphant and the dominant partner of the triumvirate, while Octavian's seeming cowardice caused a severe if temporary setback to his ambitions. Britain's victory hopes took a setback during the warm-up when the penalty corner specialist Ben Hawes strained a calf muscle and was replaced by Jerome Goudie. Show More Sentences So, barring a major surprise like another terrorist attack or some unforeseeable setback in Iraq, the President's numbers will probably move up again soon. This is to be welcomed because it marks a setback for the backward-looking and small-minded, illiberal and anti-democratic outlook that has come to define the radical rump. But any readers wishing to set to work on Goering's negligee should beware the unsleeping Mattel legal team, although the legal eagles did suffer a setback last August. It means a setback in the movement to upwardly harmonize regulations. But a setback came when he had headaches, nagging pains and dizzy spells. Dry cows and heifers will suffer no setback through being indoors for a couple of weeks and next in line would be yearling cattle and forward stores. As it happens, the setback turned out to be the only hiccup in the 14 race series, and Andy made an astonishing recovery to claim 11 victories in his last 12 race meetings. Deportation or the failure to get a visa is seen as a temporary setback during which strategies to outmaneuver consular officers, who are perceived as racists, are elaborated. His progress this time around has been hit by a serious injury setback. In early 1999 the company suffered a setback following the discovery that its Glenmorangie Single Highland Malt brand had been overstocked in the UK distribution chain. Busby's men did not panic after such a setback and a moment of magical inspiration from new signing Robinson handed them the initiative again on 69 minutes. Despite her setback, Eve still enjoyed her flying visit to New York. Despite the setback, she still enjoyed her flying visit to New York. But that now looks a forlorn hope as the player suffered a setback and is unlikely to get many, if any, competitive matches under his belt before the season ends. For Lismore however the decisiveness of the defeat is a setback, and they will have it all to do to get back into contention via the losers' group. Expected to be sidelined a minimum of six weeks by the setback, Lee sounded off angrily against what he considered dirty tactics by his Yankee enemies. Despite the elbow injury, he said he is not disheartened by the setback. The resultant character born of that period helped him survive the setback of a near-fatal bout with double pneumonia in 2000, just as he began his return to bodybuilding. A setback occurred in the 1957 to 1963 period when elm spanworms invaded the area, killing many oaks, especially on the high ridges. It suffered a severe setback in 150 BC, when a rebellion began in the north. Show More Sentences But like any soccer pro, Frank Lampard's ex Elen shows that after a setback at home she's ready to play the field again. Designers can create chamfers based on an angle and setback, rather than two setbacks. Despite this setback, within ten days he had caught up with his group and continued on to Khambhat in the Indian state of Gujarat. This setback, however, did not deter Balboa's ambitions of returning to explore the South Sea. A bimaxillary operation with maxillary advancement and mandibular setback was carried out in the majority of the patients. Yes, we have had a bit of a setback with the lowlife who torched our car, but we are not giving up our fight for a better and safer estate. It was in response to this setback that Charlemagne, at the Blood court of Verden, ordered the beheading of 4,500 Saxons who had rebelled. After this setback, Fred and Walter contested the next four finals with Fred proving himself the stronger player. Faced with this setback on the continent, Richard turned his attention instead towards France's ally, Scotland. So when the gatehouse collapsed in 1240, the locals celebrated the setback. Just grabbing onto something for the sake of ending uncertainty could be both a copout and a setback. Despite the setback at Chetatea, on 28 January 1854, Russian forces laid siege to Calafat. The election results proved to be a setback for Reagan and the Republicans. The January 2010 earthquake, was a major setback for education reform in Haiti as it diverted limited resources to survival. She has since proved a gappy set of milk teeth is no setback to becoming a very loud celeb. Trevithick did not consider this a serious setback, but rather operator error. In his view, the process of deindustrialization in the period of transition is another setback to export. True, there was a setback when I woke up from a nap to find Cliff Roles sitting next to me, reading a book about f-stops. This made it difficult for him to campaign, and a further setback was the internal division which continued to beset the Liberal Party. Only three ships ever sailed again, a devastating setback to the French Channel fleet. Show More Sentences After this major setback, he set sail again on 13 December aboard Pelican with four other ships and 164 men. That setback left Blackburn stuck in the bottom three and raised the suggestion among fans that some Rovers stars are nervous wrecks. The project would have made hundreds of jobs in the area and its rejection is Reid said, is a setback for all Nevadans. How Offaly managed to blow such a commanding position against a very limited Longford side boggled the mind but they appear to have regrouped from that setback. In the face of this setback Vivian withdrew from the partnership. Despite the setback, Pisa was able to continue its territorial expansion in Tuscany some decades afterwards, thanks to Guido da Montefeltro and Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor. Students, however, said a ban on photocopying is a setback for them. Despite this military setback, Manuel's armies successfully invaded the Southern parts of Kingdom of Hungary in 1167, defeating the Hungarians at the Battle of Sirmium. In 1991, another setback occurred when Ryanair, which had flown from the airport to Ireland for a number of years, transferred its London operating base to Stansted. Here, however, his victorious career suffered a serious setback. Following this setback, Bond decided to set up his own company, Reaction Engines Limited, with the hope of continuing development with private funding. As such, it can be considered a slight setback for the English nation and another example of Dutch superiority regarding pure seamanship at the time. El Mihdway, who survived consecutive third-set tiebreakers to reach the semifinals, suffered a 6-1, 6-1 setback to Thacher in their previous meeting. Despite the setback Grayson's men should have levelled when David Somma crashed his header against Dorus de Vries' crossbar from Neil Kilkenny's free-kick. And Newcastle's preparations for their Premier league campaign took a slight setback yesterday when they were beaten 2-1 by Norwich at Carrow Road. That we learn to read past individual words to get to an overarching meaning is an unfortunate setback. A lot to learn when you take a word slow. We're velocitized. Masood takes a risk after his plan to buy the Argee Bhajee suers a setback, and Shabnam hears the surprising explanation for Kush's drunken behaviour. Despite this setback, within a year Evans had found a client. After undergoing several tests a suspensory ligament injury has been diagnosed and the setback is likely to keep the versatile performer on the sidelines until next autumn. This initial release into the wild of 11 animals received a setback during the first year with the disappearance of two animals and the alleged illegal shooting of a third. Show More Sentences Manager Malky Mackay was remaining up-beat, despite the latest setback. Polar adventurer Conrad Dickinson, pictured, has suffered a major setback on his trek to the geographic North Pole, splitting one of his sledges on ice rubble. Examples from Classical Literature Some Manchurian walnuts also got a setback with spring frosts, and some did not. Its one setback had come from a semi-professional outfit of Dunkirk, and that score had been only seven to four against Lakeville. This is a setback from which only the most experienced advocate can readily recover. It was not till about four o'clock that they met with their first setback. A 365 setback like this had only a stimulating effect on his spirit. Frustrated by their own ineptness, it took just one setback for Fulham to capitulate. Yet the court, in yet another setback for women's rights, chose to base its judgment on the state of the victim's hymen. Attempts to recruit more foster parents have also suffered a setback in a backlash against a compulsory government-imposed training scheme. But, as the footbridge was approached, his purpose received a setback. So temporary was the setback that she scarcely paused ere hurling her assault from a new angle. However, Chic suffered a setback a week ago when she was kicked by another horse from Sir Michael Stoute's team and those plans had to be shelved. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of setback? Words that rhyme with setback What is the plural of setback? What is the noun for setback? Translations for setback Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words set-aside set aside set apart set an example set alight setal set back set-back setbacks set down set foot set foot in 7-letter Words Starting With s se set setb setba setbac