setback in English

noun
2
a plain, flat offset in a wall.
We do not need windows in walls facing small setbacks to gain light and ventilation.
3
the distance by which a building or part of a building is set back from the property line.
Remember to provide for a 10-foot setback from property lines and buildings.

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1. Now, setback.

2. A temporary setback, Cathy.

3. Today was a setback.

4. I cannot endure another setback

5. Setback timer of air conditioner, air conditioning system, and method of setting setback timer display

6. A temporary setback, I assure you.

7. This setback has drained away my keenness.

8. His research has suffered a temporary setback.

9. This temporary setback merely strengthened her resolve.

10. But in December 19 John suffered a setback.

11. Equities recovered from a sharp early setback yesterday.

12. We have had a bit of a setback.

13. I would think you'd be facing a major setback.

14. She views every minor setback as a disaster.

15. But several months later David had a disappointing setback.

16. You're gonna drown your sorrows'cause of a little setback?

17. Mr Mori's two coalition partners also suffered a setback.

18. Blunder away but be sure to learn from each setback

19. This is just a minor setback in a major operation.

20. This latest defeat constitutes a major setback for the government.

21. The December elections were a major setback for the party.

22. Incidentally, don't think I'm bitter because of some personal setback.

23. There has been a slight/temporary setback in our plans.

24. The government's rejection of the plans is a setback for us.

25. The team's hopes of playing in Europe suffered a setback last night.

26. The two losses are a serious setback for the team's playoff hopes.

27. Proponents blamed internecine warfare among term-limits supporters for the setback.

28. After their latest setback, the rebel forces no longer hold the initiative.

29. Bouguereau’s career was close to a direct ascent with hardly a setback.

30. The loss of Gough after the interval was another setback for Souness.

31. Sometimes when we've had a setback we want to grieve for awhile.

32. In the late 2000s economic crisis, the Slovenian economy suffered a severe setback.

33. In the wake of this most recent setback, even 2 % now looks optimistic.

34. The team suffered a major setback when their best player was injured.

35. The Alond development is the second significant setback for Pfizer this year

36. As yet the only people to suffer from this setback are the investors.

37. These Guidelines specify setback distances, acoustic monitoring, visual monitoring, delay/resumption criteria etc.

38. Of course, to get going again after a setback is not always easy.

39. The loss of their goalkeeper through injury was a major setback for the team.

40. Brazil also noted that an à la carte approach would mean a conceptual setback.

41. We're in a real budget Crunch and can't afford a setback like this right now

42. Nevertheless, the defeat of Ecgfrith was obviously a serious military setback for the northern Angles.

43. We had a minor setback in last week's Champions League match, but it's easily fixable .

44. The Beating of a drum secret Beatings of prisoners· A heavy defeat or setback

45. This setback to the economy occurred after seven years of contracting production and rising unemployment.

46. In later years Nobunaga had this setback expunged from records and omitted from the Nobunaga Chronicles.

47. The Millar Memorial, however, suffered a setback recently when a fire badly damaged their band hall.

48. Another setback came in April 1986 when burglars broke into my home and stole almost everything.

49. Hundreds of the aircraft are on order, but loss of the Northwest batch is a serious setback.

50. The postoperative sirognathographic records present distinct differences in functional adaptation between surgical mandibular advancement and mandibular setback.