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How To Use Set back In A Sentence

  • This result has set back their chances of winning the competition.
  • However, just as the discovery of arsenic contamination undermined years of work to provide clean drinking water, crises such as the current floods demonstrate how easily such progress can be set back.
  • Premature implementation will set back the cause of regional reform and development and aggravate political problems.
  • A war would inevitably set back the process of reform.
  • The perfect pit stop for weekenders shuttling between the dramatic scenery of Loch Torridon and the quirky exotic gardens at Inverewe, Gairloch's friendly Old Inn is set back from the village's small harbour in a pretty valley.
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  • It will be easier with buildings outside conservation areas that are well set back. Times, Sunday Times
  • And it’s not just that my stoop is somewhat set back from the street, I often work by my window and I hardly ever even seen anyone on the prowl. Hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » No Binners in Southern Victoria?
  • Hopes of cementing the recent rapprochement between Nato allies, Greece and Turkey, have been set back.
  • Baxter -- lone and babyless again -- set back in her empty house. Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings
  • Having just returned from their trip to Brussels, Carol and her friends sit in her house in one of the broad avenues set back from the town's harbour, to take stock.
  • It will be easier with buildings outside conservation areas that are well set back. Times, Sunday Times
  • Set back from the main Tullow / Carlow Road the house is approached along a tree lined avenue.
  • Two years ago the Gazette was allowed to exclusively reveal the revolutionary design of the proposed new buildings, set back into the hillside with undulating grass roofs to blend with the surroundings.
  • The studios are set back from the road and are shaded by the olive trees from which they derive their name.
  • This result has set back their chances of winning the competition.
  • Liz Phair, another golden voice, played a stripped down acoustic set backed by light guitar and bass.
  • The house, which comes complete with an attached garage, is set back from the road in mature gardens with shaped lawns, a paved sun patio, a pond, a lockable store, a shed and a greenhouse.
  • Rather than test the validity of those claims, the sailors quickly set back to sea in a longboat.
  • Alex, motivated by this rare compliment from Lance, set back to work on the mechanics of the machine.
  • The opening of the new swimming pool has been set back by a few weeks.
  • On the other side, three stores, then the courthouse — a cupolaed white frame building set back from the road with a patchy lawn in front — then four more storefronts, two of them brick. Cold Mountain
  • There will be a risk of public protest that could set back reforms.
  • The ninth and tenth floors set back to provide penthouses, advertised as the first in the UK.
  • On the other hand, their campaign clearly set back the cause by antagonizing many non-militant women and by alienating pro-suffrage members of Parliament.
  • Anyway, the initial set back apart, the evening was most convivial, beers were consumed, food was ingested and chit was chatted.
  • A war would inevitably set back the process of reform.
  • It is possible that it set back my full recovery by some considerable time. Times, Sunday Times
  • Their services are clock like, to be set backward and forward at their lord's command.
  • The opening of the new swimming pool has been set back by a few weeks.
  • She noticed with some annoyance that anyone standing in the entranceway, set back under the building a few meters as it was, would be dry.
  • During periods of political liberalization, progress toward equal rights proceeded apace, but the process was set back during periods of conservative counterreaction. Germany: 1750-1945.
  • Frenzill climbed the stone stairs out into the cool evening, hung the cresset back upon its hook next to the keys, and slowly walked back to the House of Fine Spirits. Father Swarat
  • Unfortunately they do not accept the holiday season as a valid reason to set back the question of adjudication.
  • The opening of the new swimming pool has been set back by a few weeks.
  • Sure, I could look at it as a temporary set back to our standard of living, and that after the post-doc is done, I will be in a better position for tenurable position and more money than we bring in now. Abstract Submissions to Conferences
  • But today they are baking in between 30% and 40% default rates among the current crop of graduates, said Chris Haid , a director in asset backed trading at Barclays Capital. Why Student Loans Are Riskier Bets
  • Environmental experts said the move would set back further research.
  • At some point in the weeks that followed the December set back the decision was taken to maintain the opposition in an abstentionist mood. Chavez sets his electoral strategy
  • I have to say we made a valiant effort - after each set back we picked ourselves up, brushed the dirt of our knees and skated on.
  • When Menachem Begin dispatched Israeli fighter planes to destroy Iraq's Osirak plant, he knew there was only one target, and that if it was eliminated, Iraq's nuclear program would be set back for many years. Will Iran Be Next?
  • Yesterday it was like winter again and we had a set back. AN UNLIKELY COUNTESS: Lily Budge and the 13th Earl of Galloway
  • Set back as I tell about the heroic doings of this lovable critter as spelled out by the elder folk of our town.
  • Their services are clock like, to be set backward and forward at their lord's command.
  • Once you get the business back on track, branch out by doing workshops and writing booklets, and maybe even start a blog helping others to reboot their lives after a set back.
  • The opening of the new swimming pool has been set back by a few weeks.
  • Another nearby option, set back on a lush hilltop near Apt, the recently-opened La Coquillade, is an eco-friendly 28-room neo-Provencal bastide with sleekly-designed spacious rooms the split-level "honeymooner's" suite has its own pool and hammam, built on a 30-hectare vineyard with an ultra-modern wine cellar, Caves Aureto. Coasting High in Provence
  • The house faced the lane, set back behind a waist-high stone wall and a large garden filled with flowering plants and roses. ALL ABOUT LOVE
  • The 218 flats are arranged in three blocks, set back from the road to preserve an existing belt of trees and minimise noise disturbance.
  • The south-west side also has a fully glazed ground floor set back behind pilotis, indicating the location of the most public interface: the day-patient clinic.
  • Does it set back the filter bacteria, denied of the first stage of the nitrogen equation?
  • Environmental experts said the move would set back further research.
  • I brought Russet back in, stamped my feet on the rug, and took off his leash.
  • The south-west side also has a fully glazed ground floor set back behind pilotis, indicating the location of the most public interface: the day-patient clinic.
  • Does it set back the filter bacteria, denied of the first stage of the nitrogen equation?
  • There were a couple of bars and cafés set back from the wharves, and a large chandlers that announced diesel at competitive prices. THE LAST TEMPTATION
  • An undulating ribbon of silver weaves through the work's russet background while the coppery trunklike shapes edged with white suggest sunlight filtered through dense foliage.
  • Surely, precisely the wrong response would be to permit those frustrations to boil over in shortsighted approaches-protectionism, defaults, and inflation-that could only aggravate the situation, undermine the progress that has been achieved, and set back prospects for years to come. The World Economy
  • Police also want to hear from landowners who have a gate made of tubular steel, which is set back from the road, on their grounds.
  • With his round, Roman-nosed head set back, and his heavy eyelids drooped, he held court like a pasha. COUP D'ETAT
  • The old vintage wines in the market may set back a restaurateur hundreds of dollars, but there's no risk.
  • This collection of individual luxury cottages one has its own plunge pool the size of some hotels' swimming pools just set back from stunning Marari beach near Alleppey, would be perfect for those who have had enough of traffic and temples. 10 of the best hotels in India
  • Set back from the road the hotel is reached through picturesque roads of characteristic pastel colour buildings.
  • Yesterday it was like winter again and we had a set back. AN UNLIKELY COUNTESS: Lily Budge and the 13th Earl of Galloway
  • I truly believe this set back, although horrific, my bet is they will recover and move on, hopefully sooner than soon. Monarch Butterfly Sanctuaries
  • In fact, a serious shortage of potable fresh water is about to set back the city's continued development.
  • Even if we suffer a set back we have bouncebackability.
  • Most flame weeders on the market are the same ones used by fire fighters to set backfires.
  • Financial problems have set back our building programme.
  • The opening of the new swimming pool has been set back by a few weeks.
  • Yesterday it was like winter again and we had a set back. AN UNLIKELY COUNTESS: Lily Budge and the 13th Earl of Galloway
  • The Dutch colonial houses were graceful and large, set back amid cocas, kanary, and nutmeg trees, while the rest of the small town lay half hidden in the foliage of palms.
  • On the other side, three stores, then the courthouse -- a cupolaed white frame building set back from the road with a patchy lawn in front -- then four more storefronts, two of them brick. Cold Mountain
  • Burning and disking appears to set back gallberry more than does burning alone, but disking probably does not kill gallberry except during periods of very low soil moisture.
  • They could narrow the search to old houses—because of the camphene lamp—and to ones set back from the beach itself—because of the maple and oak leaf trace. A Lincoln Rhyme eBook Boxed Set
  • We had a conservatory built on top of the building, which was set back so it wasn't visible from the street. Times, Sunday Times
  • They had set back down somewhere and refuelled, then waited. CORMORANT
  • The case for affirmative action in Bermuda has likely been set back by years.
  • He sought to allay fears that he would set back attempts at interfaith dialogue.
  • With his round, Roman-nosed head set back, and his heavy eyelids drooped, he held court like a pasha. COUP D'ETAT
  • Occasionally the road must be set back, and once the lighthouse was moved back from the cliffs, eaten away by the edacious tooth of the sea. Among the Forces
  • The proposals were first mooted in 1997 and since then the scheme has suffered a series of different set backs.
  • As he entered, the clerks saw a tall boy wearing a blouse shirt and cottonade trousers, and having on his head a broad-brimmed straw hat well set back. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys
  • The opening of the new swimming pool has been set back by a few weeks.
  • Georgia committed four turnovers and five 15-yard penalties, continuing a sorry pattern set back in the summer, to gift-wrap Kentucky's first win in Athens since the Civil War. UGA enters Tech game on a downer after loss to Kentucky - sports
  • The house is approached via a tree-lined avenue and is set back from the main road.
  • All their efforts at reform have been set back.
  • He has plunged too many depths to be upset by small set backs or inconveniences.
  • If all you say is true, won't set back the flying saucer program several years?
  • Across the street from the parsonage was a little white cottage set back among tall cedars. Prudence of the Parsonage
  • A war would inevitably set back the process of reform.
  • BRUSSELS Reuters - Unrest in North Africa has set back in the short term ambitious plans to develop solar energy for use locally and in Europe, but for the longer term the region's abundant sunshine offers huge investment potential, the head of France's Medgrid said on Thursday. Reuters: Press Release
  • The top floor will be set back from the main face of the building.
  • It was set back from the road, with a driveway and a garage. Times, Sunday Times
  • Efforts to have President Shimon Peres "knighted" during a visit to London next month may have been set back by premature publication of the move, Foreign Ministry sources said Thursday. Signs of the Times
  • Inside, set back from the perimeter wall about fifteen feet, was another fence, a chainlink job with barbed wire on top. BLOOD IS DIRT
  • When the parents arrive it's as if a switch has been thrown and behaviour patterns set back twenty or more years.
  • Across the water the grand York Road houses are set back, strung along a hillside skyline, spacing out as you go.
  • In 1764 it was recorded as being in ‘Lierlian Street, commonly called Stramongate'. It passed into the hands of the hosier, Thomas Crewdson and in 1792 it was rebuilt and set back to its present position.

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