Example sentences of "set back [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we are in no doubt that , if the electorate fails to pardon the Conservatives at the polls today , it will pay a price at the hands of a Labour government , perhaps sustained by the Liberal Democrats , which will set back this country a generation . |
| 2 | This impressive hotel is set back 20 yards from the mountain road and offers breathtaking views . |
| 3 | It would be surprising if less prosperous sections of the community had not been equally attacked by disease at this time , and casualties of that extent would certainly have set back any recovery of the population . |
| 4 | In due course Nones was set back three hours to midday , and this is the origin of the word ‘ noon ’ . |
| 5 | It set back this possibility for nearly a decade , until after the slump had sent unemployment to twice the ‘ unacceptable ’ level of 1923 and the pattern of politics had once again been changed . |