Example sentences of "set back [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To cancel a project is to set back a country 's loan or grant programme and perhaps risk political problems between recipient and donor . |
| 2 | To revert to an old style would be to try to set back the clock and deny the progress which had been made and made under divine providence . |
| 3 | For large numbers come into the criminal justice system unnecessarily , erm that is likely to set back the progress which was made during the nineteen eighties and er increase and reinforce criminality . |
| 4 | Does it set back the filter bacteria , denied of the first stage of the nitrogen equation ? |
| 5 | An ASEAN statement issued on July 23 ( the day before the start of the annual Foreign Ministers ' meeting in Indonesia — see p. 37613 ) stated that the representation of Cambodia at the UN was " a delicate political question " and that attempts to change the seating in the absence of an acceptable Supreme National Council would set back the search for a comprehensive political solution . |
| 6 | The US decision was criticized by ASEAN in a final communiqué which stated that " attempts to change the [ UN ] representation of Cambodia at this time … would set back the search for a comprehensive political solution to the problem " . |
| 7 | On the right , just set back a bit . |
| 8 | ‘ If you mean the Prince thinks that we 'd be better off if the clock were set back a couple of hundred years , ’ Caroline said , ‘ the answer 's yes . ’ |
| 9 | The most common request is that everything should be set back the way it was at time X and it should appear as though the work carried out on package Y never happened at all ! |
| 10 | The prevarication has set back the effort six months , said Sarfas , and OSF/1 for the Alphas will now emerge first , early next year . |
| 11 | The Hand That Rocks The Cradle sets back the cause of nannies by 50 years — but boy , what a film . |
| 12 | It 's for all these reasons that Madonna has been accused of setting back the women 's movement 30 years , but she 's never claimed to be speaking for the cause . |
| 13 | The putsch set back the beginning of negotiations between the French government and the GPRA for a short while , but its ultimate effect was to give new momentum to the talks . |