Example sentences of "set back the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will set back the public status of abduction research for years , ’ Mike Wooton , the editor of the UFO Times concluded solemnly at the post-show party . |
| 2 | Does it set back the filter bacteria , denied of the first stage of the nitrogen equation ? |
| 3 | After consultations with other Western governments the United States adminstration on April 24 drew back from any punitive measures against the Soviet Union over its blockade of Lithuania ( officials having previously hinted at possible limited economic sanctions ) , when President Bush gave a clear indication at a press conference that the administration considered Gorbachev 's political survival and good Soviet-US relations to be more important than Lithuanian independence , explaining : " I am concerned that we do not inadvertently compel the Soviet Union to do something that would set back the whole process of freedom around the world . " |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 " . |