American officials widely saw the statements as potential setbacks for the peace effort.

The decision to expel is a potential setback for the American-led strategy of containing the fighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Despite such potential setbacks, Windows 3.0 and its successors can take advantage of the binary compatibility with real mode to run many Windows 2.

More disturbing than having missed the chance to apply for the grant was the potential setback in the company's relationship with the science association.

For the Rangers, it stood to be among the worst potential setbacks conceivable.

A labor shortage is one of the potential setbacks that worries city officials.

The court developments here today also represented a potential setback to Turkey's frustrated bid for membership in the European Union.

While it is a slender increase, the system overcame the potential setbacks of the blizzard and the 25-cent fare rise.

Now he was faced with a potential major setback.

Outlook - Having learned to win, the Saints now have to contend with potential setbacks and a tougher schedule.