Sentence examples for But lamentably from inspiring English sources

10 mins: Cameroon are showing plenty of urgency, but lamentably little precision.

We should have had a big storm by now, he said, adding "pero lamentablemente, no es así." ("But lamentably, it is not so").

In Iraq, he destroyed a dangerous and odious tyrant, but lamentably failed to prepare for rebuilding the country after fighting what was, whatever Mr Bush says, a war of choice.

So too is another major character, Gabriel's Aunt Lavinia, one of those vinegary old ladies with hearts of gold who are so common on stage, screen and the written page, but lamentably rare in real life.

The extant truth of diet and health is subject to the heat, but lamentably, not the light of such fire.

The Islamist extremism nurtured by a succession of military rulers of Pakistan has now come to haunt its well-intentioned but lamentably weak elected civilian government.

Arran commanded a naval expedition against England in 1513 but failed lamentably and returned to find his rival, the earl of Angus, supreme at court.

In 1923, Clark Wissler, who curated the A.M.N.H. anthropology collection under Osborn, wrote, "We are strong in anatomical collections from the American Indians, but are lamentably weak in such collections from other parts of the world, especially from the more primitive races".

Tottenham's first of two crucial games this week will be remembered for a dreadful error by Roberto Soldado and two defensive lapses as much as it will for Fiorentina's decisiveness in attack, La Viola advancing following a game that, like the first leg, started well for Spurs but ended lamentably.

The other 5percentt are big, bright stars -- the kind that dominate the night sky, but are lamentably both rare and short-lived.

But Bowden is lamentably vague about the allegations.