Sentence examples for a deeply regrettable from inspiring English sources

An artist with no hands was refused a visa to enter Britain because he could not provide fingerprints, in what David Cameron said was a "deeply regrettable episode".

The Prime Minister, who has been leading a trade mission to Kazakhstan, said: "In terms of the artist, the disabled person you mention, that was clearly a deeply regrettable episode.

"This is a deeply regrettable and isolated case from nearly two years ago, involving only two members of staff, one of whom has left the bank and one other who faces suspension and further investigation now the case has been settled," R.B.S. said in a statement.

This was a deeply regrettable error and we are very sorry.

If there has been a woeful lack of critical scrutiny on the part of the press, there has also been a deeply regrettable reluctance on the part of Senator Sanders to put a face, a name, and a story to his revolution.

"We have crossed a deeply regrettable line in this committee, where for the first time in the 10 years or so that I've been on the committee, there was a vote to politicize the declassification process of intelligence, and potentially compromise sources and methods," Schiff added.

A £20,000 bill to the taxpayer for a judicial review into the building of a supermarket is "deeply regrettable", Bristol City Council has said.

The fact that many bereaved parents were told wrongly that there would not be ashes following a cremation is deeply regrettable.

In his first public remarks following the gruesome death of Khashoggi, whose murder last month is linked with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Son condemned the journalist's killing as an "act against humanity and also journalism and free speech… a horrible and deeply regrettable act".

The Chelsea interim coach will have considered defeat to Queen's Park Rangers at Stamford Bridge a week ago as deeply regrettable, but things rapidly went downhill tonight.

Shadow foreign secretary William Hague said: "It is deeply regrettable that a cloud has been cast over the intelligence services who work with British Governments to keep our country safe and are a vital line of defence.