Sentence examples for a regrettable state of from inspiring English sources

This neglect of sounds is at times a regrettable state of affairs, as sounds are not only an important element of the perceptual scene but are also philosophically idiosyncratic in many intriguing ways; in particular, their temporal and spatial unfolding, as presented in perception, has interesting metaphysical and epistemological aspects.

(A regrettable state of affairs, to some).

It's a regrettable state of affairs, since marine life has long suffered at the hands of the energy industry and Putin's gambit only stands to exacerbate long-standing contamination.

The solution to this regrettable state of affairs, said Stanton, was a relatively simple one: push women and their superior morals into the public world.

The national debate you rightly urge must include the role of diplomacy -- including the regrettable state of affairs where financing for foreign affairs has been cut by 30percentt in real terms since the mid-1980's, to the point where today only one penny of every dollar in the federal budget goes to the crucial, preventive role diplomacy can play before the use of force becomes relevant.

Moreover, he removed the trial of guerrilla Lalo Sardiñas, which Chicago film critic Ben Kenigsberg found "regrettable", stating that it was "not only one of the film's most haunting scenes but a key hint at the darker side of Che's ideology".

Outside America there is a regrettable degree of public prurience.

But there has been a regrettable downsizing of aspirations.

Others saw it as revealing a regrettable lack of respect.

Trump is a regrettable example of the latter.

Molecular clocks have a regrettable margin of error, but radioactive dating is a lot more accurate.