The phrase "adviser regrets" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when an adviser is expressing sorrow or disappointment about a situation or decision.
Example: "The adviser regrets that the funding for the project has been cut."
Alternatives: "the adviser is sorry" or "the adviser expresses disappointment".
Many still recall the rancorous dispute over Mr. Obama's decision not to seek Congressional authorization for the air campaign — a decision that some administration advisers regret, and one that led the House to reject a measure authorizing the mission.
Richard Boggis-Rolfe, chief executive of Odgers Berndtson, said: "I have accepted Johnny's resignation as an adviser with regret.
Cables from the US embassy in the Vatican show that the US believes the pope is broadly supportive of the crops after sustained lobbying of senior Holy See advisers, but regrets that he has not yet stated his support.
But members of Celera's scientific board of advisers expressed regret that the process they had approved for choosing anonymous donors had been subverted.
Dr. Elliot J. Pellman's attempt to brush off his false claim to have graduated from medical school at Stony Brook ("Medical Adviser Says He Regrets Résumé Errors," March 31) is an outrage.
And just last week, in a lengthy inventory by The Boston Globe of the Romney campaign's regrets, a Romney adviser, Beth Myers, seemed to validate the Obama campaign's move: "I wish I had expressed my deep concern more vociferously at that point; this was May, June, when they really went on the offense," Ms. Myers said.
America's secretary of state, John Kerry, called India's national security adviser, Shivshankar Menon, to express regret for the way the arrest was handled.
"Words aren't adequate to express my regret and sorrow," said Jim Donahue, the adviser, on the videotape.
Some Gore campaign advisers said they now regretted that they prevailed when, in pre-debate negotiations with the Bush organization, they pressed for Mr. Lehrer as the moderator.
However, some Clinton advisers have recently expressed regret that there weren't more debates scheduled as Sanders presents a serious challenge to Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire.
