Sentence examples for are a regrettable from inspiring English sources

It seemed another of those strange boil-overs that are a regrettable byproduct in a nation that enshrines free speech.

U.S. officials argue the incidents are a regrettable but unavoidable outcome in a war that has included around 20,000 U.S. and coalition air strikes.

A recent Unicef report estimated that, over the same period, some 500,000 under-fives had died.At times, American officials have declared that such deaths are a regrettable but necessary feature of the effort to get Mr Hussein to behave.

The American soldiers know that circumstances erupt in which a second's hesitation can mean death, and say civilian deaths are a regrettable but inevitable consequence of a war in which suicide bombers have been the insurgents' most deadly weapon.

According to Socialist Prime Minister Andrei Lukanov, the graves are a regrettable part of Bulgaria's history, but no potential threat to the party's election campaign.

That's a regrettable situation".

"This was a regrettable incident.

That's a regrettable motive.

The snowstorm was a regrettable incident.

It appears this was a regrettable error".

Outside America there is a regrettable degree of public prurience.