Sentence examples for but congratulated from inspiring English sources

He said that China had pushed many American fence post manufacturers out of business, but congratulated American Posts, where he was speaking, for being able to hold onto its share of the market.

In Cardiff, Wales's culture minister, Alun Pugh, expressed disappointment but congratulated Liverpool on its success.

On Monday, the White House press secretary, Jay Carney, acknowledged "differences with President Chávez," but congratulated "the Venezuelan people" on a peaceful election.

In his small town, he said, he had not been mocked -- as when he sang his marriage song five years ago -- but congratulated by men and women alike.

Felipe Calderón, the outgoing president, is hostile to the PRI, but congratulated Mr Peña early on election night (looking almost indecently cheerful, some party colleagues grumbled, perhaps because Ms Vázquez was not his preferred candidate).

The team behind Aberdeen's bid expressed disappointment at the news, but congratulated Dundee.

But being congratulated and wished well at a supermarket fish counter is presumably better than being ignored, because it suggests you are still a success at whatever your primary pursuit might be.

The senators at first congratulated Sejanus but when the letter, which first digressed into completely unrelated matters, suddenly denounced him and ordered his arrest, he was immediately surrounded and escorted to prison.

But is France to be congratulated for creating work-life balance for its citizens, or criticised because it cannot afford such a luxury at the height of a global economic crisis?

On 28 January, August the Strong congratulated Frederick, yet not as Polish king, but as Saxon elector.

The undersigned congratulated Alexander for a "long and notable career," but criticized him for being the root of the problems they hoped the party would fix.