Sentence examples for cannot congratulate from inspiring English sources

"I cannot congratulate the people involved in this campaign enough - there is a lot of enthusiasm and ability behind this venture and we wish you well.

But even Conan Doyle's originals had a meta-fictional element, existing as literature, written by Watson, within the world of the characters: "Honestly, I cannot congratulate you upon it," Holmes says to Watson in "Sign of the Four," when asked whether he's read "A Study in Scarlet".

Durable poetry certainly can say hooray — Gerard Manley Hopkins, one of Ponsot's heroes, wrote a beautiful sonnet called "Hurrahing in Harvest" — but it cannot often congratulate itself.

They cannot bring themselves to congratulate President Bush and the American military on their swift and decisive actions against the Taliban.

But she added that "this moment cannot be just about congratulating ourselves," before setting out her own approach on foreign affairs, including Afghanistan, a place she referred to as the "forgotten front line" in the fight against terrorism.

The acceleration of the economic slowdown and the palpable nervousness in international relations following the September 11th terrorist attacks on America provided an important incentive for the rich countries to offer the sort of concessions needed to secure a deal.But impressive though their achievement is, the world's trade negotiators cannot spend too long congratulating themselves.

On being told of the appointments, in a letter dated 12 August 1917 Chetwode wrote to congratulate Chauvel, "I cannot say how much I envy you the command of the largest body of mounted men ever under one hand – it is my own trade – but Fate has willed it otherwise".

"When I came back, I cannot tell you how many riders congratulated me and said, 'Thank you very much,"' Armstrong said.

Almost a week after his election as mayor of New Jersey's third-largest city, Jose Torres cannot walk downtown without everyone stopping to congratulate him.

"Art and culture cannot develop without political guidance," the paper said, congratulating Xi for "emphasising the integration of ideology and artistic values".

Susan tearfully congratulates Mike, but tells him that she cannot keep dating him if he continues to search for Zach, given Zach's history with her daughter Julie.