Sentence examples for in the regrettable from inspiring English sources

Leaders of the Organized Taxi Drivers of Mexico City union said they were not involved in the "regrettable" incident.

"We therefore find ourselves in the regrettable position of having no choice but to disqualify Corpus Christi from the final.

It is important to study seriously the social, cultural and economic factors in the regrettable conflation of thin and healthy in our society.

"I feel I must wholeheartedly apologise for my part in the regrettable scenes both before and after what was to be the biggest night of my career," he said in a prepared statement released shortly after Haye's.

The enduring British fascination with life above and below stairs gets another stoking from Sunday, with ITV's transmission of Downton Abbey, a seven-part drama set in a grand country house just before the First World War and naturally starring, in the regrettable absence of Dame Judi, Dame Maggie Smith.

Chisora said in a statement released to Press Association Sport: "Following the extensive media coverage that my WBC world heavyweight title challenge against Vitali Klitschko in Munich at the weekend has attracted, I feel I must wholeheartedly apologise for my part in the regrettable scenes both before and after what was to be the biggest night of my career.

There are tragic crises in Andhra Pradesh, the regrettable stepping-down of Muhammad Yunus from Grameen, and provocative headlines in the media claiming to refute microcredit's effectiveness.

Doctors, child-rearing experts and others -- including New York magazine and Psychology Today -- chimed in to lament the regrettable message sent to young fans of "Glee," a show with a theme of self-acceptance.

"This second incident in a week clearly demonstrates the regrettable lack of press freedom in the country," the Times wrote in a statement after its second story was removed.

Yet he may fail nonetheless, in part because of the regrettable diffidence of his European peers, but mainly because of how toxic his past grandstanding has made him in their eyes.

Still, Mr. Long's ambiguous exploration of gender stereotypes and life-threatening illnesses, inspired by his visits to H.I.V./AIDS clinics in Vietnam, lands on the regrettable side of derivative dance.