Sentence examples for it very regrettable from inspiring English sources

"I find it very regrettable that it's come to this".

Later, Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba of Japan called it "very regrettable — the national flag shows a country's dignity and it is a principle of international law that you must respect it".

"We find it very regrettable that Mr. Denktash has denied Turkish Cypriots the opportunity to determine their own future," said the State Department spokesman, Richard A. Boucher, apparently referring to the failed efforts to schedule a referendum on the United Nations plan to unify the island.

Mr Stubbs said: "I found out about this this morning and it's very regrettable it's come to this.

"It's very regrettable that it's come to this.

"It is very regrettable but it's a problem between Samir and the press," Blanc told French television.

"It is very regrettable - we have run out of money, it's not that we won't [pay the players], we just can't".

It is essentially a civil service process and, as I say, it is very regrettable that those comments and views were aired at that meeting".

"I think it's very regrettable that comment was put into the record, and I think it's highly offensive," Lofgren added.

"It is very regrettable to hear this," he added.

"It is very regrettable indeed and I apologize".