Sentence examples for lamentable failure from inspiring English sources

Witness, too, the lamentable failure to set up an EU-wide patent.

Labour ministers have a collective responsibility for the government's lamentable failure to get our message across.

"There has been a lamentable failure by the CPS to prepare the case for trial," Gold declared.

The "lamentable failure" of this cabinet is much more a failure of inspiration than a failure of presentation.

And it should be noted that the lamentable failure of Mr Blair to complete his reform of the House of Lords is a bad sign.

In pre-inquiry hearings, high court judges accused the MoD of a "lamentable" failure to disclose information, including complaints made by detainees to the Red Cross.

Are C.I.A. operatives talking to him to cover the agency's lamentable failures?

The question is whether with hindsight such decisions will be viewed as prudent adjustments to reality or lamentable failures of nerve.

There were lamentable failures in the subsequent US occupation, which allowed the rise of the hideous sectarian violence that threatened to tear the country to pieces.

Yesterday Mr Haddon-Cave, a leading aviation lawyer, found there had been serious corporate shortcomings which led to the "lamentable" failures of a safety review carried out a year before the crash.

Related stories: 19.06.2001: Railtrack's lamentable failures Full text of report (pdf file) Interactive guide: How the crash happened Useful links: Railtrack Thames Trains Great Western Trains Railway Safety.