Sentence examples similar to lamentable finish from inspiring English sources

There had been concern about continuing with the old Nimrods, so a Nimrod Safety Case was prepared between 2001 and 2005, involving the manufacturers BAE, the analysts from Qinetiq (a former government research agency), and signed off by the MoD – of which Haddon-Cave said: "The safety case was a lamentable job from start to finish.

Charles Hasked-Cave QC, asked by Des Browne, the then defence secretary, to investigate the Nimrod's long and troubled history, describes the way the "safety case" carried out between 2001 and 2005 – intended to identify potential problems – was "a lamentable job from start to finish".

"That would be lamentable".

This is lamentable".

They are lamentable.

"The result was lamentable.

That's lamentable".

It's lamentable".

Meanwhile, accountability remains lamentable.

Lamentable hygiene standards.

It is a "lamentable" story.