Sentence examples for of deep regret from inspiring English sources

That is a matter of deep regret.

It is a matter of "deep regret," she said, but stopped short of issuing an apology.

And of course that would be a cause of deep regret to me.

Any civilian casualty is a matter of deep regret and we take any incidents extremely seriously".

By the time Wilf describes his crime, he has established a confiding, credible voice and a strain of deep regret.

They begin "with feelings of deep regret" or with pride: "I have the honor to tender the resignation".

Beckles was scathing of European leaders who have issued statements of regret about slavery, including Tony Blair who in 2007, as UK prime minister, said the slave trade was a matter of "deep sorrow and regret".

In 2007, on the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the trade, Mr. Hague spoke of his deep regret over "an era in which the sale of men, women and children was carried out lawfully on behalf of this country, and on such a vast scale that it became a large and lucrative commercial enterprise".

"It is my sincere hope that those I have hurt will see in my plea of guilty an expression of my deep regret for the pain I have caused and an acceptance of responsibility for my misdeeds," the statement concluded.

Afterwards, he often spoke of his "deep regret" over the martial law era.

"He spoke of his deep regret at the crimes committed by the Afghan Government," Lord Bethell said.