Sentence examples for public regret from inspiring English sources

The former prime minister Tony Abbott recently expressed public regret about that decision.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla .— The Florida Legislature formally apologized Wednesday for the state's "shameful" history of slavery, joining five other states that have expressed public regret for what Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, recently called America's "original sin".

At various points, President Bush has appeared before the cameras: to deliver a stern tone in the beginning, to issue a public regret midweek, and then today to reassure the American public that the 24 Americans were being treated well by the Chinese.

"If the one person who dies is someone in Westchester, I would want to be able to look at myself in the mirror 10 years down the road," Dr. Lipsman said, "and be able to say in good conscience that there was a strong public health justification for this campaign and while we would have great public regret and sorrow over anyone who died or was permanently disfigured, we had to do it".

Avery's work was also neglected by the Nobel Foundation, which later expressed public regret for failing to award Avery a Nobel Prize.

It's a real display of public regret; the song, by the Danish-Norwegian balladeers, sold 8 million records worldwide, and topped 13 different music charts in 11 countries.

The possible outcomes involve several interdependent sources of uncertainty: Whether the Greek economy does so badly that the Greek public regrets their choice and throws the government out at the next opportunity; Whether exit from the eurozone is followed by exit from the EU; and Whether the process generates a broader financial crisis.

To Lisa Belkin's excellent list of the hallmarks of a good public apology (regret, responsibility and a plan for the future), I would add transparency (willingness to say what went wrong, how and who was involved).

That required explanation and, despite the 30-year gap, some kind of public statement of regret.

Romney actually allowed himself a public expression of regret late last week, apologizing for his infamous "47 percent" remark.

Smolin, who had been so instrumental in ushering Lisi's ideas into the public square, expressed regret that they had arrived there before they were fully formed.