Sentence examples for regrettable delay from inspiring English sources

I gather that there was a regrettable delay in sending out the annual consolation prizes.

ANA, which had planned to roll out the planes this year, called the delay regrettable, according to The Associated Press.

Such a delay is regrettable".

Carne described the delays as regrettable and said: "I apologise sincerely to all those affected.

The commonwealth director of public prosecutions accepted the delays were regrettable.

To forensic specialists the delays, while regrettable, made sense; pressure to release the bodies was at odds with the need to conduct a thorough investigation.

Geoff Weir, from the privately-owned Whitchurch Bridge Company, said the delays were regrettable.

Labour MP Dame Anne Begg, who chairs the cross-party committee, said any delays were regrettable but the time that it was taking in such cases was "completely unacceptable".

"We accept that last night's information input discrepancies, and consequential delays were regrettable and frustrating for candidates and everyone involved in the election night.

It was noted that Straw accepted the delay had been "deeply regrettable".

David Doniger, the director of the climate and clean air program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said that "the delay in completing this standard is regrettable, but despite industry hopes, there is no actual evidence that E.P.A. is planning to weaken its proposal".