Sentence examples for regrettable failures from inspiring English sources

Despite a few regrettable failures, the government's $36 billion loan portfolio has suffered losses of just 2 percent; in May, Tesla paid off its $465 million loan nine years ahead of schedule.

The BBC said that the incident was a "regrettable failure of editorial judgement and compliance processes".

His brand, he says, is "all about lifestyle, fun and aeroplanes a complete Kingfisher experience"—though, owing to a regrettable failure of his powers, he has not yet persuaded the government to let him break India's dry domestic in-flight rules by serving beer on his planes.Mr Mallya inherited the UB group on the death of his father in 1983.

True, even the drivel tends to be entertaining, but more awkward are those places where Liszt unexpectedly diverts the course of a fine piece by some "regrettable failure to live up to his own high standards," to use a term beloved by erring politicians.

(Sarris reversed his opinion upon a second viewing of the film, and declared "2001 is indeed a major work by a major artist". ) John Simon felt it was "a regrettable failure, although not a total one.

But the sale of the device on Tuesday was, he said, "a regrettable system failure".

On Monday evening one supplier to HMV said the firm's failure was "regrettable but inevitable".

Police accounts have presented the failure to test the samples as regrettable absent-mindedness, but the whole case has about it the stink of conspiracy.

"The failure to elect Marvin Miller is an unfortunate and regrettable decision," Fehr said.

In his ruling, Sir John said it was "deeply regrettable" that in each of the three cases there had been grave failures to comply with the long-standing principle of full disclosure.

His failure to accept the full recommendations is unfair and regrettable, he says.