Sentence examples for regrettable precedent from inspiring English sources
And all of them agreed on a series of simple, clear requests of which the great democracies are capable and which, most of all, have nothing to do with military intervention on the ground, which is neither desired (they recall the regrettable precedent of the American war in Iraq) nor needed.
Sadly, the recognition of this shared heritage and current need is obscured by this regrettable legal precedent and the political discourse that surrounds it.
"It is regrettable that this has left a negative precedent where the rights of state prosecutors have been shaken by political motives," he said.
The group said it would be "highly regrettable" if foreign leaders could point to British parliament as precedent for introducing statutory media controls.
It is regrettable that Darwin did not make the distinctions of the meaning of instinct more explicit, for he gave powerful precedent for the indiscriminate use of the word, the ambiguity of which has repeatedly clouded and confused the understanding of behaviour.
Which was also regrettable.
COLONEL LANDA: Regrettable.
That is still regrettable.
