Sentence examples for was rather unfortunate from inspiring English sources

This was rather unfortunate.

However, for technical reasons I couldn't alter the masthead, which was rather unfortunate: 'BRILLIANT' in large bold letters right above 'Queen Mother dies'".

FOR an organisation committed to "co-ordinating and unifying" the policies of its members, the lack of harmony on display at the twice-yearly OPEC meeting in Vienna on June 8th was rather unfortunate.

"Whatever happened in Mombasa was rather unfortunate, but we should be able to root out these problematic people," said Freddie Kiuru, general manager of the Travelers Beach Hotel here, which was reopened recently after a fire swept through the resort last year.

"That was rather unfortunate," he says, "Because you're basically affecting the ability of kids to learn because you want to have control over your local regulation of your student".

Because we assume that income and other socio-economic factors influence the patient's choice, it was rather unfortunate to have missing data on this item.

"It's rather unfortunate," says Peterken.

One one upper crust man fumphers to another "he's been rather unfortunate in his choice of ancestors".

It is rather unfortunate that the Olympic Park is serviced by the Jubilee line, an elephantine creature given to lengthy groaning, hissing sulks between platforms.

It is rather unfortunate that one moment, a snapshot in time, has taken such a negative toll on his life and his career.

Part four is entitled "the most exciting decade", which is rather unfortunate, as we learn that this is a reference to what's happening in psychology in Germany, not where our story is taking place, in Oxford and Cambridge.