Sentence examples for was unfortunate was from inspiring English sources

But the other Australian seamers understood their lengths: on a bouncy pitch no England batsman, with the exception of Matt Prior, who was unfortunate, was dismissed directly by a short ball rather than as part of a process.

What would be unfortunate is if other defectors felt their only choice upon leaving was to become a Democrat.

"The philosophy you hear from time to time, which is unfortunate, is one of exclusion rather than inclusion.

What is unfortunate is that the controversy continues to affect the way in which the tragedy is remembered in Spain.

What is unfortunate is that the continued denial of a serious public health issue creates a significant barrier to action.

"What I think is unfortunate is we're still asking the same questions now as we were six or seven years ago," Shearer said.

He added, "This fiscal year will be really bad, and what is unfortunate is that I can't see how 2010 won't be bad too".

Correlatively, it has been suggested that temporal anaphors like 'then' and modal anaphors like 'that' (in 'that would have been unfortunate') are kinds of descriptions.

"Where we've been unfortunate is that both penalties have come from unbelievable ricochets and deflections back into the box," said McCall.

What is unfortunate is that other moms are the judgmental ones.

What is unfortunate is that the EPA has no jurisdiction to stop this project.