Sentence examples for were regrettably from inspiring English sources

There is a much fiercer one: as one apologist wrote to the conservative Daily Telegraph, the general's methods "were regrettably harsh, but no worse than Allende's".

Cllr Philip Atkins, Conservative vice-chairman of the CCN and leader of Staffordshire county council, said although councils continued to spend £1bn a year on culture, they were "regrettably" having to prioritise care services.

"Due to the scale of the work that was required and complications in getting the landlord to undertake the work, we were, regrettably, unable to bring Bootham Park fully up to standards required by the CQC".

Like most of the works here, this was to live music (the two Indian entries were regrettably set to taped music, though the detailed musicality of Savitha Sastry's Bharata Natyam solo was impressive).

He said that despite long being out of power, the former Tory prime minister's ideas were "regrettably" still dominating public life.

One friend said the deaths were regrettably necessary.

The outcome was regrettably awkward.

It was, regrettably, in Swedish.

This is regrettably not the first time".

Many families and neighbourhoods are regrettably dysfunctional.

A few narrative points are regrettably clear.