"It is regrettable that there was a misunderstanding arising from my comment, " said Butt.
"During my time in politics I have never seen a situation like this and it is regrettable that we have to do this, " he said.
The British Medical Association says it is regrettable that consultants can't work to see more patients within the NHS instead of seeing them privately elsewhere.
It is regrettable that gun control has become a political football.
It is regrettable that he has chosen to seek my removal in such a fashion, particularly given the difficult period of change we are all experiencing.
It is regrettable that President Bush has been put in the position where he has to stand up again and again for American sovereignty which is now being threatened by so many ill-advised agreements.
And it is highly regrettable that that veto occurred and that the resolution didn't pass.
It is most regrettable that President-elect Bill Clinton has encouraged Mr. Bush to wrap up START II before the inauguration.
"It is extremely regrettable that, on top of that, an intrusion into our airspace has been committed in this way, " he said.
"It is very regrettable that the law quietly changed before the trial, " Georges Fenech, the head of the Inter-ministerial Unit to Monitor and Fight Cults, told French TV.
"It is deeply regrettable that the Thai authorities have yielded to political pressure from outside and carried out this illegal extradition, " Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
It is deeply regrettable that all those in the executive branch, the Congress and the press who have, over the years, professed such admiration for him now seem so indifferent to his alarms.
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