"It is regrettable that there was a misunderstanding arising from my comment, " said Butt.
And it is regrettable that the leadership in Pyongyang chose to take this course in flagrant violation of its international obligations.
"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 the bully pulpit works just as effectively for a president determined to exploit public opinion as one more willing to educate the public.
It is as extraordinary as it is regrettable that this second round of overheated rhetoric appears to have been precipitated by the same source as the first: The Pentagon's own public-affairs shop.
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.
"It is regrettable that the rest of the consignment was not intercepted but hardly surprising as the police are woefully ill-equipped and often do not even have enough gasoline to operate their vehicles, " he said.
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 deeply regrettable that the Southern Poverty Law Center has been reduced to a propaganda arm of enemies of freedom.
"It is extremely regrettable that, on top of that, an intrusion into our airspace has been committed in this way, " he said.
It is also regrettable that the new policy emphasis leaked out via a letter to a congressman, rather than being publicly announced.
It is highly regrettable that these issues were not featured in last night's other other debate - the one featuring the presidential contenders.
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"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 the American people and those who love freedom elsewhere around the world have not heard a president of the United States utter such words to date.
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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It is deeply regrettable that the last campaign - which was a perfect opportunity for a teachable moment with the American electorate about the dangers posed theObama presidency to U.S. security interests - was not used for that purpose.
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"It is particularly regrettable that the government of Pakistan did not heed the pleas of the government of India, Sarabjit's family and of civil society of India and Pakistan to take a humanitarian view of this case" and transfer him for medical treatment, Prime Minister Singh said in his statement Thursday.
If true, it's deeply regrettable that such early warning is being given to the Iranians.
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