Example sentences of "[pers pn] is unfortunate that this " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The application performance of pigments is extensively governed by their physical properties , and it is unfortunate that this relation is not highlighted .
2 It is unfortunate that this street Křižovnická is so busy as it is difficult to see .
3 It is unfortunate that this is when most societies expect young people to choose a career .
4 Although Wheeler was never particularly interested in Roman pottery , he demonstrated the way it could be used to date construc-tional sequences on the Welsh forts , and it is unfortunate that this was not developed in his work at Verulamium , where what must have been a very small proportion of the pottery was published in the Report of 1936 ( Wheeler and Wheeler , 1936 ) .
5 While conductive education does offer an alternative vision , it is unfortunate that this vision implies the removal of burden and shame through the achievement of normality .
6 The ultimate source is Sir John Hawkins , who remarks , in what appears to be a personal recollection , that Handel had ‘ a favourite Rucker harpsichord , the keys whereof , by incessant practise , were hollowed like the bowl of a spoon ’ In justice to Hawkins it must be stated that he does have a reputation for being , for his time , a careful scholar , so it is unfortunate that this brief , almost casual remark , should have been embellished with a little fanciful romancing that appears to be added only to enliven his text with some colourful anecdote .
  Next page