Example sentences of "it is a great pity " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do not feel you want to do this it is a great pity but at least do not avoid having your photograph taken as part of the normal course of events ( at weddings , parties , social events ) . |
| 2 | ‘ The English are great lovers of themselves , and of everything belonging to them ’ , wrote the Venetian diplomat Andrea Trevisano at the end of the fifteenth century ; ‘ they think that there are no other men than themselves , and no other world but England ; and whenever they see a handsome foreigner , they say that he ‘ looks like an Englishman' ’ and that ‘ it is a great pity that he should not be an Englishman ’ , words echoed exactly in 1521 by the Scottish scholar John Major ; while the German knight Nicolas von Popplau , who visited England in 1484 , found a people who regarded themselves as the wisest in the world . |
| 3 | ‘ I think it is a great pity , ’ she said . |
| 4 | It is a great pity that the valley was over opened for settlement . |
| 5 | If you can go again this is no problem , but for the once-only visitor it is a great pity . |
| 6 | There is no better way of establishing the sea than by being lunged and it is a great pity that beginner riders are so frequently taught by the most junior members of staff . |
| 7 | This by-law has never been repealed and it is a great pity that it is not still rigidly enforced . |
| 8 | It is a great pity that the same word — depression — is used to describe both the common human experience of Monday morning blues and also a clinically diagnosable illness . |
| 9 | We may feel today that things might have been better planned , and that it is a great pity that what now looks like the decisive contribution of England to world history should have been carried through with so much muddle and mess . |
| 10 | Were it face-on to us , I suppose that binoculars would show the spiral ; it is a great pity that it is placed at such an unfavourable angle . |
| 11 | It is a great pity that there is not more provision of this kind . |
| 12 | It is a great pity that Fate placed her in a situation which allowed her no chance to properly exploit an undeniable talent . |
| 13 | I take note of what my Hon. Friend says : it is a great pity if any parish church has to be locked at a time when members of the public may wish to enter it . |
| 14 | It is a great pity that passes are being taken away from hard-working people , who are not even given any right of appeal . |
| 15 | It is a great pity that such reactionary ideas are still harboured by the Labour party in Havering and elsewhere . |
| 16 | It is a great pity that not one member of the Liberal Democratic party could be bothered to attend the European Standing Committee this morning , where we debated those matters for nearly two and a half hours . |
| 17 | It is a great pity that hon. Members do not take more notice of the admirable reports that are made by the Comptroller and Auditor General , which are followed up so well by the Public Accounts Committee . |
| 18 | He may derive some support from the statement of Templeman LJ in Amalgamated Estates Ltd v Joystretch Manufacturing Ltd : I think it is a great pity that any landlord should require , or that any tenant should accept , a provision making time of the essence when the consequences are so onerous . |
| 19 | And I think it is a great pity , that this council is losing some of it 's capacity to produce reports which are independent of the departments which are the most affected by them . |
| 20 | It is a great pity that they feel this is the right course of action to take . ’ |
| 21 | Contrary to some reports , Test cricket is still flourishing in India and it is a great pity that this is not a five-Test series instead of three . |