"It is a pity that her techniques died with her, " he told The Hindu newspaper.
It is a pity that Mr de Villiers does not trumpet this simple solution more noisily.
It is a pity that, more often than not, this means in the wrong direction.
But it is a pity that fear of libel suits - or was it a last sliver of face-saving?
It is a pity that an important topic like contemporary food mores, which deserves serious study, is treated so rhetorically.
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It is a pity that you are not allowed to go any higher, as it is exciting swaying with the wind at the top.
"It is a pity that Lord Moynihan did not join us then and help protect sport in state schools, " said Mr Efford.
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It is a pity that Chile led the way: for many observers this proves that only an authoritarian government can abolish pay-as-you-go state pensions.
In fact it is a pity that the owners of these companies, who generate the main economic income in most of these countries, are foreigners.
It is a pity that Mr Siegelbaum's book has such poor photographs: for those who never experienced the true horrors of Soviet-era motoring, words are not enough.
It is a pity that this central issue seems to have been shoved aside by mendacious distortions from Sarah Palin, Betsy McCaughey, Rush Limbaugh and other extremist commentators seeking to frighten Americans with their prattle about "death panels" and "pulling plugs on granny" that no bill before Congress even remotely envisions.
It is just a pity that there are no pictures, for on the whole the Stuarts were a handsome lot.
It is a great pity that they could not have worked through this with us, and other London exchanges, before announcing their engagement.
It is such a pity that because Polydor have eliminated it from the charts it has not been given a chance of becoming the biggest selling record of the year.
It is a pity, then, that Europe's stability and growth pact, as it stands, is neither.
So it is a disgrace and a pity that when it comes to choosing a new boss to run that vital body, those same ministers have become hopelessly paralysed by national prejudice and regional vanity.
That is a pity, for it ignores the reasons behind the chain's rise.
In a society that teaches us to associate morality with religion, it is easy to assume that a strong relationship exists between piety and pity, between god and good.
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Which is a pity because it would be interesting to see what price is put on such exposure: assuming that a price is being paid of course.
That said, it is no small achievement to have reached such a wide audience with the pity of this particular war.
It is rather an irritating read, often falling into the self-glamorising and self-pity that can be a feature of white Africans.
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