It may be a pity that these are mostly to be found in economics.
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It would be a pity if the book's dubious title discouraged a wider readership.
It would be a pity if they became just another government programme for the poor.
But it would be a pity if the book reinforced exaggerated claims about values voters.
It would be a pity if politicians were given an excuse to stop now.
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It would be a pity if Hinduism's greatest festival were remembered mainly for that.
Given the repeated credit booms and busts of the past 40 years, that may be a pity.
That would be a pity, when the prime minister has risked so much for Turkey's European future.
And that would be a pity, for the world would benefit from having a thoughtful green movement.
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Six months delay in a decision would be a pity, not a disaster.
This turned out to be a pity, because the next day I got a message from one of their grannies.
That might be a pity: Fox News is the only American news channel broadcast abroad as it is at home.
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There may have been pity behind her saying yes, but there was love, too: in my experience, you can't expect love to be unaffected by pity, nor would you want it to be.
"We have built up knowledge with the ATV on some technologies that are on the leading edge, and it would be quite a pity if we just stopped after all the time and money we have invested these technologies, " Nico Dettmann, who runs Esa's ATV programme, told me.
It is rather an irritating read, often falling into the self-glamorising and self-pity that can be a feature of white Africans.
And I don't believe that President-elect Obama will be full of self-pity.
The crowd went wild, but Glazer simply said, "What a pity, they must be disappointed".
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If the underside of banality is black comedy, the underside of dark comedy may be an almost limitless reserve of pity.
But he does seem to be badly misinformed which is a pity.
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The refinements make the RAZR2 V8 sound like a winner to us: a pity it had to be such a long time coming.
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.
Pity so few can be bothered to do it.
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However, even this gloom can be turned into a positive for those making money from seductionology - you should embrace the self-pity, for having been through a phase as a predatory would-be Lothario leaves you ready for real commitment.
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