But Labour MP Keith Vaz accused the commissioner of showing a lack of "basic policing instinct" over his handling of the affair and said he "seemed to have no regret for anything that has happened".
"We certainly have expressed our regret for the additional grief caused to families whose remains were handled in a less than ideal or by some measures inappropriate standard, prior to 2008, " he said.
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But he did have one big regret: that he had not met the Cure the NHS campaigners when concerns first emerged and the Healthcare Commission stepped in to investigate higher than expected death rates there.
"We have tried to reach a settlement through good faith negotiations and regret that our efforts have been in vain, " Neil Aspinall --who heads Apple Corps--was quoted as saying in a media report.
The only regret I have is that I waited so long to do it.
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How would we rate Tiger Woods or Joe Paterno and the many others who have issued statements of regret?
For a brief period, crime paid for your extravagances - but now you have a lifetime to regret it.
This feeling of regret must have loomed quite large if it inspired secretive Steve Jobs to finally spill his guts.
In many cases, these exposures were snapped up by insurance companies, which have since come to regret their buying spree.
Thinking back, his behavior must have come from his regret about his younger brother, who would end up becoming just like him.
Yet even if some countries now have a twinge of regret over joining the euro, they know that the pain would get worse still if they left.
To boast of being immune to the business cycle is a bold claim, and one that others, ranging from chip makers, to mobile-telephone firms and Internet-equipment suppliers, have since come to regret.
As Haddin and Clarke displayed their full range of strokes in ideal batting conditions he must have had cause to regret that option as Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini were thrashed all around the Wanderers.
We regret that we have not been able to address your concerns to your satisfaction.
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Now, you must believe me, gentlemen, many years have passed, and I regret having eaten so little of it.
It is with deep regret that I have tendered my resignation following the decisions of the standards committee this week.
It is with enormous regret that I have decided to resign as controller of BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music and of Popular Music.
But is there anything you regret or would have done differently?
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We sincerely regret this and have apologized to this customer.
And because, under Inland Revenue rules, money invested in a VCT has to be locked in for a minimum of three years investors could find that they have plenty of time to regret their choice.
My only regret is that I have never found that special one to grow old with and watch the sunset with.
Dr Brian said the boy had told him "none of it would have happened" and had expressed regret at what he had done.
To his great regret, successive governments have failed to curb the prison population, a necessary prerequisite for many of his reforms to work.
"It has become increasingly difficult for Mr Dreyfuss to fulfil the rigours of the role, and it is with regret that both parties have had to make this decision, " the statement said.
Outside of the handful of refund points provided over the course of leveling to prevent extreme gamebreaking errors, players will have to hunt down Orbs of Regret in order to respec point by point.
"I deeply regret the circumstances that have made it necessary for me to substitute for the fund's managing director, " Lipsky said in a speech at the annual meeting of the Bretton Woods Committee in Washington.
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"Sadly we do not have the funding necessary to keep employees on, so it is with great regret that we place ourselves in a position where we will have to make redundant later today the vast majority of the workforce, " a representative of administrators PriceWaterhouseCoopers said.
"We know this and we regret it, but we have no choice, " he said.
We deeply regret what took place and have taken our share of responsibility for not rectifying the situation.
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