It is a sad truth of corporate life that most mergers fail to deliver shareholder value.
It is a sad and sterile emptiness at the heart of a noble enterprise.
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It is a sad state of affairs that there are people who defend this behaviour.
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It is a sad moment, but today I have decided to resign from the National Union of Journalists.
It is a sad, and potentially fatal, fact that most Americans know virtually nothing about the United States military.
It is a sad testament to the current management that they have not highlighted Liz Claiborne as a very special brand.
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"It is a sad day, not just for Chelsea but the whole of football, " said Cole following his man of the match performance.
It is a sad situation that many of today's students do not want to waste course time on something that is not perceived as advancing their careers.
It is a sad fact of contemporary world society that big natural disasters are magnets for cons and low-lifes hoping to score a buck from well-meaning donors.
"It is a sad fact that many lurchers that do not prove to be suitable hunting dogs will be discarded or killed by their owners but in most cases their deaths go unnoticed".
It is a sad indictment of Republican short-sightedness that all discussion of creating the flatter, simpler tax system that the party is supposed to favour has given way to squabbling over a grab-bag of politically-appealing goodies.
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"It is almost a sad fact that that feels like a win -- that it is not so bad, " Flowers told CNN during a visit on Tuesday -- just 98 days, or 14 weeks, until the November election.
"For a huge football country like England it is a little bit sad to know that it is 40 years since we last won a big tournament - and it's time to do it now, " said the Swede.
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It is a very sad day for athletics and for our friends and colleagues in marathon running.
It is also a sad fact of human nature that most of us are insecure and easily threatened.
It is also a sad reminder of just how good and durable Nokia phones used to be - and probably still are.
"It benefits many areas in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire - and it is a very sad day, " Newark Showground spokesman Adrian Johnson said.
This Scandinavian country is not high on the list of potential vacation destinations for Americans, and it is a very sad fact that it took this horrific attack to put it first and foremost in the news, and for years to come that will be the association people make when they hear Norway.
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"It is going to be a very sad day and I also feel very angry that the school is closing after so many years, " said Mrs Simmonds before she entered the school for the final time on Wednesday.
It is a common, if sad tale, that when oil prices get unpleasantly high, presidents of both political parties have on occasion (and perhaps more often than we know), appealed to Saudi Arabia to increase production.
But it is interesting and a little sad that men like Ralph Nader, so-called consumer activists, can pin the violence of individual gunmen with serious mental issues on widespread consumer products that millions of well-adjusted, law-abiding citizens consume on a regular basis.
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"It's a very sad reason but it is happening actually, " says Georgy Ganev, an economist from the Center for Liberal Strategies.
"It is so sad to lose a wonderful lady like Annette Funicello, " said comedian Don Rickles.
But as in any other walk of life, it is sad to see a long-cherished dream go unfulfilled.
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