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, then, that Europe's stability and growth pact, as it stands, is neither.
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 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.
It is a pity he did not start with the appendix and trace out what it might entail.
But it is a pity that fear of libel suits - or was it a last sliver of face-saving?
"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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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 we cannot get our act together and do the right thing first time without being pressured by customers and the media.
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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.
Yet having done such a good job of knocking down his opponents' arguments, it is a pity he does not have more concrete proposals to offer in their place.
It is a pity no one in a position to do anything about it, will do so, but this person with multiple sclerosis is most grateful for your sterling efforts.
It is a pity there are no pictures.
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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.
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.
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.
But to be fair we spent the first week on tax, we spent the second week on a variety of subjects, it wasn't all about Europe and we did have radical ideas in our manifesto about health and education, I think the pity of it is that we didn't concentrate on those, not only during the campaign but also in the preceding period.
That is a pity, for it ignores the reasons behind the chain's rise.
Omitting this is a pity, because it leaves the historical context unclear.
Not only is the delay a pity, it will also mean more budgetary squeezes and a longer wait before on-board science can begin and hence more pressure to do some of it on Mir instead.
"It's a pity, because it can help create jobs and investments at a time when unemployment is high in many countries, " Mr. Ohlsson said.
Only the Algerian entry made it into the final Oscar line-up, which is a pity because the French one stays in the mind longer.
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