It would be tragic if by switching the lights off that progress was to be put back many years.
As the world reconsiders the balance between markets and government, it would be tragic if the ingredients of that prosperity were lost along the way.
Whatever the eventual outcome, it would be tragic if Mr. Kesri's power play were to torpedo one of South Asia's most promising peace initiatives in recent memory.
It would be tragic if a slowdown triggered by outside events led Latin America to throw away the economic stability it has worked so hard to achieve.
"There is a danger that it could escalate into a much broader conflict that would be very tragic for everyone concerned, " she warned.
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Cardiff jazz musician Mike Harries, of Mike Harries and the Root Doctors, who has performed with two of his bands at 23 out of the 25 festivals, said it would be "tragic" if the festival were to go under.
"It is essential that we get a new type of society in Northern Ireland and it would be quite tragic if that were jeopardised, in favour of one or two symbols which of themselves are pretty weak, but in terms of what they imply have a potency that is very important, " he told the BBC.
The irony here would be delicious if not so tragic.
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's response to the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority's peace deal with Hamas would be funny if it weren't tragic.
If tone is set at the top, recall that the Army chief of staff at the time said the most tragic result of Fort Hood would be if it interfered with the Army's diversity program.
The hesitation, stammering, and lack of a coherent fact-based response would be comic, but also in a sense, tragic.
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We will -- the memorial service would be scheduled for the convenience of the families that suffered the tragic losses yesterday.
"Nick wasn't just the baby son of Plath and Hughes and it would be wrong to think of him as some kind of inevitably tragic figure, " said the unnamed friend.
"If there is any benefit to come from Milton's tragic death, we would hope that it would be to raise awareness of the challenges confronting the Saginaw Police Department and Saginaw elected officials, " she said in the statement.
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If you looked at the number of people affected by domestic violence and applied it to other tragic circumstances like terrorism or gang violence, our country would be up in arms and it would be the front page story every single day.
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