deep regret
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdeepandregret
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deep
adjective
uk/diːp/us/diːp/
going or being a long way down from the top or surface, or being of a particular distance from the top to ...
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regret
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈɡret/us/rɪˈɡret/
a feeling of sadness about something sad or wrong or about a mistake that you have made, and a wish that it could have been different ...
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(Definition ofdeepandregretfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdeep regret
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It is a matter ofdeepregretto me that it could not be so.
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I expressed mydeepregret, of course, that this should have been so.
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I am sure that the cause of his absence is a matter on which we all feel verydeepregret.
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I can only express, once again, mydeepregretthat that was not carried through.
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We share to the full thedeepregretwhich he has expressed at the news this morning's newspapers contained.
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It is withdeepregretthat he has to leave his office.
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It is a matter ofdeepregretthat we have had to postpone it.
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My right honourable friend learned of this accident withdeepregret.
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It must be a matter fordeepregretthat those representations have apparently been disregarded.
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We have just to take the opportunity of expressing ourdeepregretthat these two specific classes of people have not been dealt with.
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At this morning's meeting the chairman expressed theirdeepregretat the death of this officer.
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It is no doubt a matter ofdeepregretto it that, for 18 years, it never chose to put that principle into practice.
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It is a matter ofdeepregretto me that this question of the boundary was ever raised.
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I have referred twice before to this matter and have expresseddeepregretand sympathy with the relatives.
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It is mydeepregretthat the policy of 1957 is not in ruins.
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I was not speaking from any blasphemous origins, but merely out ofdeepregretand sadness.
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I express mydeepregretand ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
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I consider it a matter ofdeepregretthat those two names were not reversed.
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It is a matter ofdeepregretthat we should have to be considering such measures today.
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What we shall have is a bitterly divided society and that is a matter of real anddeepregret.
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