it is a great pity that

It is a great pity that men cannot understand God.

It is a great pity that some of them were not included.

So it is a great pity that the Council will not be there.

It is a great pity that the valley was over opened for settlement.

It is a great pity that the press and business are not a little more discerning.

"It is a great pity that you did not come here a few years ago, sir," said the servant.

"It is a great pity that we need to part when we are beginning to be friends."

It is a great pity that it does not cover financial services.

It is a great pity that the many speakers who have left the House did not hear your excellent answers.

It is a great pity that neither home working nor the general issue of equal opportunities are included in the action plan.

"It is a great pity that it came to this."

It is a great pity that there is not more provision of this kind.

I think it is a great pity that domestic issues are preventing us from finding common ground in this Parliament.

It is a great pity that we are now arguing about a Members' Statute.

It is a great pity that the Council has been reluctant to adopt these wide-ranging rules.

It is a great pity that they feel this is the right course of action to take.'

It is a great pity that this entire entry does not display any critique of historical sources.

It is a great pity that, apart from a few positive elements, the rapporteur did not question this logic.

It is a great pity that an elder statesman cannot move about as he would wish, and so I do not see you often."

So it is a great pity that we did not have the discussions we should have had.

It is a great pity that passes are being taken away from hard-working people, who are not even given any right of appeal.

It is a great pity that the success that we had hoped for is still to be achieved.

It is a great pity that the Council of Ministers appears to be too busy to come here and attend the debate today.

If I might say so, it is a great pity that it has already attracted so much publicity.

It is a great pity that this magnificent work was destroyed in the 1960s in the name of progress.