Sentences with phrase «lamentable history»

Referring to the government's «lamentable history of procrastination» in reforming divorce laws, Sir James Munby called for the streamlining of new online divorce procedures.

Highlighting contradictions in recent ministerial announcements, Munby added: «The lamentable history of procrastination suggests it would be unwise to assume speedy progress.

He warned that the government's «lamentable history of procrastination» meant that it was unwise to expect «speedy progress», but argued that the differences between the processes made the de-linking a prudent step which would simplify divorce proceedings and take the strain off the oversubscribed financial remedies administration:

«If we go into the trenches in order to try to defend this then it would be seen as part of a lamentable history on civil liberties issues and it would do us terrible damage at this stage.»

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Such insistence shows a lamentable ignorance of history, sociology and psychology.»

You can read a longer version here, but the truncated version goes like this: The Indians have acted like a cool, calm and collected team for decades, when their lamentable franchise history suggests that they should be total hyperactive freaks the second they get a chance to reach the postseason.

It was a lamentable episode in your columnist's recent history and one I'd have been happy to keep quiet, but there's a greater good here, damn it.

Sir Michael argued that we are «at a watershed moment in the history of our education system», and that there has never been a «better opportunity to tackle our lamentable record on vocational education».

As a result, the likes of Infigen, Pac Hydro, RATCH and Co will soon become a lamentable piece of Australia's history.

We note with regret that lamentable chapter of Australian history which saw the unjustifiable separation of Indigenous children from their families.