I also recall ruefully that on such an important subject it was particularly difficult to abide by the convention of impartiality normally observed on such occasions.
It is customary in these circumstances, when we ruefully recognise this fact, to turn first upon the draftsmen when we are confronted with the incomprehensible or even, sometimes the unreadable.
As civil servants, their rates of pay, as they will ruefully disclose, do not match those of their brothers in the drugs squads in the police units.
Certainly it will not be the disappointed owner who ruefully compares his offer from the valuation officer with his own assessment of the value of his home.
History ruefully records that states are no more moral than individuals' actions.
Certainly not the disappointed owner, ruefully comparing his offer with his own assessment of the value of his home.
Speculators are now speculating ruefully on a bad year.
I must confess a little ruefully straightaway that without my sitting behind him he seemed to do just as well as ever.
