Growing up it was a considerable embarrassment to me.

Ministers will say that the strategy will be overhauled - a considerable embarrassment after the 280 million spent on initiatives they promised would transform thousands of young people's lives.

To our delight - and considerable embarrassment - flowers were delivered to my wife the following day, with the message that he remembered the previous occasion well.

But they clearly weren't authorized and because they would be the source of considerable embarrassment to her, we decided not to publish them.

This episode was a considerable embarrassment to the communist government.