Sentence examples for Relied on chance from inspiring English sources

Rejewski recalled in 1980 that another way had been found that could have been used to solve the wirings, but that the method was "imperfect and tedious" and relied on chance.

Here was the full horror of a relationship that both relied on chance meetings and was subject to utter estrangement: what you could miss in an interval.

Past studies relied on chance resightings of birds with unique identifiers on them, he notes.

In one of her playful conceits, Ms. Riordan relies on chance to determine what story to tell, asking the audience to roll dice to choose between subjects.

Her whole method relies on chance discoveries, and her life is arranged to encourage them.

What about slot machines and the lottery, which rely on chance, and involve no skill at all?

While other people can make the best of their opportunities, they will have to rely on chance.

There are are also many sub-classes that we don't even know to look for bias against and have to rely on chance to discover.

The bewildering inconsistencies between paired reviewers (see the introductory quote), for example, can leave the authors feeling that the fate of their work relies on chance and whim.

Animals with a good memory for which trees are where, and when they last came into fruit, are likely to do better than those who rely on chance.

He explained that the more questions asked, the more accurate the assessment because performance was less likely to rely on chance that the "right" questions came up.