Sentence examples for a fortunate state from inspiring English sources
A pirate crew numbered on average eighty, whereas it took only sixteen to staff a merchantman, so pirates shouldered a much lighter share of work, a fortunate state of affairs because, as a contemporary observed, "they mortally hate it".
"We have three very fortunate state police members tonight," Lt. Col. George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police said at a news conference on Friday.
Many other countries' would have collapsed under the deadweight of political squabbling and myopia.But for how long can this fortunate state of affairs continue?
Under the "fiscal equalisation" system that exists between Germany's states, if Berlin, for instance, spends €1, it receives 97 cents back from the less fortunate states.
Dan Malloy's showdown with the general assembly on Feb. 16 could be particularly tough — again for the sake of less than 1 percent of what we collectively handed to less fortunate states in the 20 years to 2005.
As Stevenson's friend the poet and folklorist Andrew Lang recalled: "He told me once he meant to write a story about a fellow who was two fellows, which did not, when thus stated, seem a fortunate idea".
A fortunate coincidence, perhaps.
TAL is a fortunate survivor.
"It was a fortunate bounce".
John Harbison is a fortunate exception.
