Sentence examples for be accidental rather than from inspiring English sources

All unblindings appeared to be accidental rather than deliberate, and unblinders did not appear to be aware that they had unblinded themselves.

We do not know whether RDT1 codes for a functional protein: Its translation could be accidental rather than a product of adaptation.

Still, as we chat with the locals, it becomes clear that it was accidental rather than part of a grand plan.

Interviewed by George Plimpton in 1964, she recalled, "The charge of professionalism was never popular in the Olympic world; everyone felt it should not be held against him, since any violation was accidental rather than intentional".

The incident such as Sam's the other day, which was accidental rather than deliberate, may have warranted 10 minutes in the sin bin and then it's done and dusted.

The justice secretary apologised to the Commons for "any interception of communications between a prisoner and their constituency MP" but insisted that the "unacceptable" monitoring had been accidental rather than any intentional strategy by the prison service to listen in to calls.

The pair become engaged after Darren proposes, although the proposal is accidental rather than planned.

Thus, transcriptional slippage in HCV is likely accidental rather than "programmed".

The two were accidental plaintiffs in more ways than one.

It was in the spirit of the day to be charmed rather than annoyed by the accidental music of the city: the beeping of a bus's wheelchair lift during "In C"; the syncopated barking of a dog energized by the drumming of Loop 2.4.3.

Plasmid-mediated transfer of host bacterial DNA also appears to be an accidental process rather than a bacterial adaptation.