Sentence examples for by a quirk of history from inspiring English sources

"Improbable Frequency" tells a twee story inspired by a quirk of history that Tom Stoppard somehow overlooked.

The answer, by a quirk of history, is that they would lose entitlement to their state pension rights.

By a quirk of history, these islands, though little more than a stone's toss from the mainland, are controlled by Taiwan.

Prospects are better for 25,000 speakers of Upper Sorbian round Bautzen, mostly Catholics saved from assimilation by a quirk of history.

But in one European region, by a quirk of history, a community with deep local roots lives under Islamic family law.

By a quirk of history, the only place in the European Union where the practice of sharia law in family affairs is firmly established is in the region of Greece bordering Turkey.

In many ways, the decision against Novartis is the result of a quirk of history.

It was a quirk of history that the two men met at all.

Yet, in a quirk of history, a reëlected Obama could suddenly find his best historical opportunity thrust upon him.

FROM the Vatican's point of view, being a sovereign power, albeit a very unusual one, is a quirk of history with many pros and cons.

But for a quirk of history that made Basutoland (Lesotho's forerunner) a British protectorate, it would probably have been a South African province.