Sentence examples for for a quirk from inspiring English sources

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

But even Patton might not have been able to persuade anyone to put the Davis Cup here if not for a quirk of Boise's geography.

Yet, but for a quirk of history, Stoute could be at the other end of the microphone from the one to which we have become accustomed.

And yet, James might never have been discovered if it were not for a quirk of fate that brought the American novelist Kaylie Jones to Jamaica's Calabash book festival in 2003.

The material contains, for example, a stunning new analysis asserting that except for a quirk in the path of the second jetliner, the south tower could have caved in and fallen the instant it was struck, taking many more lives.

purchasing information or suborning employees from the opposite camp or elsewhere are treated as commonplace".Mr Al Fayed claims he has been betrayed by the British establishment but he should perhaps reflect that, but for a quirk in the law which oddly omits to make bribing an MP a criminal offence, he could be in the dock himself.

Unfortunately, the improvement over the past year is mainly because of a decline in the size of the labor force — generally, people giving up their search for work — a quirk in the data that masks the true level of distress.

REUNION FOR 2 MOLINAS A quirk of the schedule took the San Francisco Giants to New York on Monday night for a series with the Mets.

Microsoft, for example, acknowledges a quirk in certain versions of Outlook Express that mangle some e-mail messages that start with the word "begin".

START AND FINISH IN BOSTON Major League Baseball released the tentative 2010 schedule, and it came with a quirk for the Yankees.

Though rare, examples exist for cases in which a quirk of a sport's rules or competition format has given an athlete or team an incentive to lose — or at least not try hard.