fortunate chance

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It is suspected that he has been the victim of foul play, and Carmel by a fortunate chance proves this when she discovers his coat and his badge.

A fortunate chance brought him to the attention of the Italian composer and singing teacher Nicola Porpora, who accepted him as accompanist for voice lessons and corrected Haydn's compositions.

There is much in the literature about many aspects of this study, from studies of the biomaterials [2] to studies of the insect structures themselves by Gorb and Betz [3, 4] that it seems arrogant to expect to isolate some aspect by fortunate chance that proves of biomimetic importance.

The two skin impressions found are approximately 5 feet away from each other and could be from the same animal, a fortunate chance preservation proving that these massive beasts lumbered across the landscape up until the very end.

Nevertheless, neither he nor any other British agent felt free to undertake active operations to secure California to Great Britain, and all that can be said is that they were hoping for some fortunate chance that might permit them to forestall American plans while yet they observed the purely passive attitude directed by Aberdeen.

Under our present system of medical organization and hospital organization it is a fortunate chance if one of these patients happens to fall into the hands of someone who has a reasonable knowledge of the disease, in a stage early enough to be hopeful for treatment.

Whether you're making an income just north of the poverty line or you're bumping elbows with the nation's most fortunate, chances are that America's "middle class" can accommodate you within its incredibly elastic walls.

But Mr. Booker believes such services give the less fortunate the chance to make ends meet without waiting for the return of union jobs that may never come back.

The second pathway is serendipity i.e., making fortunate discoveries by chance.

Both sides need a victory as they currently occupy the bottom two places in the Division One table, and Northants were fortunate that dropping chances offered by Nash and Stefan Piolet were not expensive.

Fortunate to have second chance with penalty.