Sentence examples for merely chance from inspiring English sources

As this is an extremely rare finding, future clinical observation will better define if these are merely chance occurrences.

But what you do with it, how well you defend yourself against the bad kind and take advantage of whatever good luck comes along--that isn't merely chance.

In fact, it was merely chance that prevented the two eighteen year olds from not speaking at all that night.

Many are no doubt merely chance associations, although a few may reflect true risk genes with associations too weak to emerge in both Danish and Norwegian samples.

First of all, it may indicate that these were merely chance findings or that the Replication sample could be underpowered with respect to small effect sizes.

Further studies will therefore be required to clarify whether the SNP cluster tagged by these two markers is associated with ADHD or whether these are merely chance observations.

He also stressed that the plays did not cost the Nuggets either game, but merely chances to tie.

With rare exception (last week's Cheney-Lieberman debate being one of them) they are merely chances for candidates to give their campaign spiels and grab attention (as when Mr. Lazio demanded in their first debate that Mrs. Clinton sign a soft-money pledge).

Like perishable rice, lasting no more than a year, equities are merely a chance to make quick profits.

The datasets get smaller and smaller the further back you go, making it harder to say that similarities between words aren't down merely to chance.

Still, for the players involved, and for more serious N.H.L. fans, the game is not merely a chance for a spectacle.