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Mr. Andy recalled that his initial motivation in learning Chinese was rather accidental.

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But on Aquinas' account it is not a substance; it is rather an accidental unity of other subsistents which may or may not be substances.

This isn't one of Paisley's best songs — he's known for his wit and his hooks, but even before LL Cool J's arrival, "Accidental Racist" is rather prosaic and inert, like a carefully hedged position paper set to music.

In spite of the fact that these motifs in general are either relatively short or highly redundant and, therefore, their chance occurrence at breakpoint junctions may be simply accidental, it is rather striking that all these elements accumulate exclusively in the 5′ terminus of the CitMule.

Finally, we have to acknowledge that our rate of non-accidental injuries is rather low with only three patients.

Anyway, accidental slurs aside, this is rather charming, isn't it?

The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an inquiry into "involuntary destruction by fire", indicating they believe the cause of the blaze was accidental rather than criminal.

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

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 working theory is currently that this exposure was accidental, rather than a second attack along the lines of that on Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury earlier this year," Javid said.

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.

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