Sentences with phrase «only by luck»

I love taking pictures of our three boys but it is only by luck that I get a good shot.

Only by luck he found himself on the beach in Conil de la Frontera, 40 kilometers down south from Cadiz.

Only by luck did we avoid regrets about our lack of insurance.

We needed to take maximum from the games until we met Chelsea (and that included 1 point at Everton and one at Etihad because that was realistic) and only by luck we are not 9 or 12 points behind.

The problem with Wenger is that he has not the killer instinct like coachs as ferguson or mourinho, they have this winning mentality who make them able to do anything in order to win, even cheating, wenger is just a tryer, he does not give it all in the fight.The team was obviously missing 2 centers backs and one strong DM, he did not address the problem, the striker issue was addressed only by luck, if Man U did not get falcao for any reason, there was no back up plan for any other striker, remember he was in Roma.I believe his age has something to do with that as he shows the stubborness of senile people.I don t see Arsenal as a force until he moves on somewhere else.the board too is responsible for not kwowing football and trusting him blindly even when he clearly fail his duties.

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As the suffering continues, there settles over him finally a dull despair, broken only rarely by an unnatural and terribly enfeebling intensity, as when the gambler hopes on and on that some day he will meet with luck.

To dismiss this by saying that God will take care of you is really to say that someone else will provide for your needs, that you are planning on luck or on being a burden to society (or to some group or individual), and that you are planning not only on not being able to help the poor but on taking resources yourself that otherwise could have gone to help others.

Only an outbuilding on the property of Miracle Baptist Church on Murfreesboro Road in LaVergne, about 30 miles southeast of Nashville, was scorched by flames, thanks, in part, to a man who was down - on - his - luck and reached out to the church for help just days earlier.

Arsenal have the bad luck to have to face the Champions - elect Man City just four days after being embarrassed in the League Cup final by Pep Guardiola's side, but Arsene Wenger is very hopeful that his team can pick themselves up to try and get revenge at the Emirates, where the Gunners have only lost one League game all season.

I think Wenger thought Xhaka would be the next Goretzka Wenger doesn't believe in spending big on defensive midfielders Eleny is not good enough and Wenger only got him because he cost # 5 mil We had Coquelin by luck really as he came from the youth group

Every season we get beat off by chealsea and other top rivals; only to blame luck for our obvious failure.

The only luck was clubs having to live by their means, that isn't even luck as it sounds like common sense and all is fair.

That is not the only bad luck we have had by any means, with offside decisions, penalties for and against and more.

We've also had the DM problem for years, which was only solved midway through last season by pure luck of the injuries, NOT because Wenger suddenly had the ability to see he had no balance in his team.

We can only win by «parking the bus» (fully defensive and counter attack), penalties, set pieces (free kicks and corner kicks) or luck.

Not only is this a real boost for the Gunners in a difficult week, with a home tie in the Champions League against Galatasaray followed by a crucial Premier League away day at Chelsea, but it could be seen as the end of Wilshere's terrible run of bad luck with injuries.

It's only by sheer luck, and perhaps divine intervention that Man U got the points.

In mind he thinks that he already has reached superstar status due of him being part of the winning world cup side, which he was part of, only bec Reus got injuried late, and by luck he was chosen to be part of it.

By any measure of logic — and justice — the Hawks should have been playing garbage time from Thanksgiving on, but the luck of the NBA's four - way divisional split has left Atlanta with only Cincinnati to beat out for the playoff spot behind Baltimore in the Central Division.

Crosley, brought into baseball by Larry MacPhail in 1934 at the suggestion of club publicity man James (Scotty) Reston, now chief of The New York Times» Washington bureau, put his money to work successfully in industry (cars, refrigerators, radios, etc.) but had only sporadic luck in baseball (Reds have not won pennant since 1940).

im not sure we should!what are the chances of the new players to hit the ground running and make an instant impact (they are humans and are going to need time to adapt to all the changes) with some luck we will have most of our injured players back by then all refreshed, rested yes i, ll say it like new signings:) in my opinion i think wenger should only go for a DM cover for le coq & should look at a loan signing wrapped up in the first few days of the window transfer having learnt from the kallstrom, s saga!!!

The only way to beat Barsa is by parking the bus and depending on the swift counter (a.k.a luck) Even Malaysia scored against Man United in a friendly, mid last year 2wice by playing this way.

James McArthur saw a 20 - yard drive blocked by Davinson Sanchez, Kane was upended in the area but was already flagged off - side before the last chance of the half just before the break saw former Spur Andros Townsend break away down the right, cut inside Eric Dier and try his luck from 25 yards out, only for his effort to bobble through to Lloris.

Grimshaw had already been called into action by Chong before the young keeper produced an outstanding save to deny Boonen and then lady luck was on his side as Zachary Dearnley beat him, only to see his effort go the wrong of the right post.

Even with lack of essential players, the match was well played by Germans and only decided by small mistakes or sheer bad luck.

Up until the 50s most women in the UK gave birth at home, and most were only attended by a female friend or relative, or a «self - titled» untrained midwife, and it was completely down to luck as to how good, or bad she was.

If you're just starting to offer a sippy cup at this point, you may have a lot of luck by only offering cow's milk in the sippy cup and never using it for breastmilk or formula.

(Killiney - Shankill was the only other six - seat electoral area where Labour won two seats despite taking just 18.6 % of the vote there, helped by good vote management between their two candidates and some degree of luck with the vote transfers).

The European Union would be weakened by Britain's exit, but the UK will only be able to push its luck so far.

Manchester may be 100 % Labour when you read this: only by good luck is it a good council, despite no opposition scrutiny.

When adolescents test their luck by experimenting with drugs or having unprotected sex, however, they may have only a vague idea of the possible consequences of their actions and the likelihoods of those consequences.

ANTI BAD LUCK SOCIETY «The only way to prove the position that superstition is nonsense is by a bold defiance.

In fact, it is really the only way for them to meet each other unless they happen to run into another bisexual by luck.

The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, once he agrees to being accompanied by the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek - his long lost and former friend Katz (Academy Award nominee Nick Nolte), a down - on - his - luck serial philanderer who, after a lifetime of relying on his charm and wits to keep one step ahead of the law - sees the trip as a way to sneak out of paying some debts and sneak into one last adventure before its too late.

Either by bad luck or design, I was only able to unlock a few of these special items 20 or so hours into the game.

(In Altman, even friendship is contingent: the two meet by chance at a casino and stick together only on a superstitious hunch that they may bring each other good luck.)

Read Only Memories is a narrative adventure game heavily inspired by Hideo Kojima's»90s cult - classic Snatcher, putting players in the shoes of a down - on - their - luck reporter who joins forces with a sentient robot named Turing.

The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, once he agrees to being accompanied by the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek, his long lost and former friend Katz (Nick Nolte), a down - on - his - luck serial philanderer who, after a lifetime of relying on his charm and wits to keep one step ahead of the law, sees the trip as a way to sneak out of paying some debts and sneak into one last adventure before its too late.

A Quadrifoglio, provided by European Sports Cars, Longwood, displayed not only the green charm of luck but that uncompromising, evergreen charm that long has endeared the Pininfarina - designed Spider roadster to Alfa connoisseurs.

With traditional publishing, you're at Cape Cod, and all the beaches are privately - owned, and the only way you can get onto one and party is to somehow luck into an invite to one of those swank - ass rich - people galas attended by, like, Al Gore.

It is only by a stroke of good luck that help arrives for Judy, and Frederica is saved from her prison.

If I had lucked out and got an agent for my first novel, a vampire romantic suspense, and it had sold to a publisher, and if it had sold only 3,000 copies in the first months, (i.e. being with a publisher wouldn't have led to an increase in sales due to the magic fairy pixie dust I'm told that publishers employ), I would never have published the second or third book in the series and likely would have been dropped by the publisher for publishing a «dud».

The lending interface is terrible — it essentially requires you to go through your digital library book - by - book — and if you can find a book that allows lending (good luck) the terms are onerous: you can lend a title only once for a term of only 14 days.

And all of these early books will have been read by only the wonderful, beautiful, generous people whom by the stroke of luck or fate or whatever, happened to know me or know of me at the time.

Not only will you have to interrupt the growth of what's in your account by making withdrawals, but if you're still working and want to contribute more to a traditional IRA, you're out of luck.

«The study's conclusion: The probability that [Wiener's] Growth portfolio could have outperformed by such a wide margin because of luck rather than skill is only 13.4 %»

I only lucked into this by checking every day since the 15th to only get the results «no such return» and being prompted to enter my filing date and type of filing (mail vs efile) only to get the same thing time and again...

OTTAWA — Internal evaluations of the Canada Pension Plan show the retirement system is poorly understood by most of the public — a problem retiree Evan Brett avoided only through luck and meticulous record keeping.

but yes in India it's tough and takes lot of luck and effort to lead life only by being a travel blogger!!!

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