Sentences with phrase «accident of geography»

By a remarkable accident of geography, three of British Columbia's most important salmon rivers are all born within literally a stone's throw of each other in a rugged knot of mountains.

Mostly this is an accident of geography.

Because whereas I dislike Tottenham due to an accident of geography, my dislike of Stoke has developed thanks to it being an execrable club and town.

The Occupy protest at St Paul's Cathedral may be a more direct version of democracy but it has created such a storm for the Church of England only because of an accident of geography: its land in front of the steps was the nearest available open space to the Stock Exchange.

While this might seem at first an accident of geography, it gains significance in light of Prefix's recently opened group show, Trade Marks, in which the featured artists explore textiles, their relationship as First Nation artists to trade, and the contested geographies and histories of Ontario.

Citizenship is an accident of geography and history.

While its focus is often the downtown areas of Chicago, this is an accident of geography and not policy.