Sentences with phrase «by chance encounters»

His final release, in 1982, On Land, is composed of individual unique sounds of field recordings and musical instruments that function separately from each other and coincide only by chance encounters, yielding a persistent cohesive soundscape.

But to think of dérive as a kind of random stroll dominated by chance encounters would be to miss Debord's essential point: spaces, by virtue of being inhabited or shaped by humankind, possess their own «psychogeographical contours, with constant currents, fixed points and vortexes that strongly discourage entry into or exit from certain zones.»

But as he headed across the field at the end of the game, by chance he encountered the entire Giant bullpen contingent at home plate.

When Ashirah and Chris were in their late teens they were graced by a chance encounter with Ray Reitze, a Maine guide who had spent his youth learning from a native elder.

Adapted from the novel by JM Ledgard, it focuses on two people brought together by a chance encounter.

However, her nice safe existence is shattered one day by a chance encounter on the street with book dealer Paul Martel (Olivier Martinez).

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (R for nudity, profanity and graphic sexuality) Crime comedy, set in Pittsburgh in the Eighties, about a recent college grad (Jon Foster) whose plans to begin working on Wall Street are interrupted by a chance encounter with his freshman roommate - turned - drug dealer (Omid Abtahi) leads to a lustful but dangerous liaison with a femme fatale (Sienna Miller) already linked to a felon (Peter Sarsgaard) with evil intentions.

Escape From Tomorrow (2013): In a world of fake castles and anthropomorphic rodents, an epic battle begins when an unemployed father's sanity is challenged by a chance encounter with two underage girls on holiday.

Paddington has grown up deep in the Peruvian jungle with his Aunt Lucy who, inspired by a chance encounter with

The story involves a bored suburban housewife going through a divorce and child custody battle, whose life is changed by a chance encounter with a much younger woman.

Erin Colleen Johnson's (b. Tucson, AZ) artistic process diffuses meaning across a network of contingent agents, both inside and outside the arts and utilizes both fictional and historical narratives to examine devices of social connection, possibilities raised by chance encounter, and the act of searching.

(b. Tucson, AZ) artistic process diffuses meaning across a network of contingent agents, both inside and outside the arts and utilizes both fictional and historical narratives to examine devices of social connection, possibilities raised by chance encounter, and the act of searching.

If by some chance you encounter an insurance company that does ask about scleroderma, the question will likely read something to this:

It is unclear, however, whether meeting partners online yields more positive romantic outcomes1 than do more traditional avenues (e.g., meeting a relationship partner through friends or by chance encounter).

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golden tablets discovered in a forest versus cave, angels stopping by to retrieve them for God, this chance encounter that gives them the spontaneously ability to translate the ancient text written on golden tablets into their native tongue.

Whether he has ever seen a devil, as Mantel did as a girl — «It has no edges, no mass, no dimension, no shape except the formless; it moves» — is ultimately unimportant; his novels are the work of a man who believes in devils, or at least in their possibility, and the possibility that one of his ordinary Americans could encounter one by chance.

While she'll never forget the second line celebration when Windsor Court was named Best Hotel in the World by Condé Nast readers in 1998, she also cherishes a chance encounter with Steven Seagal in the late 1990s.

Glenn Hoddle then added to that by claiming Wilshere had been making bad decisions in the previous encounter, coming as a further blow to his chances of appearing tonight.

The Hammers, of course, were beaten by Liverpool's ferocious attacking force at the weekend, but this encounter with the Swans could mark a chance to turn a corner in the battle against the drop.

It could be argued that throwing the midfielder into such a pivotal encounter was a display of trust and belief in his qualities, but Wenger's reluctance to reinforce his injury - ravaged midfield in recent games gone by looks to be another example of the Frenchman spoiling his team's own chances in order to require another big comeback.

I met her when she read for a show that I co-produce; it was a brief encounter, but by chance we bumped into each other again and the timing was just that I needed an adoptive parents blogger for The Next Family and she and her husband had recently adopted her son Tariku.

The benefits of getting vaccinations at the scheduled intervals and the safety is backed up by numerous scientific studies — scientific studies also show that minimally vaccinating children or eliminating vaccination increases the chance of harm to not only to that individual child but to everyone that child encounters.

When difficulties encountered by mothers are shared with their partners, babies will have a better chance of receiving breast milk exclusively for the recommended six months, and with complementary food could continue to breastfeed for two years or more.

Instead, vaccines work by dramatically reducing the chance that an infected person will encounter an unprotected person.

23rd July 2016, The Times: Corbynistas have the blind faith of a cult; My chance encounter with Angela Eagle convinced me that a brave and decent woman is being destroyed by fanatics

This research shows that individual animals» behaviors can increase their chances of survival by allowing flexible, real - time adjustments to the many different microhabitats encountered in the wild.

The theoretical model developed by Fedele takes into account the size of the vessel, which also boosts the chances of encountering such a wave.

Lucky Accidents, Chance Encounters, and the Prepared Job Seeker, by Peter Fiske, 6 October 2000.

Taking into account that the relatively nearby (in the sky) galaxy M98 is approaching us at 125 km / sec, and thus moving at about the same peculiar velocity but, by chance, toward us, one may speculate that these two galaxies might have been involved in an encounter, but this is currently not much more than wild speculation.

This means we have a better chance of finding evidence of galactic encounters by imaging the gas using radio telescopes.»

It is possible that LPA promotes immune responses by increasing the T cells» chances of encountering dendritic cells.

They are stored in a bunch of random containers and we never remember which ones are where so encountering them is totally by chance.

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The hook - term dating involves a chance encounter that is not used by serious commitments.

And, by meeting people online you are far more likely to meet someone you click with than if you leave the encounter to chance.

The App only has profiles which are verified by their team, and thus the chances that you encounter or chat with a fake profile are almost nil.

Of course they are a few individuals out of millions, and your chances of encountering one of them are extremely low, perhaps lower than being struck by lightning, but if you do you should know the signs to look for and the precautions to take.

Finding a date hasn't hinged primarily on chance encounters or «setups» by friends since the advent of online dating sites and mobile dating apps.

For city - dwellers, the route to getting to know someone new too often relies on a chance encounter in by in a club or bar; but how often do these people really seem like long - term material?

Before Expats Dating existed, encounters happened by mere chance; in bars, clubs, cafes, restaurants or shopping malls.

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In addition, these are women who are actively looking for a partner, unlike many a single woman you might encounter by chance, a point made in Find Single Women Seeking Men.

When a chance encounter with an on - ice thug leads to a bloody fist fight that Doug easily wins, the coach of the Halifax Highlanders sees potential in this mammoth sized man who is only hampered by his lack of any hockey playing ability and his brother's old figure skates.

There's barely a laugh to be found in this story of a law student (Scott Eastwood) who signs up for acting classes taught by a pompous blowhard (Malcolm McDowell) as a clumsy attempt to cozy up to one of the students (Laura Ashley Samuels) after becoming smitten during a chance encounter.

Comic Charlyne Yi (Knocked Up) is touring the nation asking passersby from all walks of life their thoughts on the nature of love when a chance encounter with young gadabout Michael Cera (Michael Cera)-- more or less Yi's ideological soul mate — convinces her documentary's director, Nick Jasenovec (played on camera by an affable Jake Johnson), that they've found the perfect opportunity for romantic skeptic Yi to experience love first hand.

Synopsis (via IMDb): An investment banker struggling to understand his emotional disconnect after the tragic death of his wife begins to tear apart his life in a effort to see where he went wrong, is ultimately rescued by a woman he meets in a chance encounter.

Working as a veterinary nurse, she steals away with the titular doggie and, after a chance encounter with old school adversary Brandon (the punky brat in Welcome to the Dollhouse who threatens to rape her, now played by a witheringly deadpan Kieran Culkin) embarks on a road trip through middle America, visiting Brandon's Down's Syndrome - affected brother and his wife along the way.

Rocking up to the gathering hall with my measly Kut Ku armour, I was immediately set upon by an impressive trio of hunters offering to hold my hand through encounters I would have no chance of beating otherwise.

In the latest Oscar Isaac vehicle, Mojave, director William Monaghan recycles the familiar tale of one man's seemingly chance encounter with a menacing stranger — a trope that was perfected more than six decades ago by Alfred Hitchcock in his 1951 masterpiece Strangers on a Train.

A chance encounter with an old acquaintance leads Carrey to attend a seminar run by charismatic guru Terence Stamp, who demands his followers stop saying «no» and start saying «yes» to everything asked of them.