Sentences with phrase «by happenstance rather»

Whereas in mixed breeds, extreme temperaments and behaviors are by happenstance rather than deliberate design.

Mind you, this happy result occurred by happenstance rather than by intent.

Not exact matches

But maybe that point is better served by portraying all of the awfulness in Tonya Harding's life, everything that shaped her, as straightforward tragic happenstance — rather than a gut buster.

More often than not, teachers are selected for these positions by what Johnson describes as «happenstance» rather than a deliberate process.

Certainly these behaviors can occur in mixed breeds, too, but they are by happenstance, on an «individual dog» basis, rather than by deliberate design into a breed as a whole.