Sentences with phrase «by luck rather»

Rafael shone in Neville's old spot for a while before being drummed out by Louis van Gaal who then — by luck rather than judgement — pushed Valencia in the role.

The point is we can't play that game, we never have been able to in all the years I have been watching, if we do pull it off it is by luck rather than judgement.

Not exact matches

Rather, Outfit7 Investments Ltd. (Outfit7) said in a press release that its shareholders have sold 100 percent of the company to a consortium of investors from Asia, represented by United Luck Group Holdings Limited under the leadership of Ou Yaping.

Austin is not using the Bible as an excuse, rather helping to provide God's own words by using the Bible instead of his own voice... you're arguing with God not Austin... Good luck.

Our evolution from apes means we aren't necessarily here for a specific purpose, but rather by luck of the draw and good old fashioned survival instinct.

By luck — rather than expert planning — we happened to find ourselves near the Pantheon around lunchtime.

There could be a case to argue if incorrect refereeing decisions kept going against you (as they did with West Ham last season) that you have been the victim of misfortune; but if it is simply your players not being able to do there job effectively (e.g. by converting goal - scoring opportunities) then this is a reflection of ability or coaching rather than luck.

What's different about the structures we've identified is that the enzymes are tethered, so the reactions and their products are moved along an assembly line, expanding their activity for maximum impact rather than happening by luck.»

I was rather hoping that we'd have temperatures in the mid teens by now, but no such luck.

As luck would have it, the flower falls into the hands of Mary Smith (voiced by Ruby Barnhill in the English - dubbed version opening in North American theaters), who is no witch at all but rather a rosy - cheeked young girl with an unruly mop of red hair and an appealing blend of spunk and sweetness.

Plot driven rather than character driven, and generous in the sheer amount of story presented, it's a fascinating meditation on luck, lust and morality, and is highlighted by strong performances by Rhys Meyers, as well as Emily Mortimer and Scarlett Johansson as the women in his life.

«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 %»

It's by sheer luck that combat is won rather than by using any real skill as the game engine sends your cars spinning away at the mere sight of a stray tire in the road.

With any luck the team will focus on perfecting a few tracks rather than churning out a lot of dull ones as was done by the 2006 team.

Eventually the game evolved into a space story set in the Aries Constelation Star System's Radaxarian town, inspired by Star Wars, as Kōtarō narrates himself on SEGA Japan's AGES interviews, were he also apologizes for the controversial Yanken Pon system (the battle system in which rock, paper or scissors are delivered at random leaving the combats to luck rather than player's skill) a gameplay mechanic he desgined in his attempt to deliver something original.

The issue I have with this is that there seems to be more evidence that a luck of trust (if it exists) is because certain media outlets keep telling the public that climate scientists can't be trusted, rather than the public deciding this independently because they've become aware of advocacy by climate scientists (see Dana's Guardian article today, for example).

If you assume the simple model result comes from skill rather than luck then it would suggest GMT is almost exclusively governed by thermodynamics.

Given the extent of uncertainty because of known and unknown unknowns, it must surely be conceded that if Hansen predicted today's global temperatures with reasonable accuracy 20 years ago this was by good luck rather than by management.