Sentences with phrase «not by happenstance»

That's not by happenstance.

Not by happenstance is Updike our premier eulogist of suburban life.

The timing is not by happenstance.

It wasn't by happenstance that both of these new principals recognized that a supportive, professional, and collaborative school culture is key to academic success.

Not exact matches

Unlike the nationalism of more culturally monolithic nations that tends to exclude foreign - born citizens, in Canada it's immigrants like Abdul - Rahiim and Tura — people who live here by choice, not happenstance — who tend to be the biggest patriots.

Through sheer happenstance, I have ended up in a working environment not terribly different from the one employed by Buffett, Munger, and other likeminded value investors.

The whole point of Bushnell's bold presentation is that «vicarious sacrifice» is eternally at the very heart of God, not just by happenstance or uniquely in Jesus» earthly fate: «there is a cross in God before the wood is seen upon Calvary.»

By these standards, which admittedly do not include such occasionally decisive happenstances as uncommonly hot - shooting nights and common colds, this year's St. Joseph's team stands out impressively.

Clearly oddsmakers aren't in the business of creating value in a betting market purely by happenstance or insinuating that Germany and Portugal are power rated as equals.

Happiness doesn't strike us by luck or happenstance.

Buffy Sainte Marie speaks of becoming a musician by happenstance, and suffering under a blacklist she wasn't even explicitly aware of for almost twenty years.

Another story has newlyweds played by Alessandro Tiberi and Alessandro Mastronardi in a series of innocent happenstance that leads to some not so innocent events that include her favorite actor (Antonio Albanes) and high - priced call girl (Penelope Cruz).

Much has been said about the lackluster crop of nominees this year, but you honestly can't complain where this is the only category where women have the chance to dominate it by the sheer happenstance of their gender.

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

In an interview with EdSource, Orfield noted that the racial isolation didn't occur by happenstance, but reflects residential segregation that has been shaped by explicit policies affecting where people live, such a whether communities allow affordable rental housing in their communities, as well as how school boundaries are drawn.

Not only do the regulations impose new and unauthorized burdens that are found nowhere in the law, but the reporting requirements seem calculated — by happenstance or design — to yield misleading comparisons between charter schools and traditional district schools.

But actually, what we're doing, by accident, and by complete happenstance, is asking, «What would the older guard of comics do if they were presented with these new - fangled things that they might not know what to do with and are just messing about with?»

Through sheer happenstance, I have ended up in a working environment not terribly different from the one employed by Buffett, Munger, and other likeminded value investors.

It was by sheer happenstance that I found out about the game this way; I rarely visited game websites when I was younger, and it wasn't until Kingdom Hearts that I really had a reason to do so.

AG: Yeah that the final result is going to be a bit by happenstance that occurs in printmaking, that even though you know what you're carving and how you want it to look, you're not directly seeing the results until you run it through the press and are actually printing.

You don't have to accept ANYBODY's findings until they have been confirmed to your satisfaction — by you, your designate, or just happenstance by someone whose judgement you happen to trust.

There are some states that just don't have a very heavy military presence, and some of these rule change processes come up by happenstance.

Having a strong admin team doesn't occur by happenstance.