Sentences with phrase «of lucky breaks»

But due to a couple of lucky breaks, they and their co-authors are the first to document the material's remarkable properties.

With the scores still tied at 0 - 0 on Saturday at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton Wanderers received a bit of a lucky break in completely unfortunate circumstances.

Chances are they didn't get where they are because of a lucky break, but rather because they possess characteristics or a state of mind that sets them apart from people leading average lives.

In overtime, Mikkel Boedker got a bit of a lucky break with his five - hole goal, and the Blackhawks now need a win to even the series and split at home.

At the very best that's going to take a long time, because the position he was in for this fight came about by a lot of lucky breaks that rarely repeat themselves.

Anfield was stunned, as was I, but we had to make the most of our lucky break.

Although Chelsea have impressed in the early part of the season, they continue to have more than their share of lucky breaks.

Serious injuries, but for Michael Beyer, a 44 - year - old Prospect Heights plumber, they seem to be something of a lucky break considering he was hit by a section of a large steel crane that buckled at a downtown Arlington Heights construction site early Wednesday.

They were purchased through one of the Lucky Breaks deal at 50 % off, and I feel like this is just the start of my grown - up paper goods arsenal.

- Esther Freud, author of Lucky Break and Mr. Mac and Me «A triumphant debut... A thoughtful, measured book about the interplay of change and destiny in our lives.

Through a series of lucky breaks, Kelley began working as a stunt man and actor on several major movies and television shows that were filmed in the Bay Area, including CBS's Nash Bridges.

For a political leader, it was the very definition of a lucky break: Without having to do much heavy lifting against the power of the fossil fuel industry, the administration was able to produce results.