Sentences with phrase «stroke of good luck»

I was very fortunate to have another stroke of good luck.

It was a stroke of good luck that the rise of solar activity since the 19th century halted in the 1960s.

This is such a stroke of good luck!!

In a stroke of good luck, I really like Advance Wars.

That we have the test at all was due to a stroke of good luck.

It is only by a stroke of good luck that help arrives for Judy, and Frederica is saved from her prison.

However, a stroke of good luck comes their way when Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) alights on their front stoop.

That Campbell happened to have access to a population eating this way in his time could be seen as a miraculous stroke of good luck.

Jewitt and Luu say that it was a stroke of good luck that American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered the first world beyond Neptune, Pluto, back in 1930.

«But it wasn't long before we had a stroke of good luck in learning that a leading expert on tectonic modeling in Japan, Jack Loveless, is a professor just down the road at Smith College.»

I had my fingers crossed for better lighting or maybe a stroke of good luck, but sadly the universe didn't send either of those my way.

Usually used in the context of a positive turn of events or the receiving of some material blessing, the «God thing» phrase gets under my skin because it implies that God is behind every stroke of good luck in our lives.

So, he trademarked the name which ended up being the first stroke of good luck in Hoffman's story.

Not exact matches

They have as many good Players as any in this League and with a few different strokes of luck really could have won the whole thing this year..

Debuchy might not agree but that turned out to be a stroke of luck for the club as it allowed Bellerin to flourish and become one of the best in the country.

How is this a master stroke It's nothing short of being an absolute moron No striker on the pitch and hoping to swamped the midfield with bog standard midfielders If this is how you wan na see arsenal play and ran then best of luck to you.

It is by some stroke of luck that you had a good outcome at home, removed from a medical environment.

In another stroke of luck, New York dairy farmers have been well - positioned in recent years because they tend to grow much of their own feed corn, putting them at a competitive advantage over their larger California competitors: West Coast dairies are struggling with the high price of corn brought on by international demand, drought conditions and ethanol subsidies.

Yes, it is an incredible stroke of luck to find a small world orbiting a neighboring star, but as red dwarfs are the most populous type of star in our galaxy, the odds are that a handful may well have just the right ingredients to support a habitable atmosphere.

Through many missteps for which I take full responsibility, a couple strokes of bad luck, and a select few cases of good old - fashioned getting screwed over, I haven't as yet succeeded in building a lucrative, flourishing career or a family of my own.

In a rare stroke of luck, as these kids and movies aged, so did their quality — Radcliffe, Grint and Watson are no longer bumbling caricatures (meek victim, comedy relief, and domineering bookworm, respectively), and Order of the Phoenix is actually good enough to be considered on its own as a solid film, instead of needing the umbrella of protection that the Harry Potter ™ franchise provides.

By a stroke of rare good luck, their shotgun relationship worked.

But I know better than to gamble my future on having such a stroke of luck.

Whatever your preferred control method, there's a good combination of skill and luck required, although things do tend to lean towards the «too easy» side of the ledger, with online tournaments regularly won by people coming in 20 or more strokes under par.

Although his work is less well known internationally than that of some of his Torinese contemporaries, it is now having its institutional moment — «a stroke of luck», says Griffa.

The eggs, designed by some well - known and some not so famous artists, fashion designers, architectural firms, and sponsored by local and international art galleries (Waterhouse & Dodd, Leila Heller Gallery), fashion houses, companies and individuals ranged from transcendently beautiful and inspired to, well, better - luck - next - time, as in the case of Julian Schnabel «s hurried double stroke, either done in his sleep or by some vengeful former assistant.