| His stroke of luck came when he decided to brew the fashionable new lager instead of heavier traditional beers. |
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| And it is only a stroke of luck which has helped him gain a middle order slot in the first and second Tests. |
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| The apparent misfortune may turn out to be a blessing in disguise and the seeming stroke of luck the very stuff of tragedy. |
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| The father gives up in despair and then, by a miraculous stroke of luck, he spots the bicycle thief and pursues him into a brothel. |
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| But the 26-year-old Spartak Moscow midfielder deserved his stroke of luck as he netted his fifth international goal. |
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| It was a pure stroke of luck that our last ride was near the giant Ferris wheel and we sank down onto the rocking metal seats with relief. |
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| In an amazing stroke of luck for the sick patient, all three people who came to his rescue were health workers. |
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| This new perspective can be a stroke of luck for the world of agriculture if it organizes itself to respond. |
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| Although this was disappointing from a geothermal standpoint, from a geological standpoint it was a stroke of luck. |
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| The EEG has been a stroke of luck for Aurich and the region of East Frisia. |
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| In the hotel restaurant, we found a genuine 'set' with a blue backdrop, flowers, and in a stroke of luck, a watering can! |
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| The church in France is unable to live this experience of expropriation even though, in one way, it is a stroke of luck! |
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| On two separate occasions, by some strange stroke of luck and coincidence, it happened on the same day or the day before. |
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| Maybe by some stroke of luck, the rain will come and soak the ground and the millet will grow. |
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| Having different cultures is a stroke of luck for a country. |
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| Trinity Mirror, its profits bulwarked by the greatest ever stroke of luck, can carry on smiling. |
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| The serious point is that the prime minister's biggest stroke of luck has been the discombobulation of the party that opposes him. |
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| In a stroke of luck, or misfortune, Chile was a member of the Security Council when the crisis broke out. |
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| By a stroke of luck, a new edition was published a few weeks before its feverish consultation in January. |
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| By a remarkable stroke of luck in Asia's irrigated rice system, nitrogen gets biologically fixed by organisms called cyanobacteria. |
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| By chance, by a strange stroke of luck, we have the competent Commissioner here today. |
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| Do we rejoice at this stroke of luck, nourish and expand on it? |
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| By some stroke of luck, she had dropped the knife on her foot. |
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| Now, after an emotional reunion and a huge stroke of luck, the three firm friends talk to each other every day and their wives have become the best of friends. |
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| So one of the hijackers gets through really by a stroke of luck. |
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| Fortunately, the team had a stroke of luck. |
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| The second attempt was carried out using anti-tank grenade launchers and it is only by an immense stroke of luck that Mr Berisha survived this second assassination attempt. |
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| To be an ATSO is an incredible stroke of luck for those who were hit. |
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| Definitely, your love life will benefit from a stroke of luck. |
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| Downtown it was often a stroke of luck mainly at the edge of the rivers. |
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| It proved to be a stroke of luck for the sailor from La Baule who, despite the most flattering of track records over the previous ten years, hadn't managed to pull off his project for a 40 metre catamaran. |
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| It was a stroke of luck for an already strong show jumping team. |
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| The first stroke of luck is to arrive in Marseilles at a time when the city redefines his project to create the Massalia theatre, a puppet theatre at that time. |
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| In this sense he proves to be an entrepreneurial stroke of luck for us. |
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| By a stroke of luck, a thaw prevented the Chatti from crossing the Rhine and coming to Saturninus' aid. |
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| It was a difficult battle for both sides, but, by a stroke of luck, the Spanish came out victorious. |
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| As a result, many graduates are forced to leave Europe or to spend years living on grants that are totally inadequate for the current cost of living, while they wait for a stroke of luck. |
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| The Meeting of Women Parliamentarians is a stroke of luck for us, because Burkina Faso is probably one of the African countries with the strongest women's associations. |
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| Korean people are not weak-kneed people who are overwhelmed by the nuclear threat posed by the United States and helplessly wait for a stroke of luck and mercy to come from heaven. |
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| Outplayed for most of the evening, the Romanians enjoyed a stroke of luck when Dragutinovic nodded a seemingly aimless free-kick past the startled Javi Varas in the Sevilla goal. |
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| Madame Marois boldness was a stroke of luck for the government, even if this was a big gamble by the deputy Prime minister, as Québec avoided the recession and maintained a balanced budget. |
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| The British experienced a stroke of luck in November 1939 when a German mine was dropped from an aircraft onto the mud flats off Shoeburyness during low tide. |
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| As the use of the color green in the film has artistic importance, matching a shade of green was a stroke of luck for restoration and provided a reference shade. |
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| As a result of this stroke of luck, he was nicknamed the Fortunate. |
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| By a stroke of luck, there were still a few tickets left when we arrived. |
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| Unavoidably, given the author's identity, large stretches of My Stroke of Luck stray into predictable showbiz memoir territory. |
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