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Meanings of singular chance in English

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Usage of singular chance in English
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The cathedral alone, as if by some singular chance, seemed to be untouched.
The Hosts of the Air
2
By singular chance she had often made lucky sales which confirmed her principles.
Beatrix
3
By what singular chance did he find you in that shop?
The Port of Missing Men
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But the plot failed owing to a singular chance.
Authors of Greece
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By a singular chance the first morning lesson was David's lamentation for Saul and Jonathan.
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 2.
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Here suddenly came an earnest voice addressed, by singular chance, to her of all the world.
The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
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By a very singular chance, we had come down close by the hunting-lodge of the latter.
Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies / A His...
8
At length, however, a singular chance did at once the work of a long course of alertness.
Memoirs of Fanny Hill / A New and Genuine Edition from the Origi...
9
It lay nestling amidst groves of walnuts, and a singular chance had spared it from the evils around.
Orrain: A Romance
10
He replied that by a singular chance he had been on the point of starting for my rooms.
The Agony Column
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By a singular chance, the only attacks he has had have occurred during my absence, and always at night.
Mysteries of Paris — Volume 03
12
By a singular chance a bullet cut the button of his cloak at the throat and the cloak flew open there.
The Scouts of Stonewall: The Story of the Great Valley Campaign
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It was the house of Veramendi, and he thought it a singular chance that had brought him to the same place.
The Texan Star: The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty
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He had heard enough, however, to account for his presence there, and the singular chance that had brought them again together.
Clarence
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Napoleon escaped by a singular chance, St. Regent, or his servant Francois, had stationed himself in the middle of the Rue Nicaise.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
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Napoleon escaped by a singular chance, St. Regent, or his servant Francois, had stationed himself in the middle of tho Rue Nicaise.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 05
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