1.   By sheer coincidence Kappa Crucis lies at the edge of the dark nebula known as the Coal Sack.

2.   By sheer coincidence the three accounts mentioned had all placed significant orders just before the board meeting.

3.   It was sheer coincidence that we were staying in the same hotel.

4.   Do you really believe that the first contact after weeks of silence just happened by sheer coincidence to fall on the same day as your arrival here?

5.   And what happens if one team, through sheer coincidence, has a half-game lead because it played one more game on the schedule than another?

6.   By sheer coincidence, he had visited the emergency room at Bellevue twice during the pilot program.

7.   By sheer coincidence, the last time Arizona and Utah met was also at this very site.

8.   In which an unscrupulous judge might seek contributions from lawyers who by sheer coincidence have hearings coming up in his court.

9.   Is this sheer coincidence, the work of an angry God, a looming Big Brother?

10.   It is perhaps sheer coincidence that the Mets are at Yankee Stadium this weekend for a three-game interleague series with the Yankees.