This did not mean that he was depending upon mere luck to see him through.
The son added that it was mere luck that the building ever got built.
As a professional in the field, he knew that it was mere luck that it hadn't happened already.
The problem with the popular rating systems is that they do a poor job of distinguishing between adviser skill and mere luck.
General Washington to escape certain destruction, I don't want them to think it was mere luck.
It was due to his enormous stamina, not mere luck.
But for an entire fund family to be in the lower reaches seems more than mere bad luck.
In truth, I knew it was mere luck that I had won against him.
It is not by mere luck that natural pearls of the highest quality are still discovered today.
I have had a narrow shave, Peterson, and it is mere luck you didn't find me on your doorstep in the morning.