border on the miraculous

The experience in Russia did not turn out so well, but for this kind of work a 67 percent success rate borders on the miraculous.

Its accumulation of dollars from trade borders on the miraculous.

It bordered on the miraculous that she did not miss him altogether.

Jones has done a job bordering on the miraculous.

For winemakers, though, what's happened already has bordered on the miraculous.

Wilson’s first season as coach of Columbia’s long-suffering football program bordered on the miraculous.

Gooden's recovery from an 0-3 opening has also bordered on the miraculous.

There are myriad stories of heroism from Sept. 11, 2001, some bordering on the miraculous.

Indeed, her diagnosis bordered on the miraculous, discovered as the doctor searched for the cause of an unrelated condition.

How Liège were surviving was bordering on the miraculous.

In a district where, according to state statistics, more than half of the students fail the test, many educators say such results border on the miraculous.

But given the underwhelming quality of this year's model, quickly elevating the fair to world-class status would be an achievement bordering on the miraculous.

Understandable, but the choking austerity has made Villa's survival in the Premier League bordering on the miraculous.

Glancey's achievement bordered on the miraculous."

The distance was far; Bruce was not a practiced rifle shot, and it bordered on the miraculous that his lead went anywhere near the bear's body.

He made a recovery that bordered on the miraculous; although he would never play again, he would walk unassisted several months later.

Even so, to have made an album this inspired and relevant at this late date, and after sustaining such monumental losses, borders on the miraculous.

With aplomb bordering on the miraculous, creator Sally Wainwright captures the contradictory, infuriating and glorious mess that is family.

To the General's everlasting credit, he immediately KA'PPAed for helpand in doing so triggered an event that bordered on the miraculous.

Passion stood for all that, and he was ready to believe that some startlingly profound remark, some appreciation of character, or a judgment upon an event, bordered on the miraculous.

Ever since their encounter with the enigmatic alien device known as the Madness Maze on lost Haden, they had demonstrated powers and abilities that bordered on the miraculous.

There were no windows, but tall plaques described the many wonders to be found inside, together with a series of claims for potential weight loss and muscle building that bordered on the miraculous.

But to create an emotionally provocative and complicated young woman in a mondo-budget, CG-enhanced whirlwind of plot, violence and geek-fan expectations is an act that borders on the miraculous.

In a feat bordering on the miraculous, a colleague had managed to get a circuit through to tell me that China's state news agency had just reported the death of Deng Xiaoping.

In the light of the record of MI6, which I might add is the Committee of 300's main resource when it comes to intelligence, the work done by French intelligence borders on the miraculous.