In the past we've had occasional accidents, in which valuable papers were placed by oversight into the red containers.

We are all of us alive by one another's sufferance and an occasional fortunate accident.

Either of these designs offers dramatically better ability to withstand the stresses of daily wear and the occasional accident.

She went on to say she was "tired of bodily functions being my major concern" and expressed worries about having occasional accidents, especially in public.

There were also occasional moped accidents on the Middle Road.

It is a blind process that depends on constant error to create occasional lucky accidents.

In an interview, he stressed that despite the risks postulated by various engineers and occasional accidents over the years, the record was perfect.

There are, occasional accidents, for that matter, but that's not why I was asking about acrophobia.

These events," he said, "have gone beyond the occasional industrial accident attributable to human error.

Skiing is one of those sports, like diving, in which the occasional bad accident can result in permanent disability, paralysis or death.