Another of his never-ending red herrings - the Communist red herring, of course, was purely fortuitous, he'd no hand in that at all.

Mr. Charles Enderby had reason once more to congratulate himself on the superior position he had obtained from the purely fortuitous chance of the football competition prize.

She was sure that her father would think that bit of luck purely fortuitous.

"That nobody was hurt and other property and people were not damaged is purely fortuitous."

Beche de mer was purely fortuitous, but it was fortuitous in the deterministic way.

'So you consider it purely fortuitous that this surface is as truly spherical as the texture of the medium will permit?'

All resemblance is purely fortuitous.

I can assure the honourable Member that the Commission is very adroit and active in organising sufficient support for what it does, but in this case, it was a purely fortuitous occasion.

It is of course purely fortuitous that we now have a Dutch Presidency of the Council.

It was a purely fortuitous occurrence, in Dr. Fastolfe's view.