Fortunately, I knew almost exactly what the will had said.

Fortunately for Herbert, Uppark had a magnificent library in which he immersed himself, reading many classic works, including Plato's Republic, and More's Utopia.

Fortunately, the giraffes with long necks had a larger range of food choice ( based on height ) and thus lived longer and this trait was selected for through natural selection.

Fortunately for Saladin, al-Adil had his warships moved from Fustat and Alexandria to the Red Sea under the command of an Armenian mercenary Lu ' lu.

Fortunately he had started making a name for himself as a composer, although he frequently caused scandals with his forward-looking works.

Fortunately, Warner Bros. had enough of a backlog of cartoons and a healthy reissue program so that there was no noticeable interruption in the release schedule.

Fortunately, a system of aerating pipes at the bottom of the lake had been set up to dissipate the chemical, reducing it to almost nothing by the 29th, preventing further environmental destruction.

Fortunately for herself and for Russia, Elizabeth Petrovna, with all her shortcomings ( documents often waited months for her signature ), had inherited some of her father's genius for government.

Fortunately, one of the Hungarian prison guards had seen Fritz playing for Germany, and told them that Fritz was not German but Austrian.

Fortunately, Shearer herself " had no illusions about the image I saw in the mirror.

Fortunately, Bates ( Eric Blore ), Horace's meddling English valet, disguises himself as a priest and conducts the ceremony ; apparently, Horace had sent Bates to keep tabs on Dale.

Fortunately, the shooting schedule was budgeted for two weeks of post-production photography, so even though the first cut had " some of the free-est, funniest and most sophisticated material that Woody had ever created, and it hurt him to lose it ", late 1976 saw three separate shoots for the final segment, two of which appear in some form.

Fortunately for the Flyers, they had home-ice advantage as they advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals by winning Game 7 and in the process made history by becoming the first expansion team to win a playoff series over an original six team.

Fortunately James Mason had just finished filming Doctor Fischer of Geneva for the BBC and the schedule was changed to allow him to take over the part of Sir Randolph Nettleby six weeks later.

Fortunately for Pitt, the king recovered in February 1789, just after a Regency Bill had been introduced and passed in the House of Commons.

Fortunately, although the dimensional distance prevented the Professor from telepathically contacting his students directly-although he could penetrate the dimensional barrier, his weakened powers were subsequently unable to access the complex minds of his students-he was able to make contact with Jeffery Saunders, the mentally handicapped grandson of a recently-deceased friend of his, whose mental state meant that he lacked the conflicting thoughts that had prevented the Professor reaching the X-Men.

Fortunately, the tornado struck immediately after the day shift had ended and casualties were minimal.

Fortunately, the Hubble telescope had been designed to allow in-space maintenance, and in December 1993, mission STS-61 carried astronauts to the Hubble to make corrections and change some components.

Fortunately, after the war the county records were found intact in a cell in the jail, where they had been concealed by R. W.

Fortunately his superior, Father Abbot Dom Frederic, saw that Merton had a gifted intellect and talent for writing.

Fortunately, Scott's father had become acquainted with Howard Hughes and provided a letter of introduction for his son to present to the eccentric millionaire filmmaker.

Fortunately for Mayer, Fox was badly injured in a car crash in the summer of 1929, and by the time he recovered he had lost most of his fortune in the fall, 1929 stock market crash, putting an end to the Loew's merger.

Fortunately for the British, the Germans were surprised by gunfire from an unexpected source: Canopus, which had been grounded as a guardship and was behind a hill.

Fortunately, there are no cities or towns in the state, with one or two possible exceptions that are in too difficult a position to finance the proposed change.

Fortunately, the anticipated costs of a possible third world war are currently no longer deemed as acceptable by most, thus little motivation currently seems to exist on an international level for such a war.

Fortunately this is no longer the case.

Fortunately, there were no fatalities.

Fortunately the plague left Gondor's enemies in no better condition than the realm itself, and Gondor was therefore allowed over a century of respite from attack.

Fortunately, our solar system is much less populated with large objects today and the probability of such an event happening is essentially zero, as the larger asteroids in the asteroid belt and the giant comets in the Kuiper belt that are in this size range are in stable orbits that will not enter the inner solar system, let alone intersect the orbit of Earth, with no observed exceptions.

Fortunately for Jim, he is not stuck in no man's land for long ; the Americans attack, and he is taken away to a hospital.

Fortunately, there were no fatalities or serious injuries.

Fortunately, no lives were lost as hundreds of horrified people watched, powerless to save one hundred years of growth and industry.

Fortunately, no workers died as a result of decompression sickness: the work involved " 756, 000 decompressions of men coming out of the compressed air workings ," which resulted in 528 cases of the bends, none fatal .< ref >

: Fortunately — for the gentle reader will no doubt be anxious to follow in his footsteps — some particulars of his life may be gleaned from the public records.

Fortunately there were no deaths reported.

Fortunately, he has an exact double: a patent-medicine salesman and vaudeville hoofer who is a charismatic campaigner but has no actual political qualifications.

Fortunately, no oil spill occurred, and there were no deaths or serious injuries on the tanker, but seven motorists and passengers in vehicles crossing the bridge were killed.

Fortunately for traders, almost all betting exchanges charge commission on net winnings only and charge no commission at all in the event of a net loss.

Fortunately, because of warnings, no one was killed, but several houses along area creeks were destroyed.

Fortunately, no one was killed, although several workmen were injured in a mill below the structure.

Fortunately there were no fatalities, but 800 people were left homeless.

Fortunately, there were no fatalities in either accident.

Fortunately no records or books of the College were damaged.

Fortunately, there were no more cases but the ensuing fear, panic, and hysteria totally consumed the town, and a huge crowd gathered to witness the family ’ s house being burnt to the ground by Health officials.