They may also occur as accidental phenomena, or the normal conditions of any particular flower or fruit may be exactly reversed, the usually succulent fruit becoming dry and capsular, and so forth.
— from Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. (Maxwell Tylden) Masters

THIS CADRE NOT REIMMIGRATING, BUT EN ROUTE TO URSAN STARS.
— from The Ties That Bind by Walter M. Miller

The natural and artificial defences of the island had almost defeated the object of the expedition; and when, after much searching and toil, a landing had been 132 effected, the dangers to be encountered required the utmost steadiness and perseverance to be overcome.
— from History of the Scottish Regiments in the British Army by Archibald K. Murray

If it should act otherwise, the staff would engage the moral responsibility of the Bank of France; but the bank, evidently reluctant to undertake such operations, prefers to leave that field to its auxiliaries, the financial institutions.
— from Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips