Some distribution costs are kept up by competitive pressure, some by the fact that the customers have come to expect certain niceties and flourishes.

Some credit the move into professional competitive team play with prizes as a major factor in Counter-Strike's longevity and success.

Some social clubs are organized around competitive games, such as chess and bridge.

Some later biplanes replaced the Pratt truss with a Warren truss which reduced the drag associated with the struts, however it wasn't enough to keep it competitive with cantilever monoplanes which superseded it for most purposes in the late 1930s.

Some gymnasts adopt a new FX every year ; others keep the same routine for several competitive seasons.

Some competitive ELISA kits include enzyme-linked antigen rather than enzyme-linked antibody.

Some felt the prize-money structures, based on competitive placement, were not fairly compensating all corps for their appearances.

Some historians believe that Farndon was the location of the first ever competitive horse race with riders, in a local field on the banks of the River Dee.

Some internships are very competitive while others are not filled.

Some groups, such as the Kwakwaka ' wakw, used the potlatch as an arena in which highly competitive contests of status took place.

Some questions provided marketing data, e. g., average age of the readership ; some were used to provide competitive rankings of SPI's and other publishers ' products, charts that S & T's readers pored over when deciding what game to buy next.

Some distributions, such as MEPIS, were competitive, and far less expensive.

Some of these forms include skilled or pertinent expertise, valuable physical assets, valuable human assets, valuable organizational assets, valuable intangible assets, competitive capabilities, achievements and attributes that position the business into a competitive advantage, and alliances or cooperative ventures.

Some of these vendors contribute back changes to the community project, while some keep their changes as their own competitive advantages.

Some of these are still in competitive use, although with the benefit of new barrels.

Some schools are accessible after a competitive entrance exam directly after the baccalauréat.

Some competition production companies employ professional videographers to capture and sell video recordings of competitive performances with the restriction that video recordings may only be sold to the subject performers or members of their studios, thus avoiding infringement.

Some competitive swimmers use this variant in competition.

Some view ethical issues as simply a costly hindrance, while some companies use CSR methodologies as a strategic tactic to gain public support for their presence in global markets, helping them sustain a competitive advantage by using their social contributions to provide a subconscious level of advertising.

Some development classes ( National 12 and Merlin Rocket ) have tightly controlled rules which keep the boats closely competitive while allowing the owner to customise the boat to their preferences and weight.

Some magnet schools have a competitive entrance process, requiring an entrance examination, interview, or audition.

Some communities that uphold competitive exclusion are MacArthur's warblers and Darwin's finches.

Some of the more common ways of thinking about gaining competitive advantage are:

Some evidence, such as the displacement of siliceous sponges from the shelves, suggests that this takeover began in the Cretaceous ( 146 Ma to 65 Ma ), while evidence from radiolarians suggests " take-over " did not begin until the Cenozoic ( 65 Ma to present ).< ref name = harper75 > The expansion of grassland biomes and the evolutionary radiation of grasses during the Miocene is believed to have increased the flux of soluble silicon to the oceans, and it has been argued that this has promoted the diatoms during the Cenozoic era.

Some of the children of the family could not pronounce this name and called her Paula, a soubriquet Carl liked so much she has been Paula ever since.

`` Some guys bothered me '', Mercer has said.

Some historians have found his point of view not to their taste, others have complained that he makes the Tory tradition appear `` contemptible rather than intelligible '', while a sympathetic critic has remarked that the `` intricate interplay of social dynamics and political activity of which, at times, politicians are the ignorant marionettes is not a field for the exercise of his talents ''.

Some of this trend toward area vocational schools has been related to the problems of persistent labor surplus areas and their desire to attract new industry.

Some anti-organization Democrats saw in the program an opportunity to end the bitter internal fight within the Democratic party that has been going on for the last three years.

Some predict the administration will settle down during 1961 and iron out the rough edges which it has had thus far.

Some jurisdictions have specialized appellate courts, such as the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which only hears appeals raised in criminal cases, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has general jurisdiction but derives most of its caseload from patent cases, on the other hand, and appeals from the Court of Federal Claims on the other.

Some sources state that At < sub > 2 </ sub > does not exist, or at least has never been observed, while other sources assert or imply its existence.

Some flowers are functionally staminate ( where a pistil may be present but has no ovules capable of being fertilized ) while others are functionally pistillate ( where stamens are present but their anthers do not produce viable pollen ).

Some jurisdictions allow force to be used in defense of property, to prevent damage either in its own right, or under one or both of the preceding classes of defense in that a threat or attempt to damage property might be considered a crime ( in English law, under s5 Criminal Damage Act 1971 it may be argued that the defendant has a lawful excuse to damaging property during the defense and a defense under s3 Criminal Law Act 1967 ) subject to the need to deter vigilantes and excessive self-help.

Some research has been done on Antarctic phytoplankton as a carbon sink.

Some scientific testing of astrology has been conducted, and no evidence has been found to support any of the premises or purported effects outlined in astrological traditions.

Some thinkers, for instance, have argued that the difference between fine art and applied art has more to do with the actual function of the object than any clear definitional difference.

Some Anglicans accept that anointing of the sick has a sacramental character and is therefore a channel of God's grace, seeing it as an " outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace " which is the definition of a sacrament.

Some other baronies became abeyant in the 13th century, and the abeyance has yet to be terminated.

Some proponents of the anthropic principle reason that it explains why the Universe has the age and the fundamental physical constants necessary to accommodate conscious life.

Some of the side-effects will appear after the drug has been used only for a long time.

Some further research has supported these results, and found fewer side effects with cannabidiol than with amisulpride.

Some also block or partially block serotonin receptors ( particularly 5HT < sub > 2A, C </ sub > and 5HT < sub > 1A </ sub > receptors ): ranging from risperidone, which acts overwhelmingly on serotonin receptors, to amisulpride, which has no serotonergic activity.

Some scientists believe it has to do with a kind of neural map that the brain has of the body, which sends information to the rest of the brain about limbs regardless of their existence.

Some reports suggest Haznawi was pulled aside for screening while others claim there is no record of whether any of the four were screened ; the lack of CCTV cameras at the time has compounded the problem.

Some games ( chess being the classic example ) are perfect information games: every player has complete information on the state of the game.

Some philosophers deny that the concept of " being " has any meaning at all, since we only define an object's existence by its relation to other objects, and actions it undertakes.