Some people have luck and some have no luck and that, whatever people who prefer order say, is the size of it.

" Some prefer " America the Beautiful " over " The Star-Spangled Banner " due to the latter's war-oriented imagery.

Some bicycle parts, particularly hub-based gearing systems, are complex, and many cyclists prefer to leave maintenance and repairs to professional bicycle mechanics.

Some but not most Baptists prefer not to be called Protestants, claiming a direct ancestral line going back to the apostles in the 1st century.

Some doubt whether there is a unified cognitive science and prefer to speak of the cognitive sciences in plural.

Some authors of technical documents may prefer either mouse devices or the more generic pointing devices.

Some academics prefer to transliterate the term as Khalīfah.

Some dancers prefer to hold the arms much lower, similar to conventional ballroom positioning.

Some consumers prefer the taste of soda manufactured with sugar.

Some people also prefer to have the information on their tags transferred to a smaller, sometimes golden or silver tag by a jeweler, as the original tag can be considered too large and bulky by some.

Some forms of synthesis, like, for instance, sampling and additive synthesis are not feasible in analog synthesizers, while on the other hand, many musicians prefer the character of analog synthesizers over their digital equivalent.

Some theorists prefer to stick to Euclidean space and say that there is no dual.

Some Protestants prefer to call it an ordinance, viewing it not as a specific channel of divine grace but as an expression of faith and of obedience to Christ.

Some aficionados who prefer class-A amplifiers also prefer the use of thermionic valve ( or " tube ") designs instead of transistors, especially in Single-ended triode output configurations for several claimed reasons:

Some ' hard ' eurosceptics such as UKIP prefer to call themselves euro-realists rather than ' sceptics ', and regard their position as pragmatic rather than " in principle ".

Some proponents of spelling reform view homophones as undesirable and would prefer that they were eliminated.

Some noted brass pedagogues prefer to instruct the use of the embouchure from a less analytical point of view.

Some authors prefer to write all expressions covariantly.

Some luthiers prefer this method of construction as they claim it allows better sustain of each note.

Some veterinarians prefer radioiodine treatment over surgery because it does not carry the risks associated with anesthesia.

Some users prefer " C " style presses over " O " presses, as there is more room to place bullets into cartridge mouths on " C " presses.

Some prefer monogamous relationships for sex, and others may prefer many different partners throughout their lives

Some scholars consciously adopt " Daoism " in order to distinguish the Chinese philosophy and religion from what " Taoism " embodied in the 19th-and 20th-century Western imaginations.

Some elements of Taoism may be traced to prehistoric folk religions in China that later coalesced into a Taoist tradition.

Some Beat writers, such as Alan Watts, began to delve into Eastern religions such as Buddhism or Taoism.

Some writers noted, " Husband Robert Butts stated that similarities exist between Seth's ideas and those of various religious, philosophical, and mystical doctrines from the Near, Middle, or Far East .... and we've done a little reading on Buddhism, Hinduism, Zen, and Taoism, for example, not to mention subjects like shamanism, voodooism, and obeah.

Some modern scholars argued that Shen's legalism was more a blend of Taoism and Legalism than just purely the conceptual Shu school of Legalism.

Some authors believe that the idea of death caused by the semen depletion resembles the idea of death caused by genital disappearance, although such linkage between koro and Taoism, which influences Chinese medicine to some degree, is only speculative.

Some scholars doubt the use of the term " religion " in reference to Buddhism and Taoism, and suggest " cultural practices ", " thought systems " or " philosophies " as more appropriate names.

Some members, while accepting the basic naturalistic beliefs of the WPM, like to combine these with symbols and ceremonies from other traditions, most commonly paganism, philosophical Taoism, and Buddhism.

Some faculty members and many administrators oppose faculty review groups because they either repeat department's actions or act pro forma.

Some telephoned because he had done them a favor in the past.

Some will think he opposes taxes in general, because they hinder economic growth.

Some subfields of R have nontrivial field automorphisms, which however do not extend to all of R ( because they cannot preserve the property of a number having a square root in R ).

Some researchers state that the evidence-based approach to defining CAM is problematic because some CAM is tested, and research suggests that many mainstream medical techniques lack solid evidence.

Some distinctive accents can be found on the East Coast ( for example, in eastern New England and New York City ) partly because these areas were in close contact with England and imitated prestigious varieties of British English at a time when these were undergoing changes.

Some municipalities however plant the trees around 21 September because of the planting season.

Some scholars believe that the apologetic view of Luke ’ s work is overemphasized and that it should not be regarded as a “ major aim of the Lucan writings .” While Munck believes that purpose of Luke ’ s work is not that clear-cut and sympathizes with other claims, he believes that Luke ’ s work can function as an apology only in the sense that it “ presents a defense of Christianity and Paul ” and may serve to “ clarify the position of Christianity within Jewry and within the Roman Empire .” Pervo disagrees that Luke ’ s work is an apology and even that it could possibly be addressed to Rome because he believes that “ Luke and Acts speak to insiders, believers in Jesus .” Freedman believes that Luke is writing an apology but that his goal is “ not to defend the Christian movement as such but to defend God ’ s ways in history .”

Some positions he formally holds ex officio and others virtually so ( the incumbent of the day, although appointed personally, is appointed because of his office ).

Some Jains abstain from farming because it inevitably entails unintentional killing or injuring of many small animals, such as worms and insects, but agriculture is not forbidden in general and there are Jain farmers.

Some doubts have been raised about the long-term effectiveness of antipsychotics for schizophrenia, in part because two large international World Health Organization studies found individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia tend to have better long-term outcomes in developing countries ( where there is lower availability and use of antipsychotics and mental health problems are treated with more informal, community-led methods only ) than in developed countries.

Some argue that the evidence for antipsychotics from discontinuation-relapse studies may be flawed, because they do not take into account that antipsychotics may sensitize the brain and provoke psychosis if discontinued, which may then be wrongly interpreted as a relapse of the original condition.

Some cafés use a non-dairy creamer milk substitute instead of milk because many East Asians are lactose intolerant and because it is cheaper and easier to store and use than perishable milk.

Quantum computers have gained widespread interest because some problems of practical interest are known to be in BQP, but suspected to be outside P. Some prominent examples are:

Some of these are challenging to sequence because they have more than two haploid ( n ) sets of chromosomes, a condition known as polyploidy, common in the plant kingdom.

* Some of the words and phrases of the prayer have to be inferred from the context because the text is fragmentary.

Some scholars suggest that Chapter 3 may be a later independent addition to the book, in part because it is not included among the Dea Sea Scrolls.

Some such as Maulana Karenga and Owen Alik Shahadah argue African-American is more appropriate because it accurately articulates geography and historical origin.

Some moved because of the rising cost of living throughout the Bay Area, and others because of the decline and disappearance of many industries in West Berkeley.

Some 530 of these individuals were later returned to the islands because of their much-needed expertise in nutmeg cultivation ( something sorely lacking among newly-arrived Dutch settlers ).

Some years it has been necessary to schedule parts of the Championships at other than the main venue because of weather and / or snow conditions.

Some colloids are translucent because of the Tyndall effect, which is the scattering of light by particles in the colloid.

Some hypothesize that large quantities of wood were buried during this period because animals and decomposing bacteria had not yet evolved that could effectively digest the new lignin.