Sentence examples for was better luck from inspiring English sources

Nguyen Van Thieu was born in November 1924, but in accordance with a frequently used Vietnamese custom took another date as his birthday -- April 5 , 1923-- on grounds that it was better luck.

Their bill was put to a vote and failed, but there was better luck this time when the cause was joined by Charlie Norwood, an ebullient Republican dentist from Georgia.In this section Congressional Republicans meet their match A right to sue In the Vanguard Climb every mountain Bang!

There was better luck for Kilkenny sprinter Joanne Cuddihy who qualified the semi-finals of the 400m as a fastest loser.

There was better luck for Camacho after the break as he scurried over Argentina's second try but New Zealand asserted their dominance, with tries from Jane and Nonu sealing the win.

However, there was better luck for Declan Murray at another meeting in Boston on Saturday as he produced a European Indoor Championship 800m standard of 1 48.32 when taking victory.

But it is better luck if you're with Abbey, RBS or Woolwich.

Europe's tragedy is that so few other countries have had the chance to try such a gentle approach; his concluding exhortation, softly implied, is "better luck next century".

Ian Poulter drops his second shot of the day on the unforgiving sixth, but there's better luck for Mr Charisma Camilo Villegas (great that we are finally getting to see this exciting Columbian's talent up close) and holder Harrington, who both save par with strong putts.

Still, he told himself, bad luck in New York was better than bad luck in his native Cameroon.

Twain's luck was better in Virginia City, Nevada, which was enjoying a boom time when Twain arrived there, in 1863.

Mott had believed Drosselmeyer was better than his hard-luck finishes in the Dwyer Stakes here four weeks ago, in the Louisiana Derby and the Risen Star Stakes earlier this spring.