Sentence examples for By favour from inspiring English sources
The Romans, being advertised of these things, thought it necessary no longer to choose their commanders by favour or solicitation, but of their own motion to select a general of wisdom and capacity for the management of great affairs.
Alexius promoted an alternative source of native manpower by extending the system of granting estates in pronoia (by favour of the emperor) and tying the grant to the military obligation.
Many of your MPs enjoy the benefits of incumbency, but obtaining such a lead by the election will be almost impossible.CHAPTER I Becoming prince by favour of one's fellow citizensSo you need to be pragmatic; for, as I have noted elsewhere, he will be successful who directs his actions according to the spirit of the times.
3 But, I suppose, a parvenu Arpinate of the breed of Marcus Crassus6 imitates that great man's merits, scorns the enmity of the nobles, holds the state dear, 5 and is deflected from the truth neither by fear nor by favour, such are his loyalty and virtuous spirit.
Superficially, the country modernised rapidly, observers say, but underneath the old habits of government-by-favour, which Mr Erdogan had once opposed, seemed to wheedle their way back.A chastened prime minister could still put the economy back on a better trajectory, say even some of those who oppose him.
Articles in the party-controlled media have painted China's golf courses as cauldrons of profiteering where the palms of rotten officials are greased by favour-seeking business people.
The vested interests opposing change are huge: the state's growth has been encouraged by the right as well as the left, by favour-seeking companies as well as public-sector unions, by voters as well as bureaucrats.
Does salvage logging affect these changes by favouring species that can reproduce vegetatively?
Cellot, G. et al. Carbon nanotubes might improve neuronal performance by favouring electrical shortcuts.
Steer left or right by favouring one direction, and move faster by waggling more fiercely.
Third, critics suggest that talking can undermine moderate politicians by favouring the extremists.
