The phrase "a favourable direction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a positive or beneficial course of action or outcome in various contexts, such as business, personal development, or decision-making.
Example: "The feedback from our clients indicates that we are moving in a favourable direction with our new marketing strategy."
Alternatives: "a positive direction" or "a beneficial path".
Given a favourable direction of current, sharks can detect incredibly minute concentrations fractions of a part per million (that is, less than 1 × 10−6 parts)—of certain substances in the water, such as blood.
Mr Obama is thought to be preparing another speech, some time in the next month or two, that will set out his broader thinking on what the Arab awakening means to Arabs and the wider world, and spell out how America might be able to help nudge it in a favourable direction.
If the prices of a country's exports rise relative to the prices of its imports, one says that its terms of trade have moved in a favourable direction, because, in effect, it now receives more imports for each unit of goods exported.
Response was defined as change in a favourable direction, that is, decrease in severity of symptoms.
The above projections are based on an optimistic assumption that the trends will continue in a favourable direction and then accelerate.
As noted previously 31 individualised treatment protocols which include a range of tailored strategies are a favourable direction for dealing with a complex and multisystem disorder such as ME/CFS.
18 For example, in the ILLUMINATE study 19 the CETP inhibitor torcetrapib was shown to worsen clinical outcome despite a theoretically favourable direction of movement of circulating biomarkers.
As not only obesity but also the presence of overt cardiovascular disease is seen in an increasing number of children, 33 a shift of the population median by five to seven points in the favourable direction on the centile scale as documented in our intervention group for body fat and fitness and for the cardiovascular risk score would be expected to have a considerable impact on public health.
