Sentence examples for by favour from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

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.

What better signal could a government give than by favouring those who create employment?

Science would benefit more from a harmonious coexistence of its members than by favouring ruthless competition.

They hoped to eradicate regionalism by favouring a strong, centralized government.

You go forward by tilting your toes that way, and turn around by favouring one of your legs.