Sentence examples for declared in favor of from inspiring English sources
A largely attended conference of shipowners of the kingdom, held in London, declared in favor of a moderate increase of wages in certain sections of the trade in certain ports and for the shipowners' associations to fix a standard rate of wage for their respective districts.
We should certainly not imagine that she merely declared in favor of liberty, Socialism, etc., and Mill obediently sat down and churned out defenses of them.
There is concern in many states in northern Nigeria, especially among minority Christians, that violence may erupt if the results are declared in favor of Jonathan.
In October 2008, an entry judgment was declared in favor of Rafia Farook, declaring her legally separated from her husband and giving her sole custody of her teenage daughter.
Tyler announced in his annual message to Congress that "a controlling majority of the people and a large majority of the states have declared in favor of immediate annexation".
After the PJE&E lost its lease on the railroad, litigation ensued over the ownership of #3; by the time the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania declared in favor of the A&BC in 1903, United Collieries had sold it to the Surry, Sussex and Southampton Railroad.
Many communities began declaring in favor of Santa Anna, and in August Piedras and his troops were driven from Nacogdoches.
In its original iteration the bill would have removed the need to win the support of at least 40percentt of declared unionists and 40percentt of declared nationalists, in favor of a simple weighted majority of 60percentt of all votes regardless of their community designation.
There are already 31 declared votes in favor of same-sex marriage — 29 of the 30 Democrats, and two of the Republicans — and several Republicans have acknowledged they are undecided.
