Sentence examples for favorable from inspiring English sources

If 2010 is any guide, we can expect the Coalition's vote share to increase as the count progresses, with postal and pre-poll ballots tending to be more favorable to the Coalition than the votes cast on election day and counted on election night.

A slight majority of 51% indicated a favorable opinion of Woods compared to 35% who ticked unfavorable.

And when you consider how economic discussion actually used to work, you see the blogs in a different and more favorable light.

Treasury officials believe that because private parties have not thus far established funds dedicated to buying troubled assets, favorable terms are needed to induce their participation.

The USPS has overwhelming support among Americans, who six consecutive years have named it the most-trusted federal agency with a favorable rating above 80 percent.

I have no faith in this rally whatsoever; I hope that I'm wrong, but I just don't see the current stock market reflecting an economy which is hugely reliant on retail spending and where holiday-season sales were the weakest in four decades.It seems that as we go up, we go down.Everyone had an opinion on Barack Obama's statement on the economy, and most were favorable.

Should an increase in earnings inequality due primarily to higher rates of return on education and other skills be considered a favorable rather than an unfavor­able development?