Sentence examples for favored the idea from inspiring English sources

A 'test' on six different plants, the COVO study, favored the idea.

Democrats favored the idea by 56percentto44percentcent, according to voter surveys.

In New York, the Democratic majority in the Assembly had long favored the idea.

While computer and Internet companies like Google, Microsoft and Dell favored the idea, television broadcasters worried about possible interference problems.

Westland Principal Alison Serino said a survey showed that students overwhelmingly favored the idea — but that parents overwhelmingly did not.

Republicans have long favored the idea of selling insurance across state lines on the premise that this could lower prices.

Mr. Lewis said he favored the idea of blessing same-sex unions, another issue the leaders here are considering.

Although the Giuliani administration initially favored the idea of alternative investments, it has in recent years tried to block them.

Some Fed members, including its chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, have long favored the idea of formalizing a long-term inflation target of 2 percent.

And a remarkable 64 percent favored the idea of a nuclear-free zone, even when it was explained that this would mean Israel giving up its nuclear weapons.

In "A Gift the Wealthy Don't Need" (Economic View, Aug. 8), Robert H. Frank favored the idea of eliminating the Bush tax cuts for everyone but "the wealthy".