Sentence examples for favour of a group from inspiring English sources

Who, exactly, would turn down watching Mick and Keef do Brown Sugar in favour of a group the Radio Times carefully asterisked, describing as "Pounding electronic noise.

The combination of these developments tipped the scales within the government in favour of a group that had, since the spring, been advocating a negotiated peace.

In another of her judgments she found in favour of a group of Johannesburg squatters on the grounds that the city had failed in its duty of care: the city, she said, was trying to "distance itself" from the squatters.

The prime minister had already won a standing ovation from his party's parliamentary group after reneging on his own suggestion that he might step down in favour of a group of technocrats to handle the next round of reform.

Five years ago, a Eurobarometer survey of the European Union suggested only Greece and Belgium were less tolerant of refugees.Which makes it odd that this week saw an outcry in favour of a group of failed asylum-seekers who asylum-seekers whoismissed arescroungers.

The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a group of Zambians, in a case against the mining giant Vedanta.

Four successive court decisions which found in favour of notifying a group of Lawyer X's former clients that she was working as a police informant while purporting to represent them also found that confirming the rumours about her involvement would substantially increase the risk to her safety.

Speaking of the Tory decision to abandon the main centre-right EPP grouping in the European parliament in favour of a smaller group consisting mainly of fringe parties from the hard right in eastern Europe, the prime minister said: "The Conservative party are standing apart from the mainstream in Europe.

There are exceptions to this which allow for "positive action" to be taken in favour of a particular group if they are underrepresented in the relevant field of work.

Argentina missed the payment after a ruling by a New York district court in favour of a small group of creditors who have been holding out for full repayment of the 2001 debt, plus interest.

But some oligarchs are thought to have been sidelined under Mr Yanukovych, in favour of a new group centred around his own family.