Sentence examples for favour to him from inspiring English sources

Henry's continued favour to him contributed to the rebellion of his eldest surviving son, Richard I (later called Coeur de Lion), in June 1189.

Simon Lubin, who runs the course, was an old client, and this is part favour to him and part recruitment opportunity - Mustoe gets a preview of the year's students en primeur.

As a "favour" to him, Robinson asked that I keep in mind that his close friend can sometimes be too open.

Campaigning even as voting was under way in South Carolina today, Mr Bush seemed to be counting on a last-minute turn of the tide in his favour to give him a strong enough placing to keep his floundering campaign viable.

Perhaps the biggest favour handed to him was from the newly benign USGA blokes who placed him in a marquee group with Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott.

Moreover, by 1255 Eóghan had given his full allegiance to the Scottish crown, albeit because of lack of favour given to him by the King of Norway.

On which of the seven candidates he now favours to replace him, Blatter said: "At least 140 national associations cannot exist without Fifa.

Edzard Reuter will step down as chairman soon, with Manfred Bischoff, head of Daimler-Benz Aerospace, favoured to replace him.With Europe inching towards liberalised electricity markets, nuclear-power companies are trying to cut costs.

But with Mr Obasanjo yet to say whom he favours to succeed him, dozens of other candidates are now proclaiming their own presidential ambitions, further splitting the political elites and confusing the PDP succession.All this has prompted real concerns as to whether an adequate election will be held at all.

The Sindane family have said all along that they took in the youth as a favour to a friend and raised him as one of their own, which meant tending cattle and goats after school.

Back in early March, only days before Monty Panesar left for Sri Lanka with the England team, he conducted a spin bowling clinic at my boys' school as a favour to me (I've known him for a while through working with Neil Burns's London County Cricket Club mentoring organisation).