Sentence examples for favoured him for from inspiring English sources

Asked whether he would seek the chancellorship, Mr Haider said his party favoured him for the post but he was inclined to stay on as governor of Carinthia province.

In the following weeks Mr Biggs met the SEC's other three commissioners, who also favoured him for the job.But last week, in a bewildering about-face, Mr Pitt withdrew his backing for Mr Biggs, saying that he had never offered him the job.

He even favoured him for personal missions and as a representative.

The gradient between studies in which all significant measures favoured not-for-profit (40 studies) and those in which all measures favoured for-profit (3) is large (table 1).

All four meta-analyses favoured not-for-profit institutions, and two reached statistical significance.

He finished 21st in the 15km free event at the 2007 World Ski Championships in Japan and, four years ago, he created history by becoming the first man to be selected for both the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in the same year but selectors did not choose him for his favoured 50km distance race at the Olympics.

Until the 1930s the gasoline engine was widely used for trucks, especially in the United States, but since World War II the diesel engine has become increasingly favoured for trucks used for long-distance hauls.

Ministries have already submitted their spending plans, including pork for favoured groups, hoping for the usual lack of political oversight.

Copper was a favoured material for Indic inscriptions.

America remained the most favoured destination for asylum-seekers.

So it has become a favoured destination for paedophiles.