Sentence examples for favoured the proposal from inspiring English sources

Although Arabs would not be represented in the council in proportion to their numbers, Arab leaders favoured the proposal, but the Zionists criticized it bitterly as an attempt to freeze the national home through a constitutional Arab stranglehold.

As the prime minister chaired the first Conservative-only cabinet in 18 years, his spokesman said Cameron still favoured the proposal which could cost the corporation £200m a year.

His letters have not been found, but English translations of the replies, dated 25 November 1844, indicate that the Sultan and Temenggung favoured the proposal.

The Danish court, however, favoured the Russian proposal for an armed league of all the neutral powers to protect neutral shipping.

During the American Revolution, Bernstorff sympathized with Great Britain despite that country's assertion of its right to search for "contraband of war" on the high seas, and in 1779 he favoured the British proposal for a triple alliance among Great Britain, Denmark-Norway, and Russia.

But a planned referendum on the issue was shelved in 2001 after Denmark said it would halt aid within four years if voters favoured the independence proposals.

A majority favoured the European Commission's proposal to open talks next year with five countries Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Estonia as well as Cyprus, which has already been invited.

The treasurer Scott Morrison is believed to favour the taxation proposal.

Though the Turks, short of energy themselves, signed a $20 billion gas deal with Iran in 1996, they are inclined to favour the American proposal.

Later proposals favoured the consolidation of the preuniversity schools.

At a UNHCR meeting on March 7th, Mr Lubbers appeared to favour the British proposals.