Sentence examples for favourite taking from inspiring English sources

Loach, best known for his often grim and depressing social realism, is something of a Cannes film festival favourite, taking the Palme d'Or three years ago with The Wind That Shakes the Barley.

They were brave enough to risk throwing it away by going for gold, but the 3.12sec they had to make up on Russia's Aleksandra Frantceva proved too tough an ask – only just, though, with the home favourite taking the title by 0.63.

With the pre-tournament favourite taking a lead into the final day, albeit a narrow one, he was strongly fancied to win a second US PGA title after his success at Kiawah Island two years ago.

This race was at level weights and St. Gatien had no difficulty justifying his position as 4/9 favourite, taking the lead a furlong from the finish and winning very easily by three lengths.

A private funeral for the All Blacks favourite takes place the following day.

So it is later that evening when Damien Rice, an established talent and Irish favourite, takes to the stage back at St James's.

The Monopoly pub crawl (monopolypubcrawl.org.uk) is another favourite – take your pick of 26 pubs in the locations featured in the boardgame.

An old primary school disco favourite took on a new, rosy glow (thanks Yazz: "The only way is up, baby, for you and me now").

Thus a six week tournament ends with the favourites taking a title they were always destined to claim if they could hold their nerve.

On the cusp of half time the giantkilling favourites took the lead.

For more of my favourites, take a look at this gallery.