Sentence examples for initially favored from inspiring English sources

He initially favored the war in Iraq, but later opposed it.

Washington initially favored Rolf Ekeus, the original head of the earlier monitoring organization.

He said he initially favored ethanol subsidies "to get the industry on its feet".

Barack Obama, whose first act as president was to re-criminalize torture, initially favored making the pictures public.

Although he initially favored American directors, Mr. Farber embraced the work of Europeans like Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Werner Herzog.

Although Weil initially favored appeasement, she became an avid supporter of the war effort and sought out Resistance work.

Although the Giuliani administration initially favored the idea of alternative investments, it has in recent years tried to block them.

They said that Mr. LaBella initially favored an independent prosecutor but ultimately accepted her decision without protest.

Mr. Byrd's son, Ross, initially favored the death sentence but said he now believed the death penalty to be wrong in all cases.

Ms. Hauser was one of the board members who initially favored demolishing Avery Fisher Hall, the Philharmonic's home at Lincoln Center, and rebuilding it from scratch.

Losing Opel to Magna would be a blow to Sergio Marchionne, Fiat's chief executive, who was initially favored to acquire Opel.