Sentence examples for less favour from inspiring English sources

Their politics of hate would find less favour in a society devoid of gross inequalities and mutual respect.

The work found less favour in London until 1748, when a somewhat less conservative bishop of London was appointed.

The Romans viewed hunting with less favour as a sport for gentlemen and left it to inferiors and professionals.

They are still ubiquitous, but find less favour than they used to because of the very stability and persistence that won them plaudits in the first place.

It's one of five treaties governing space but, while the 1967 agreement had 103 countries signed up, the most recent – the 1979 Moon Treaty – has found less favour.

It costs an estimated $2.3m per death penalty case in Texas (pdf), due to legal fees and the number of appeals – one of the reasons it's finding less favour among fiscal conservatives these days.

And although its curving colonnades are less favoured by the modern citizens of Delhi, who flock to huge new air-conditioned shopping malls, they continue to draw large numbers of gullible foreign visitors.

Among his more impressive achievements, says the observer, was "cajoling and taking control of a "vagabond law machinery in Gujarat .Mr Modi greatly values the younger man for his intense loyalty and political skills, helping him to rise despite his being embroiled in controversies that might have ended, or at least restricted, the career of somebody less favoured.

Both EIS and CVA revealed that OER on lead dioxide is less favoured in MSA than in sulphuric acid.

In addition, palladium adlayers on Pt{1 1 1} are found to inhibit methanol electrooxidation in all electrolytes studied, presumably because the key CH methanol dissociation step is less favoured on palladium compared to platinum.

Wall hangings and books functioned as political propaganda and as a means to showcase wealth and power, whereas portraits were less favoured.