Sentence examples for made in favour from inspiring English sources

MANY of the arguments made in favour of austerity, circa 2010, no longer look particularly compelling.

She also praises the speech Lord Jenkin made in favour of the bill.

Within 60 years after the Glorious Revolution, five attempts at restoration were made in favour of the exiled Stuarts.

But Europe's social dimension is surely among the many arguments to be made in favour of reversing the referendum result.

This came after the most dubious decision of the deal was made in favour of BAE Systems.

As many a philosopher has noted, the strongest points to be made in favour of a free political contest are negative.

It was to France and, in particular, to Richelieu that he owed the cardinal's hat bestowed upon him by the Pope on Dec. 16, 1641, though Urban VIII had himself been favourably impressed by the efforts his former subject was making in favour of the general peace.

In 1979 the federal minister responsible for Yukon instructed the commissioner to withdraw from executive decision making in favour of the elected leader of the majority in the legislature (which was by then called the Legislative Assembly).

Instead, for the past decade in America, the state has been raising them higher and higher, because barriers to voting confer partisan advantages.There are a number of arguments one can make in favour of mandatory voting.

This is an issue with which an artist like David Hockney has been struggling for years, and it's fascinating to see how he has given up on the photographic collages he used to make in favour of pure recording in watercolour, of which he is such a master.

Instead, they receive a letter simply stating: "No determination has been made in your favour".