Sentence examples for narrow favor from inspiring English sources

By their nature, New York's mayoral primaries do not speak to the city as a whole; in place of a cogent vision for addressing its troubles, candidates are encouraged to compete for the narrow favor of one interest group or another.

Emerald green banquettes and a narrow tables favor wallflowers and the discreet.

Liberals sometimes feel that it is narrow-minded to favor traditional marriage.

But for most of 2014, voter sentiment has stayed in a narrow range, favoring the Democrats by a median of 1.1 per cent.

The most prominent international issue has been the treatment of asylum seekers — migrants from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Sri Lanka and other countries, who keep turning up in leaky boats — but there, the distance between the major parties has narrowed; both favor harsh treatment of such migrants to deter them from coming.

The results are staggering: The once-traffic-choked road along the waterfront has been narrowed in favor of a popular walkway, while cars are diverted underground.

Though this is not a moral judgment in the narrow sense favored by accountability theorists (that is, it is unconnected to any interpersonal demand, or mutual expectation, of the sort presupposed by the reactive attitudes) it is a case of finding fault in the way an agent has exercised his judgment.

As shown above, stiff sequences favor narrow minor grooves while free malleable sequences can explore various conformations, from narrow to wide minor grooves.

But minimalists favor narrow rulings; they seek a restrained judicial role.

There is a narrow majority in favor of a plan with a moderately strong public option.

Two more recent polls, however, suggest that Americans may be losing patience, with only narrow pluralities in favor: Finally, a small amount of expenditures in the bill would consist of job-training programs.