Sentence examples for or in favour of from inspiring English sources

Nearly all of the top bundlers to Clinton's presidential campaign lobbied against climate change regulations, or in favour of offshore drilling and oil exports, according to financial disclosures last July.

We might reasonably want to ask how have the choice-laden aspects of those assessments been exercised: in ways that resolve ambiguities and uncertainties in favour of public health, or in favour of agribusiness?

By moving his party to the centre, Mr Cameron expects more rather than fewer people to vote for it.The commission also falls into the same trap as Mr Brown in believing that the rise of single-issue pressure groups, and the willingness of people to demonstrate against the Iraq war or in favour of ending world poverty, are a source for optimism.

Mr Harper has also held out against a national carbon tax to address climate change.To the disappointment of social conservatives, he has trodden more carefully in areas touching on religion, refusing to legislate against abortion, same-sex marriage or in favour of capital punishment.

It is looking like a wonderful reunion of old friends.What next for SFR? Vivendi made clear when it received the two bids for SFR on March 5th that money would be only one of the criteria in deciding between them (or in favour of simply floating SFR, its original intention).

Pro- means in support of or in favour of something.

However, there was no difference in OS or PFS in favour of the combination.

Nowadays you'd go 75:25 or 80 20 in favour of the writer.

I couldn't marry someone... Who wasn't humanoid or was in favour of genocide.

For a minister to declare himself or herself in favour of "upskilling" is little short of banality.

However, occasionally the US either abstains from voting or votes in favour of sometimes strongly worded resolutions.