Sentence examples for pledge in favour of from inspiring English sources

He has signed a pledge in favour of granting a simple in-or-out referendum on Britain's relationship with Europe, devised by people who want to get out.

Along with Holyrood's other opposition leaders, Lamont signed the Equality Network's Equal Marriage Pledge in favour of legalising same-sex marriage in January 2012, and voted in favour of the Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill on 4 February 2014.

But the post quickly went viral, with hundreds pledging to vote in favour of the bill.

Duisenberg's tenure at the ECB was not without controversy, and in 2003, five years into his statutory eight-year term, he fulfilled a campaign pledge to step down in favour of his French rival for the post, Jean-Claude Trichet.

Yet the party is pledged to repeal it in favour of a half-baked British bill of rights.

Many believe the commission, driven by Osborne, will allow the Tories to abandon their high-profile Heathrow pledge if the commission rules in favour of expansion.

The Liberal Democrat pledge to scrap council tax in favour of a local income tax that would have increased taxes for many middle-income households may also have turned off Tory voters.

The simple answer is that he handed the campaign to the vice-president before it started, when he sanctimoniously pledged to eschew politics-as-usual in favour of honesty, high-mindedness and the greater good of humanity.