Sentence examples for were strongly favored from inspiring English sources

Mr. Sensenbrenner, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, was demanding immigration-related provisions that were strongly favored by conservatives.

Lynn Deas of Schenectady, N.Y.; Beth Palmer of Silver Spring, Md.; Jill Meyers of Santa Monica, Calif.; Randi Montin of Napa, Calif.; Kerri Sanborn of Stony Point, N.Y.; and Irina Levitina of Fair Lawn, N.J., were strongly favored but missed the title by half a board.

Genetic selection could have occurred in the promiscuous line if particular alleles were strongly favored during social competition and sexual selection.

In G-1, T at −26 and G at −4 and +8 were strongly favored, with G at −17, C at −14 and G at −5 being strongly disfavored.

In Rhode Island, Senator Lincoln Chafee is strongly favored to defeat Representative Bob Weygand, a Democrat.

The redevelopment plan — a mix of stores, hotel rooms, apartments and open space — is strongly favored by the Bloomberg administration.

Such an enormous difference indicates that the version typical among Tibetans is being strongly favored by natural selection.

They are the same group that won the world title in Maastricht, the Netherlands, in September, and they will be strongly favored in Bali.

Mourhit claimed his first world title in 35 minutes exactly, outrunning Assefa Mezgebu of Ethiopia and Tergat, the Kenyan who was strongly favored to clinch his sixth consecutive gold.

The American senior representatives, all of whom have won many American national titles, will be strongly favored to win in Maastricht.

Mr. Obama is strongly favored by two-thirds of his likely voters, with 33 percent saying they favor him with reservations or because of dislike of Mr. Romney.