Sentence examples for won favor with from inspiring English sources

Along the way Hubbard Street won favor with critics for its exuberant mix of ballet, modern and jazz.

And it even won favor with many locals by planting grass on some of the black slag heaps that make vast sections of the otherwise attractive city resemble the surface of a barren planet.

The Dutch audience has been very loyal to the company, however, and over the years Mr. Audi has won favor with edgy new works by living composers as well as a range of works from the classical opera repertoire.

Mr. Hatoyama appeared to have won favor with Japan's closest neighbors by emphasizing his desire to assuage sensitivities over Tokyo's history of invasion and occupation in the region before and during World War II.

Originally intended to introduce his fans to a character he planned to play in an upcoming movie (that was never released), the assumption of Chris Gaines in the album (1999) baffled his fans and led to generic pop songs that won favor with only a slight minority, thus awarding the country sensation his first flop.

At least one famous advocate of the open-plan office, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York, is not backing down, and it seems that the wall-free "bullpen" he set up in City Hall has won favor with many who use it.

The immoderation of his policies, used to win favor with a hard-right party, cannot be disguised.

Internet wags called it a tin-eared attempt to win favor with an ethnic group, or worse, an insult.

Prosecutors have suggested he was trying to win favor with agents to help win asylum in this country.

The budget is designed to expand Britain's economy without inflation and win favor with the electorate, which has displayed growing disenchantment with the Macmillan government.

The proposed change would win favor with one of Mr. Netanyahu's vital coalition partners, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who leads the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party.