Example sentences of "[prep] favour of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pope John , it is said , ‘ had not envisaged the possibility of rejection and expected a rapid and painless vote in favour of projects that he had read through and welcomed with full approval ’ ( Ratzinger Report , 1985 , p. 41 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Positive discrimination ’ in favour of boys was operated in that context for many years , yet such ‘ discrimination ’ in favour of girls — such as by providing them with extra help in their mathematics , or the opportunity to make up lost ground in CDT — is generally frowned upon . |
| 3 | With reference to Mr Macleod 's comments concerning equal access to education and other services , it is on record that there is positive discrimination in favour of blacks when applying for university places . |
| 4 | Since then she has abandoned her contact lens in favour of glasses , having been told that in time her sight will return to normal . |
| 5 | None of the districts came out with a clear resolution of the underlying planning difficulties , and the clear cut local decision in favour of closures which the RHA had hoped for , was not forthcoming . |
| 6 | ‘ Positive discrimination ’ in favour of boys was operated in that context for many years , yet such ‘ discrimination ’ in favour of girls — such as by providing them with extra help in their mathematics , or the opportunity to make up lost ground in CDT — is generally frowned upon . |
| 7 | However , sex differences in achievement are not uniformly in favour of girls across all subjects : while girls regularly achieve higher numbers of passes in some subjects , boys consistently achieve higher numbers in others . |
| 8 | You may reject tarantulas , in favour of otters , even though both are capable of giving a good bite . |
| 9 | It was the first time the bishops had met following last November 's historic vote by the Church of England 's General Synod in favour of women 's ordination as priests . |
| 10 | But in the final instance , I 'm in favour of women having a choice and I reckon their choice is none of my business . |
| 11 | [ … ] So much of the curriculum is weighted in favour of males , and if such inequality is to be redressed , then curriculum materials must move towards ‘ positive discrimination ’ in favour of women . |
| 12 | A research report on union organisation recommended , among other things , positive discrimination in favour of women ( Fryer et al , 1974 ) . |
| 13 | For example , they are the most likely to say that the balance of power is now tipped too much in favour of women and that women with young children should n't work . |
| 14 | The women 's organizations are now confident that a unified representative body will be formed and that as a consequence , both their work to incorporate more women into the movement for social justice and a popular democratic government and their work in favour of women 's rights will be greatly strengthened . |
| 15 | Since the scales are now balanced in favour of women , why are there still so few senior executive level females in major UK companies ? |
| 16 | The selectors in 1991 chose 32% women artists for the final show , whereas this year 's show has 52% women artists ; although this did not reflect any conscious intention on the selectors part to discriminate in favour of women . |
| 17 | The decision was opposed by many , including some who were pro-choice ( in favour of women deciding for themselves ) , on the grounds that the court 's decision was apparently based more on a balancing of policy interests than on specifically legal argument , and it had the effect of stimulating the anti-abortion movement which in turn became a major part of the New Right . |
| 18 | Like many women who have crashed through the glass ceiling — or , perhaps , ignored it — she is strongly opposed to positive discrimination in favour of women and has little time for the argument that women do n't succeed because they are women . |
| 19 | The number of women elected to the Church 's Parliament is double that of last time , and those in favour of women priests , are confident that they 've secured the required majority to have their way by nineteen ninety five . |
| 20 | Mr. Wilson : We have heard from the Government at every stage that they are in favour of buy-outs . |
| 21 | So , on the whole I am cautiously in favour of machines inspecting passports at great speed , a scheme experimentally working at Heathrow . |
| 22 | The Shah shared much of Behbehanians suspicion of the British , But now in Aswan , he did not seem to be greatly in favour of Behbehanians suggestion that he throw himself in their mercy . |
| 23 | However , courts are predisposed in favour of settlements , and are reluctant to prevent statements being made which dispose of libel actions , even when such statements imply criticisms of others : The historian Richard Barnet wrote a book about foreign policy which was reviewed in " The Spectator " . |
| 24 | When a bank creates a loan in a multi-bank system , the customers may write cheques in favour of customers of other banks and at the end of the day , all the banks have claims against each other . |
| 25 | Governor Bill Stewart said : ‘ We are all in favour of prisoners studying the works of great writers . |
| 26 | Fforde makes much of the importance of archives and private correspondence as the means to discover ‘ true intentions ’ , so why did Austen Chamberlain not simply drop Hugh Cecil a note to let him know that his speeches in favour of tariffs and pensions were all a put-up job ? |
| 27 | Until now , acquisition provisions have appeared often to slope the playing field in favour of takeovers and against non-merging companies . |
| 28 | What is obvious is that he was sufficiently removed from traditional unionism to be quite happy to ignore its symbols and its sacred history in favour of elements of an instrumental and rational view of politics . |
| 29 | Sir : If John Prescott thinks that higher taxes on motor vehicles , lower speed limits , charges for urban road use , cuts in tax perks for company cars , random breath testing , enforcement of parking restrictions , revitalised public transport and a general prejudice in favour of pedestrians , cyclists and public transport at the expense of cars will win the Labour Party votes , he 's darn right . |
| 30 | Circulation space for vehicles should be reduced in favour of pedestrians and cyclists , with public transport benefiting from this and other favourable measures . |