Example sentences of "[noun pl] no favours " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burton was deep-chested , as strongly built as a Welsh pit-pony , but his very virtues — ‘ fearless ’ — and his total commitment probably threw him into impact tackles which , together with the grinding wear and tear of — the game , did his bones no favours . |
| 2 | A season ticket that does climbers no favours |
| 3 | No , this arrangement does climbers no favours . |
| 4 | Cohn 's style — which attempts to mimic the street lingo of cliches and superlatives — does his new friends no favours . |
| 5 | The British electoral system did the Tories no favours . |