Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] in favour [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1972 , when he and I were both in the House , I voted in favour of the European Communities Bill , as it then was , and the right hon. Gentleman voted against it . |
| 2 | But workers rejected that offer and the matter was referred to the national executive of the Amalgamated Engineering , Electrical Union , which ruled in favour of the action . |
| 3 | Both the schemes were considered by a joint Anglo-French working group which reported in favour of the tunnel in 1963 . |
| 4 | The tribunal decision , which went in favour of the 100 men , could cost up to £1 million that is based on each man being paid the maximum in compensation , which is £10,000 . |
| 5 | She said a complaint over the policy was made to Local Government Ombudsman , who found in favour of the council . |
| 6 | Treasury , who decided in favour of the request and once again tenants of the lands adjoining King 's Road in Chelsea were allowed free passage with their carts and horses , and their ditches , invaluable for drainage and cattle stops , were reopened . |
| 7 | Notwithstanding the views that have found favour with others I consider this to be a reasonable construction of the statutory provisions and I am comforted in the fact that , apart from an attempt to tax airline employees , which was taken to the special commissioners who decided in favour of the taxpayer , this has been the practice of the Inland Revenue in applying the relevant words where they have occurred in the Income Tax Acts for so long as they have been in force , until they initiated the present cases . |
| 8 | It is understood that councillors who voted in favour of the motion are now to consult with the Department of the Environment over the legality of offering waste collection free of charge to Orange halls . |
| 9 | The people would be given the opportunity to choose between a single-party or multiparty system , he added , although he argued in favour of the former : " Creating national unity is a fundamental task for our people . |
| 10 | That issue he determined in favour of the councils , and he accordingly granted the final injunction requested by them . |
| 11 | He decided in favour of the defendant , Mr. Martin Glass , but granted leave to appeal . |
| 12 | He decided in favour of the former , but was careful to satisfy nationalistic sentiment in his prospectus by confirming that 15 of the 20 plates in each part ‘ will be devoted to the representation of British Birds , and five to those of the European continent . ’ |
| 13 | But when the issue came before the Cabinet it decided in favour of the oil company : " The Foreign Office , the Commonwealth Office , the Ministry of Power , the D.E.A. ( Department of Economic Affairs ) and the Treasury all insisted that we could n't afford to upset a foreign oil company . " |
| 14 | Two of us decided in favour of The Sunday Times and against Mrs Thatcher , and those two did n't give a damn for Mrs Thatcher , we each of us decided it was a matter of principle , knowing that we were bound to be criticised , whatever we did , and we decided it , and there 's an end of it . |