Example sentences of "in favour [prep] [noun prp] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Party loyalty has weakened in favour of PAC support in the the choice of candidate and who can run for office is limited by the need for PAC support , which is mainly given to incumbents . |
| 2 | It is business as usual for ENGLAND U21s , although it is saddening to see Martin Turner , a wonderful servant of English ( particularly English junior ) rugby , retiring as chairman of the England U21 panel in favour of Malcom Phillips with John Elliott continuing as team manager . |
| 3 | Eddie Hemmings is already inked in , but Nick Cook — still trying to puzzle out why he has been brought here but overlooked in favour of Keith Medlycott for the West Indies — may end up as one of the drinks carriers . |
| 4 | Sir Geoffrey Howe , Deputy Prime Minister and a potential successor , also signalled strong disapproval of what Sir Anthony last night called a challenge to ‘ a leader who claims infallibility ’ — and what some supporters likened to the mass Tory abstention which dislodged Neville Chamberlain in favour of Winston Churchill in 1940 . |
| 5 | If DeFreitas is out and Lamb remains unable to throw the ball properly , England 's outfield would have a Madame Tussaud 's look about it , which is also a point in favour of David Capel above Derek Pringle . |
| 6 | The foreign ministers of the Rio group of 11 Latin American countries joined the Bolivian , Chilean , Honduran and Jamaican governments in expressing their deepest concern , as did Argentina and Brazil , but none withdrew recognition of Fujimori in favour of San Roman as the legitimate President . |
| 7 | A Muslim cleric whose Friday sermon was broadcast on Libyan television warned diplomats from countries which voted in favour of UN sanctions against Libya to flee . |
| 8 | A strong supporter of the Stewarts in his early years , he was knighted by Charles II , but when the Stewart King , James II and VII was deposed in favour of Prince William of Orange , Dalrymple found no difficulty in throwing his full support behind the new King William . |