Example sentences of "in favour of the [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er Mr Ashdown says er no reason to disagree with him , that he was always in favour of the things in the social contract , but he did n't want them handled in that kind of manner . |
| 2 | He is required to disregard the interests of the institution appointing him in favour of the shareholders as a whole . |
| 3 | The words ‘ I ask you , son , to care for the lands which will come to you with your usual diligence and look after them so that they may come to your sons ’ , although they do not sufficiently express a trust but advice rather than obligation to leave the lands , are none the less regarded as having the force of a trust in favour of the grandsons after the death of their father . |
| 4 | Henning Bock , Director of the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin , pleaded for a pragmatic handling of the whole affair , in favour of the plans of Wolf-Dieter Dube , Director-General of Berlin 's united museums , who hopes to establish Kemperplatz as a rival art complex to the Museumsinsel . |
| 5 | It therefore tends towards a rejection of representation of the signified or naturalistic , in favour of the principles of convention , the esoteric and formal . |
| 6 | Finally , make the decision : are you prepared to give up your payoffs in favour of the benefits of losing your martyr ? |
| 7 | It seems that Beccaria did not often err , in his balancing of contradictory requirements , in favour of the rights of the individual against the achievement of effective deterrence via symbolic representation . |
| 8 | Eagle Star has executed a form of indemnity in favour of the members of the Association for Payment Clearing Services . |
| 9 | In truth , as testimonies from both sides bear witness , the combatants felt that the outcome of the conflict was irreversibly decided in favour of the Nationalists in the winter of 1937 – 38 , when Franco 's forces gained control of the town of Teruel , in southern Aragón , and were thus poised to launch an offensive on Catalonia and Valencia . |
| 10 | to the allotment of equity securities in connection with a rights issue in favour of the holders of ordinary shares where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of the ordinary shareholders are proportionate ( as nearly as may be ) to the respective numbers of ordinary shares held or deemed to be held by them , subject only to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient to deal with fractional entitlements , legal or practical problems arising in any overseas territory or by virtue of shares being represented by depositary receipts , the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange , or any other matter ; and |
| 11 | There was a strong diagonal wind in favour of the Borderers in the first half and they turned round 12-3 ahead , although territorially the game was more even . |
| 12 | PNP was a programme explicitly grounded in a philosophy of positive discrimination in favour of the schools with the greatest social and educational needs , as represented by free school meals and low reading scores . |
| 13 | my Lord all that follows now is that question costs in this my Lord there is no doubt that er this is the painful experience for both the plaintiffs and of course for doctor who is unrepresented and therefore must inevitably feel rather isolated in this matter erm , however in my there is no reason to er depart from the usual principal of the costs which should follow the event and of course we know as it the loss on the subsidiary appeal and so I do n't press the point on that cos the reality as you 've already probably anticipated is all the work has been done erm on this appeal the subsidiary appeal I ask , I do n't ask for costs on that , in my submission it should be both sides bear their own costs on that , the reason I say that is that there was no , there was no cross appearing in respect on it in effect , cos after all , all you were doing was er trying to get the same as the other side if we lost , so no worm of can of beans can be done by doctor I had one parallel in my whole skeleton on that , er , but we have substantially succeeded on the main issue and so I , I would ask that costs in favour of the plaintiffs on , on that and here and indeed below . |