Example sentences of "[prep] favour [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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1 | Hank Holland president and chief executive officer said the firm would continue to support its E and M mainframe series software for another seven to ten years , but would start to reduce research and development expenditure in favour of client/server over the next three years . |
2 | The only significant differences were in favour of placebo over efamol marine for responses of erythema ( p=0.04 ) and cracking ( p=0.05 ) . |
3 | Another argument in favour of fees over commission is that there will be more incentive for stockbrokers to take a real interest in their clients ' portfolios , since any increase in their value will bear directly on the brokers ' remuneration . |
4 | Even when age of acquisition and age at time of test are controlled there is a consistent gap in favour of production over comprehension of BSL for groups of signers with average six , 12 and 20 years ' experience ( Kyle , Woll and Llewellyn-Jones , 1981 ) . |
5 | Identical analyses of Costa scores showed no significant differences , with the exception of improvement in oedema at 16 weeks in favour of epogam over placebo ( p=0.04 ) . |