He argued in favour of capital punishment.
The anthology reveals a prejudice in favour of lyric poets.
How many people here are in favour of unilateral disarmament?
The pianist has a bias in favour of Chopin.
Two lower courts had ruled in favour of the OFT.
This was the central British argument in favour of Blair.
Most of the Balkan royals are, perhaps unsurprisingly, in favour of a restoration of their monarchies.
Two further developments are shifting the balance of advantage in favour of size.
Last month local residents voted in an assembly in favour of the plan.
He was in favour of gradual emancipation and a method of compensation.
Who is in favour of the proposal? Can I have a show of hands, please?
2/3 of the French are in favour of restricting European import trade.
Are you in favour of the suggestion that we should Build another reservoir?
Consumers have increasingly eschewed Samsung's plastic phones in favour of the new, larger Apple devices.
Perhaps not, judging by its recent vote in favour of the Libyan no-fly zone.
So cost alone is not necessarily a convincing argument in favour of universal banks.
Sentiment in the City (ie the financial centre of London) is now in favour of a cut in taxes.
Ironically, the way in which Aeneas abandons Dido in favour of his preordained fate is characteristic of Carthaginian treachery.
In many parts of the world the argument is swinging decisively in favour of the anti-smokers.
There is also talk of tourist boycotts of countries that dare to vote in favour of whaling.
Plans to prettify stations have been shelved in favour of work that boosts the carrying capacity of trains.
His officials say he was always in favour of a "surge" to try to turn around the war in Iraq.
I hope your plans in favour of the — shire will not be affected by his being in the neighbourhood.
Augustine and fellow panel member Edward Crawley of MIT both spoke in favour of joint space ventures with other countries.
Most are in favour of less regulation and certainly don't believe politicians have a good sense of what's going on.
Everyone pretends to be in favour of bipartisan dialogue, but it is a dialogue of the deaf.
PERSUADING drivers to give up their cars in favour of public transport has always been an uphill struggle.
Pragmatists want Hong Kong to drop Cantonese entirely in favour of the two more broadly used languages.
According to the terms CIF and CIP the seller must arrange cargo insurance in favour of the buyer.
a marriage settlement, ie one made by a spouse in favour of his/her spouse when they get married
We choose not to make a statement either in favour of or against the need for a light bulb.
While this marks its latest victory in America, courts in Europe have been ruling in favour of LVMH, handing down two multi-million dollar judgements in recent months.
Go for the thoughtful option, as simple as a framed photo of the two of you, in favour of an over-priced bottle of perfume.
But the intellectual tide of the past 30 years has unquestionably been in favour of the primacy of markets and against regulation.
The Tories have renounced the parties of Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel (both in the EPP) in favour of a marginal, weak and incoherent new caucus.
In the campaigns of 1702 and 1703 he repeatedly defeated the Saxons and then deposed Augustus from the Polish throne in favour of his own puppet king.
He is in favour of more growth, of a more efficient government and, no doubt, of water draining from Japanese baths counterclockwise.
He seemed as undisciplined in singing as he was about food, abandoning diet after diet in favour of porterhouse steaks or caviar scooped up with a tablespoon.
Fans of the festive season are looking for unique ways to decorate, ditching traditional pine trees in favour of towering piles of pillows, floral blooms and candles.
International monitors praised the polling, in which an overwhelming majority voted in favour of devolving power from the presidency to the parliament.
In January, the vote in favour of trying the field method was "as enthusiastic as you could get from a faculty," says Mr Nohria, wryly.
All of which argues in favour of the bazooka option, nationalisation, as the only one that is fair to the taxpayer.
Belgium act in favour of basic human rights. Committed to people with disabilities to whom they offer support, the members of Handicap International Belgium consider that.
Out of the above considerations, China voted in favour of the resolution 1441, which was just approved by the Security Council.
If you must go flopping yourself down, flop in favour of your husband and child, and not in opposition to 'em.
There have been a lot of foreign friends learning Shaolin Kung Fu. What would you say to those in favour of Chinese Kung Fu?
The retailer said there had been a shift away from traditional trees in favour of more unusual, pine-needle free creations.
The German makers, who build the biggest, fastest cars, and are therefore having to spend most to reduce their emissions, are in favour of such a subsidy.
At a probate ruling early last year, the judge ruled in favour of a different will from 2002, and said that Mr Chan's was a fake.
And Mr. Noda is deeply concerned about Japan's fiscal health, not flinching from his bold but controversial stance in favour of higher taxes.
His best bet is to dump the left-wing Catalan separatists in favour of their moderate rivals, Convergence and Union (CiU).
Yet the most he will say about that affair is that he is now mistrustful of markets in capital and assets, but unflinchingly in favour of markets in goods and services.
The new logo has, in the words of one ad creative and branding blog, lost the “playfulness” of the old version in favour of a “dull and generic” rendering of an aircraft.
A well-orchestrated demonstration in favour of Mr Assad on March 29th drew tens of thousands of people onto the streets of Damascus, many of them genuinely keen to support him.
In 2005 the German federal administrative court ruled in favour of an army major who had refused to obey an order in case it implicated him in the Iraq war.
On Tuesday November 11th the head of UN peacekeeping, Alain Le Roy, briefed the council in New York and spoke afterwards of an evolving mood in favour of reinforcement.
Prince Harry appeared to have looked to his sister-in-law for style advice also pictured in a puffa jacket in navy blue and appeared, too, to have shunned joggers in favour of jeans.
Mr Obama and his fellow Democrats were confident of passing a significant reform of health care in early 2010 after the Senate voted, along party lines, in favour of a bill.
In some precincts in Iowa, where voters heard short speeches in favour of each candidate before they voted, no one could be found to make the case for him.
