Example sentences of "out [prep] favour [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Keith Joseph offers a flexi-time history according to which , in the same speech where he entertained the spectacular belief that Britain 's streets had been plunged into insecurity ‘ for the first time in a century and a half ’ , he also conjured with a more modest timescale whereby ‘ such words as good and evil , such stress on self-discipline and standards have been out of favour since the war ’ . |
| 2 | An individual of note is Mr Ion Iliescu who fell out of favour with the leadership in the early Eighties . |
| 3 | Such preference as often as not excluded entrepreneurs from tribal groups out of favour with the government of the day , such as the Ibo , Bamilike , waGanda , and waChagga . |
| 4 | There have been far too many examples of artists ‘ living for the moment ’ , putting their faith in others to run their career , and waking up to find themselves penniless , out of favour with the public and feeling rather stupid . |
| 5 | In Parliament he had been associated with a party which was out of favour with the King , and as Public Orator he had lauded the policy of peace when Charles , then Prince of Wales , was determined to make war on Spain . |
| 6 | For his final years in office , Warwick was known to be out of favour with the king , something which must have reduced his authority within the duchy . |
| 7 | Out of favour with the king , he was eventually pardoned on 14 February 1258 . |
| 8 | For his final years in office , Warwick was known to be out of favour with the king , something which must have reduced his authority within the duchy . |
| 9 | The Steward 's staff seem to have heard a rumour about his being out of favour with the War Office , but he seemed a most efficient and kindly gentleman to us , with the welfare of children very much at heart . |
| 10 | De Gaulle , who had never murmured about leaking taps or malodorous drains , remained somewhat out of favour with the group for the short time remaining . |
| 11 | The custom fell out of favour at the turn of this century and I suspect that , as a reaction to the damage the treatment caused , the contrary view that teething is harmless has been passed down through generations of doctors . |
| 12 | He had known North was seriously out of favour at the pentagon , but here was another glimpse into the pit . |
| 13 | The new progressive democrats came out in favour of the referendum proposal on 14 May . |