Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] [prep] favour of " in BNC.
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| 1 | These and other findings discussed by Johnston and McClelland ( 1980 ) not only provide evidence in favour of their model of visual word-recognition , but also evidence against other types of model . |
| 2 | He had already made speeches in favour of European co-operation and even of a Franco-German union . |
| 3 | By thus reproducing arguments in favour of unequal pay which had a long pedigree , Amelia McLean 's article showed that she was either unable or unwilling to realize that , apart from anything else , the introduction of Monotype machines within the previous few years had completely redistributed the cards . |
| 4 | They will also abolish A-levels in favour of new types of certificate — in theory broader , but inevitably of lower standard , thus undermining the one area of our school system where academic excellence has been allowed to flourish . |
| 5 | The fact that it also rejects punishment in favour of individualised treatment geared to the particular needs of the offender has meant that , unlike deterrence , it has managed to present itself as a humane , caring alternative to the ‘ primitive revenge ’ of retribution . |
| 6 | Woman-centred feminism often neglects theory in favour of documenting feminine experience . |
| 7 | During the Giscard Presidency : the news and current affairs coverage satisfied no-one : neither the President , who thought — and said — that the journalists of the state television had been better disposed toward his predecessors ; nor the socialist and communist opposition which periodically ran campaigns in favour of the freedom of news broadcasting . ’ |
| 8 | He then abandoned medicine in favour of the chemical industry . |