Example sentences of "is [adv] [prep] favour of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Restricting property assessments to just eight bands with a top level of , in effect , £320,000 is blatantly in favour of those privileged , wealthy occupiers whose homes have a value of anything between £650,000 to £20 million — and that includes many staunch Tory supporters . |
| 2 | It has a chunk bout war and racism which suggests that these things are bad , a chunk about love and God , which is generally in favour of them , and a third chunk about life , also in favour . |
| 3 | Although the imputation system of corporation tax means that there is usually only a marginal difference in the tax cost of the two funding methods ( if the payer can absorb the ACT against sufficient mainstream corporation tax payable ) , this is usually in favour of the payment of deductible interest ; and |
| 4 | Formerly , he was in favour of the abolition of Trident , but he is now in favour of three boats . |
| 5 | It is now in favour of three Tridents , but Opposition Members do not seem to have got that point yet . |
| 6 | At Pasalar , the evidence is strongly in favour of subtropical forest , probably evergreen but with a pronounced dry season , and current work on the microwear of the Pasalar specimens , which are the oldest ones known to have thick enamel , indicates a diet of small hard objects , probably fruits . |
| 7 | To summarise , the court 's policy is strongly in favour of upholding contractual dispute procedures , and against allowing access to the courts where contractually agreed disputes procedures alternative to the court have not failed : see 13.14.4 . |
| 8 | This was not just an old man 's hatred of change ; the sonnet Steamboats , Viaducts , and Railways ( 1833 ) is surprisingly in favour of these evidences of man 's ability , and concludes : |
| 9 | Does that mean that every Opposition Member who supports the amendment tonight is fully in favour of a single currency ? |
| 10 | The current government in Bonn is firmly in favour of nuclear power to provide cheap base-load electricity and silence complaints from German industry of high prices . |
| 11 | Erm I think I 'd support the first point that we we 're obviously er all in favour well the County Council is certainly in favour of flexibility in terms of addressing the post two thousand er six scenario . |