| It's deliciously grown-up, avoiding slapstick in favour of fortuitous mishap. |
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| For this event she will be seeking sponsorship from friends, family and others in favour of the British Heart Foundation. |
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| Shoppers and visitors appear to be voting with their feet to desert town centre shopping in favour of the big complexes where parking is free. |
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| Having an interest in all things vulpine, I was immediately hooked, and deserted Mr Waley's book of translations in favour of this new find. |
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| But is it possible to draw a clear line where peace and non-violence may be given up in favour of violence, even war? |
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| However, not everyone is in favour of the move away from more traditional schemes. |
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| By voting in favour of the latest UN resolution, they have delivered a stab in the back to the movement against war. |
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| They have long been campaigning in favour of a relief road around the village. |
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| On 3 May 2002 the applicant sought a stay of execution of the Master's judgment for possession in favour of the respondent. |
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| The police federation nationally has always been in favour of the death penalty for certain capital crimes. |
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| The crimes which would merit capital punishment for those in favour of same are indeed appalling. |
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| It had been widely predicted that the committee would decide in favour of continuing research into embryonic stem cells. |
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| The eugenics movement lobbied fiercely in favour of measures of forced sterilization for entire categories of the population. |
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| On his return to Italy in 1945, he abandoned medicine in favour of painting. |
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| A convincing vote in favour of mutual status would have deterred future carpetbaggers. |
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| In December 2000 it floated on the Stock Exchange after its shareholders voted in favour of demutualization. |
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| The argument was directed at the individualist ontology of existentialism in favour of a more communitarian one. |
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| The movement provides a very real case study of the corruption of public discourse in favour of a religious power play. |
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| A new report has called for traditional police stations to be bulldozed in favour of friendlier, open-plan offices. |
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| I can't say anything about these as I shamefully ignored them completely in favour of an orgy of consumerist spending on clothes. |
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| The largely business-oriented crowd at the Downtown Hotel was quite vocally in favour of such a development, by whatever means. |
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| In all of the circumstances, judgment will issue in favour of the plaintiffs against the defendant for the damages hereinbefore referred to. |
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| English governments were keen to centralize the control of colonial matters, and charters were sometimes revoked in favour of direct rule. |
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| I'm more in favour of this kind of character, rather than characters who demonstrate a heroic resolution. |
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| There isn't a level playing field, so competition between town centre and out-of-town shops is skewed in favour of the latter. |
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| Also present in the council chamber were teenagers in favour of the skate park. |
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| Further evidence in favour of the variable analysis comes from the fact that the distribution of null objects is sensitive to subjacency. |
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| He said that the Sport's Court decision was not fair and had been made in favour of his rivals for the champion's title. |
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| To reject giving a child a jab in favour of chancing it with the disease is to absolve oneself of responsibility. |
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| A High Court today ruled in favour of Denbeigh High School which already allows pupils to wear shalwar kameez and hijab as uniform. |
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| I just don't think they are getting the opportunity and are being overlooked in favour of foreign keepers. |
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| In the end, Liverpool and Birmingham were both overlooked in favour of sticking with the Steel City. |
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| Quality television programmes will suffer as a ratings war between BBC and ITV sidelines them in favour of soaps, an independent producer warned. |
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| It was a slow-moving process but, by the end of the decade, the balance of public opinion had swung in favour of the tenants. |
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| He said he did not feel confident enough for strike action, but would vote in favour of continuing the overtime ban. |
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| It's the best idea, so we are in favour of considering a formula with a 2.4 V8 in the future, and also to consider how to extend engine life. |
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| When fear is high, morality and reason are suppressed in favour of survival. |
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| Initiative on the part of individual soldiers was suppressed in favour of unquestioning compliance with instructions. |
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| As someone with a surfeit of embarrassing '80s hairstyle photo evidence I am all in favour of today's youth facing similar consequences. |
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| The Arab bourgeoisie has abandoned the espousal of pan-Arabism in favour of preserving their own peculiar interests. |
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| As a Chomskyan linguist I would argue in favour of an ethical system based on our own innate ethics. |
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| It would amaze me if anyone can come up with a sensible or sustainable argument in favour of loud fireworks. |
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| In the 1890s, women some women found they could cast off their impractical and uncomfortable clothing in favour of pantaloons. |
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| The findings of the commission had a major bearing on the papal bull issued on 31 January 1623 in favour of such methods. |
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| More than that, have I dropped it in favour of working in London, which I swore blind I would never do while I was still at university. |
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| The verdict went in favour of the companies, though with derisory damages of one farthing. |
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| If you avoid the obvious pizza and pasta in favour of seafood and cicchetti, then you'll never feel bloated. |
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| Longtime mayor Jack Loucks held the swing vote on the matter and decided to vote in favour of the plan. |
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| Nationally and parochially, the tide seems to have turned in favour of the men from the east. |
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| At least one newspaper has editorialised in favour of political union and others are sympathetic to the proposal. |
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| They argue against cladism and are in favour of retaining the Linnean methodology. |
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| The demise of party political groupings in favour of independent people who are prepared to examine issues at face value would be an added bonus. |
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| Too often the truth is passed over in favour of pleasing advertisers and third parties. |
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| Once an element has received a permanent name, the systematic name is usually dropped in favour of it. |
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| But the balance in the secondary schools of Europe was overwhelmingly in favour of classical culture. |
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| However it makes it clear there is a strong argument in favour of the system, and Britain had a duty to explore them. |
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| The crowning reform in Britain in the 1850s was the abolition of appointment by political patronage in favour of competitive examination. |
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| Although I am in favour of pedestrianising the High Street, this should be prepared for in the years ahead. |
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| Then, 55 per cent of respondents said they were in favour of identity cards, and 43 per cent opposed them. |
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| There are religious leaders across the faiths who are not in favour of this law. |
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| Accordingly, he has given up his comb-over hairstyle in favour of a straight-back cut that is winning rave reviews. |
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| I have come down in favour of passing the bill, and I have advised the Progressives to come down in favour of passing it. |
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| Previous conflicts between their natural inclinations and their fears would be resolved firmly in favour of the left. |
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| When they fail that task I vote them out in favour of someone who will try harder. |
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| How can he use this document as justification for voting in favour of the mall? |
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| The union warned of a walkout in the new year if workers vote in favour of strikes. |
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| Members voted overwhelmingly in favour of annual elections in a recent ballot. |
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| In the end, no councillor voted in favour of the application and the plans were refused. |
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| Eight members of the development control committee voted in favour of the project. |
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| If a majority of members are in favour of strike action, dates for a walkout will be announced. |
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| In a ballot held in March last year tenants voted in favour of the transfer. |
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| Those who voted in favour of the closure argue it will help preserve the historic structure. |
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| It has planned a programme of district level meetings to mobilise public opinion in favour of democracy, communal harmony and peace. |
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| In a referendum in 1992, Montenegrins voted in favour of federation with Serbia and Kosovo. |
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| I can't decide whether or not to ignore his advice in favour of indulging my desire to have something pretty. |
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| The superannuation system has been inequitably biased in favour of high income earners. |
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| The current High Court seems to be deciding most cases in favour of defendants. |
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| Second, in most cases, such a test is exact or, to the extent it is less than exact, the inexactness will work in favour of the accused. |
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| If they find such ripples it will be powerful evidence in favour of Guth's theory of inflation. |
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| And I am not in favour of employers who are inflexible with regard to allowing people to go to Sunday worship. |
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| Penman said she was in favour of increasing awareness of the importance of languages, but concerned about the removal of compulsion. |
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| If these compurgators all agreed in a declaration in favour of the accused, this was held to he a complete acquittal. |
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| The concavity of the retina is another fact adduced in favour of the theory that our visual space is curved. |
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| Emancipation is not a right that can be curtailed in favour of the interests of the few. |
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| This enables them to avoid draconian British inheritance tax levies in favour of lower Irish rates. |
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| Britain could be forced to give up its adversarial court system in favour of the inquisitorial style favoured in much of continental Europe. |
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| More worryingly, will Fairfax cut back on boring news stories in favour of all these advertiser-supported inserts and supplements? |
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| However, these seem to me to be insignificant factors compared to the factors that weigh in favour of sending the matter to the Federal Court. |
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| There were one or two pro-hunting demonstrators carrying placards saying polls showed a majority in favour of hunting. |
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| Where an ambiguity in an insurance policy is found, we will construe it in favour of the insured. |
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| Yes, and therefore a judgment may be entered in favour of the insurer as a party to the proceedings. |
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| In a gesture of support, the US has said it is in favour of Uruguay being bailed out of its financial crisis. |
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| In 1920 British troops put down an insurrection in Iraq, and crushed protests and strikes in favour of independence in Egypt. |
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| So increasing numbers of systems integrators are junking product sales in favour of recommending software to their clients. |
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| The Court of Appeal having found in favour of the plaintiffs, the Home Office appealed to the House of Lords. |
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| South Lakeland District Council planners had been in favour of the scheme but residents and other traders had said it was too big. |
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| He hasn't said outright that he is in favour of CDL but he intimates that he is. |
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| The result for tenants and landlords would be increasingly complicated tenancy contracts which would be designed in favour of the landlord. |
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| During this period it began to lose ground in favour of bridge, especially contract bridge. |
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| I know all the arguments in favour of that view but see them as contrary to all human experience. |
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| Alistair Watson, the land-services convenor of Glasgow City Council, said he was personally in favour of the idea. |
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| This means that he held the conclusion as a fixed view and tried to bring forward arguments in favour of it, though without logical success. |
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| The government is in favour of allowing foreign direct investment in the pension sector. |
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| As Fine Gael flatlined in the opinion polls, Bruton was ditched as party leader in favour of Michael Noonan. |
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| For the first time, Galileo came out in print unequivocally in favour of the Copernican astronomy. |
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| But also for the first time in print he came out clearly in favour of the Copernican system with the sun at the centre. |
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| On February 15, pilots and co-pilots voted 97.5 percent in favour of holding strike action in pursuit of their pay claim. |
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| What we need now is the will to regulate and police industry in favour of worker and consumer health. |
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| I would have been in favour of it before Saturday night, but that game copper-fastened the whole thing. |
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| The evolution of the Constitution is seen as a rhetorical tool with which to posit political arguments in favour of future change. |
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| The scale is tipping too far in favour of me making money off old creations rather than me creating new ones. |
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| The law and the courts and the political elite are biased in favour of the criminal rather than the victim of crime. |
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| Who could blame her if she decided to reject Royal status in favour of freedom from the burden of civic responsibility? |
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| Not that I'm not in favour of a crude joke or a dirty joke but only if it's a really clever funny one. |
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| I hope that the Minister's doubts can be resolved in favour of boosting private savings by front-end tax incentives. |
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| Both warn of the dangerous consequences of voting in favour of their opponents. |
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| It indicates a biased approach and preferential treatment in favour of individuals and groups. |
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| The treaty of Troyes forced Charles VI of France to disinherit his son, the dauphin, in favour of the English kings. |
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| Yet such isolated cases only confirm the general argument in favour of de-accessing. |
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| Tenants signed the death warrant for the decaying four-storey block of flats after voting in favour of relocating. |
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| In other words, once the precondition set out in section 13 is satisfied, there is a presumption in favour of referral. |
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| There was a presumption in favour of freedom of expression, which was a primary right in a democracy. |
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| Nevertheless, it does create a presumption in favour of conservation and long-term sustainability, and the parties must apply it accordingly. |
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| The site lies within the urban area and the appellant states that there is therefore a presumption in favour of development. |
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| There is a very strong national policy presumption in favour of its restoration. |
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| However, there is a presumption in favour of the right of States to enter reservations unless the instrument expressly states to the contrary. |
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| However, at paragraphs 9 and 10 the inspector introduced an evidential presumption in favour of the map. |
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| The same forces pushed both towards a resolution of their delicately balanced positions in favour of business and trade respectively. |
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| There is, therefore, a presumption in favour of the appeal proposal under S54A unless other material considerations indicate otherwise. |
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| The chief reason to reject this view is the presumption in favour of equal consideration. |
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| Even in regard to criminal statutes the presumption in favour of strict construction is nowadays rarely applied. |
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| The trial judge decided in favour of the prosecution for the reasons advanced by Mr Sheridan. |
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| The density of the population figures by county shows a decided bias in favour of East Anglia. |
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| With wind and sun advantage to come the game had swung decisively in favour of the Glasgow side. |
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| Loose trouser tumans or ghararas, through still worn, are fast passing out of fashion in favour of the cut and style of the western pantaloon. |
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| One reason is that the company has de-emphasized ownership in favour of management contracts. |
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| We have to add the risk of fines or jail into our calculations, and this may tip the balance in favour of cooperating rather than defecting. |
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| In a nutshell, the series went in favour of the team that was more professional and proficient in skills as well as in strategies. |
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| The question is, do I ditch my old friends and lifestyle in favour of glamour models and showbiz parties? |
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| Arrogant pronouncements by leading Eurocrats and national politicians who pretend to be in favour of more integration have not been helpful. |
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| More serious, however, was the ineffectiveness of official propaganda in favour of the war. |
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| Both motions were proposed and seconded and all Councillors present voted in favour of both contraventions. |
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| It completely demolishes the arguments used in favour of culling birds of prey. |
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| The following Sunday, a million people gathered in Paris to demonstrate in favour of independent schools. |
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| The amendments may have raised the barrier against members voting in favour of any demutualisation. |
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| Is it a gamble then to shirk the pull of the rat race in favour of a life chasing the literary pot of gold? |
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| He said he was also in favour of rezoning the lands to allow the developments to take place. |
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| Of course, many people are in favour of improving fuel economy, so are these safety concerns well-founded? |
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| That is why I am firmly in favour of ordaining all ministers to the diaconate first, before discerning if any of them has a priestly vocation. |
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| Sir Ken was an aggressive operator who campaigned in favour of the euro and against electoral reform. |
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| I see no grounds for reducing the basis of the award of costs in favour of the claimants. |
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| The argument being floated by those in favour of the move is that the PRD is just a directorate and not a department of the Government. |
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| The T2 also drops the original's gunmetal colour scheme in favour of a lighter, more silvery look. |
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| And one of the council's strategies will be to work with parents to try to discourage them from using disposable nappies in favour of reusables. |
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| However, some traditional but gender-specific Gaelic words have been ditched in favour of English borrowings. |
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| Are Kiwis following the US trend towards ditching their landline in favour of wireless connectivity? |
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| Royal Mail controversially announced last June that it was ditching the trains, after 173 years, in favour of road and air transport. |
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| Taylor is in favour of a regular return of the Auld Enemy game, possibly every two years. |
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| I admit that I prefer working with men and I am in favour of equal employment opportunities. |
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| We are in favour of enlargement with all states being treated equally, not a two tier superstate. |
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| The tale has many tragic turns but he and his cast largely forego the high-minded dolefulness in favour of camp theatrics. |
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| Deep, hidden or esoteric meanings of the text are rejected in favour of its plain meaning. |
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| Consumers have repeatedly ignored exhortations to buy British and the like in favour of global products. |
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| They eschew the expected doomy onslaught in favour of Southern-flavoured 70s rock. |
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| Increasing numbers of ethicists and medical experts are now speaking out in favour of reproductive cloning. |
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| They experimented with the idea of college, but ruled it out in favour of their music. |
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| I'm not very much in favour of the bottle bank that the Council have installed in my eyeline from one of those windows. |
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| The wife may remit the dower or any part thereof in favour of the husband or his heirs. |
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| The traditional method of cooking chips in dripping has long gone in favour of healthier vegetable oil. |
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| Werden also said that the station will be pre-empting or running special editions of their regular programming in favour of women centred content. |
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| It is designed to prejudice the transfer of powers in favour of British state interests by designating matters due to be transferred, as excepted matters. |
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| Is there any parent who would argue for, or countenance, the early evacuation of one sick child from an Intensive Care Unit bed in favour of their own child? |
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| It is not right to say that there is a presumption in favour of reinstatement with the burden on the defendant to show that it would not be reasonable. |
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| A number of unions are also in favour of employer compulsion. |
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| Peers voted in favour of smoothing the way for water companies to put fluoride in their supplies when the Bill was debated in the Lords during the summer. |
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| The Trustee endorsed the bill of exchange in favour of Sealark. |
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| Miller was tacitly in favour of the open landscape, if his vivid and often sentimental descriptions of the surrounding open fields, commons and wastes are anything to go by. |
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| However, he comes down in favour of the company on this key issue. |
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| In our submission, that is not obvious from a reading of the various decisions of the High Court which have come down in favour of not disturbing such verdicts. |
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| The phonic method has reappeared for teaching reading and spelling in the early primary school, after some thirty years of official neglect in favour of word recognition. |
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| Since I usually get paid by the word, I'm all in favour of that. |
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| Some weeks ago we learned that a vote in Parliament had found two of our members in favour of adding fluoride to our water supply and one against. |
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| The SFO is deliberately against technical virtuosity in favour of serendipity, against phallocentric guitar-heroism in favour of a detached, unphysical approach to playing. |
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| Last night's 190-vote majority in favour of hunting put MPs on collision course with peers, who last year blocked an earlier effort to outlaw blood sports. |
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| Blonde, petite and attractive, Thompson had ditched her usual blue or black power-suit in favour of a pink jacket with matching high heels and a black floaty skirt. |
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| Grey is out in favour of coral, mint green, lilac and navy and white. |
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| The inquiry does not begin with a legal presumption in favour of the custodial parent, although the custodial parent's views are entitled to great respect. |
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| By 1326, Edward's deposition in favour of his namesake son and heir seemed the only alternative to a mean, oppressive, and unsuccessful regime that engendered civil strife. |
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| Labor will also make it more difficult for repeat offenders to get bail, no matter how minor the offence, by overturning the presumption in favour of bail. |
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| I was never in favour of pedestrianisation, a lot of it is codology. |
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| The agreement came about very much on German initiative, because the Germans were fearful about abolishing the Deutschmark in favour of a European currency. |
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| They're coached for the tests all the way through year six when music, art, history and geography are all sacrificed in favour of a curriculum of exam preparation. |
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| The only one that has been put with any force in favour of work which has no pretensions to literary or artistic merit, is that it may have a psychotherapeutic value. |
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| The style is a cross between Mozart and Mendelssohn with touches of Weber, and Cramer avoids empty passagework in favour of strong arguments built on memorable ideas. |
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| And with weathermen predicting no real end in sight, thousands are already planning on bidding farewell to too-cool Britannia in favour of continental hot spots. |
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| Similarly, in 1996 post-apartheid South Africa agreed to swear off the use of DDT in favour of insecticides that environmental groups claimed were more benign. |
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| No one from the floor was in favour of the artists' studios but when a vote was taken by the councillors on the panel, four were in favour but three were against. |
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| Cleopatra Thea of Syria was reputed to be far more beautiful and cunning than Cleopatra VII, yet she is always overlooked in favour of her descendant! |
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| The scrapping of pounds and ounces in shops in favour of kilograms and grams caused public resentment which the government is unlikely to want to revive. |
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| While I am wholly in favour of recycling, I feel York council is going about their new system in a high-handed way without consulting those it affects. |
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| The arguments presented by the HFEA in court, and those made by judges in deciding in favour of the HFEA, contained a number of inconsistencies and arbitrary judgements. |
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| I do not think that it is helpful in this context, therefore, to regard the presumption in favour of the development plan as a governing or paramount one. |
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| For a time wen I was younger, I even edited a fanzine, though this was later abandoned in favour of getting more involved and writing for other people's fanzines. |
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| With rulings like this, big name companies will quickly sidestep WIPO in favour of blustering cease-and-desist letters and legal action through the courts. |
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| He relaxed press censorship, slowed the rate of farm collectivization, and reduced investment in heavy industry in favour of the manufacture of consumer goods. |
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| A southward depression of the treeline in favour of wet heaths, bogs and wetland tundra communities is also observed in northern oceanic environments. |
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| He said revised planning policy guidance strengthened Government policy in favour of building on previously developed sites before greenfield sites. |
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| Broadly, productive economic activities and notions of long-term investment became sidelined in favour of immediate consumption and resource diffusion. |
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| In the same year, the Englishman William Rivers discarded evolutionism in favour of diffusionist theories to explain the historical spread of customs and belief systems. |
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| He was unceremoniously ejected from his slightly altered, safe Ashford ward by the massed vote of sitting borough councillors in favour of a previously unknown candidate. |
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| The Nationalist government conducted a state referendum in 1933, in which the electors voted two to one in favour of separating from the Commonwealth. |
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| Regulation 24 creates a presumption in favour of no order for costs. |
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| The bank was involved in a security incident last year, since when he has spoken in favour of electronic banking and backed up his convictions by using an online account. |
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| The owner of the ground, however, was not in favour of the Tennis Club expending a considerable sum of money on their courts while they did not enjoy any fixity of tenure. |
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| Previously, the Port Authority has come out in favour of an eastern breakwater rail option, which would see a rock groyne extended out into the ocean. |
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| Egypt ditched the one-party system in the mid-1970s in favour of greater plurality and one result of this is the degree of freedom we now see in the independent press. |
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| Seven years later, the courts decided in favour of the Hotel Sacher. |
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| Pilot boat men who guide ships in and out of Waterford Port last night balloted in favour of industrial action, a move which could disrupt July's Tall Ships' Race launch. |
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| Now an ecclesiastical court has decided in favour of the changes. |
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| But, sadly, a climate of opinion is being created in which facts are discounted in favour of fantasies, arbitrary allegations and wild apprehensions. |
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| Games of chance, whether it is a flutter on the gee-gees, a turn of the card or a spin of the roulette wheel, is a contest that is skewed in favour of the house. |
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| We should vote in favour of the forces which are democratic and secular and do not discriminate against people on religious grounds after coming to power. |
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| He had been encouraged by the Lords' reaction and by the number of Labour peers and cross-benchers who had spoken in favour of legislation before a ban. |
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| In the event of a vote in favour of a continuation of the pay claim, the union has a contingency plan in place for the resumption of industrial action in September. |
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| They have applied to the government to ditch the traditional polling booth in favour of a pilot to send out 165,000 eligible voters a postal ballot. |
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| France's reputation as a cheaper alternative to Spain is decreasing, as some buyers desert Spanish resorts in favour of France's rural farmland havens. |
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| Breaking with convention, Duncan was the first American dancer to de-emphasize scenery and costumes in favour of a simple stage setting and simple costumes. |
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| Are you in favour of a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory? |
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| However, I still defend my right to smoke in some public places, and am strongly in favour of smoking and non-smoking areas in pubs, restaurants and railway carriages. |
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| The picture is in tempera on panel, which Southall had returned to after a period when he abandoned the difficult technique in favour of oil painting. |
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| There is a stagger in favour of the surrey stake boat at the start. |
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| I should add that had I not found in favour of the plaintiff I would have still dismissed the counterclaim on the basis the defendant had failed to prove its damages. |
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| The weight to be given to the presumption in favour of life when interpreting advance decisions will remain uncertain until more cases have been decided. |
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| It's easy to say one is in favour of equality of opportunity. |
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| Most younger artists working now have rejected the polished surfaces of Post Modernism in favour of an eclectic mixture of conceptualism and craft. |
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| One of the first acts of the duumvirate was reopen the national wage case and intervene in favour of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value. |
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| A number of arguments have been proposed in favour of them having spoken a Celtic language. |
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| Meanwhile, Hamburg's partner city Kiel voted in favour of hosting the event, with almost 66 percent of all participants supporting the bid. |
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| However, in 2004, deputies introduced changes to the Constitution, which tipped the balance of power in favour of a parliamentary system. |
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| By the Pope's decision, in which Pepin had a hand, Drogo was to be disqualified as an heir in favour of his cousin Charles. |
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| On 18 April 1999 the Swiss population and the cantons voted in favour of a completely revised federal constitution. |
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| Some organisations and political parties find this practice controversial but mainstream Swiss opinion is in favour of the system. |
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| Not one petition in favour of an incorporating union was received by Parliament. |
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| Sir Albert was accused of corruption and of a policy of affirmative action in favour of his own Mende ethnic group. |
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| The ruling in favour of UBC also sets precedence on the matter of bicameral governance for universities and colleges. |
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| Tasmanians voted in favour of federation with the largest majority of all the Australian colonies. |
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| The new policy means that the use of Afrikaans is now often reduced in favour of English, or to accommodate the other official languages. |
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| However, as in all other strong verbs, consonant alternations were almost entirely eliminated in favour of the voiceless alternants. |
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| The argument in favour of calling Middle English a creole comes from the extreme reduction in inflected forms from Old English to Middle English. |
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| Opposition to the changes came from Konrad Hofmann and his followers, but the council decided in favour of keeping the government mandates. |
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| On 17 January 1525 a public debate was held and the council decided in favour of Zwingli. |
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| In the 1970s the then primate, Ted Scott, argued at the Lambeth Conference in favour of women's ordination. |
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| Coke delivered the majority opinion in favour of Bonham, with Daniel and Warburton agreeing. |
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| The result was that, when the issues arising from the causes of action were decided in favour of one party, that party got relief. |
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| In India compensation in favour of victim gets reduced in proportion with his negligence. |
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| A bill of exchange may be endorsed by the payee in favour of a third party, who may in turn endorse it to a fourth, and so on indefinitely. |
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| As is the case in most of India, enrolment for vernacular media has seen a fall in numbers in favour of English medium education. |
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| Asquith first considered taking the vacant War Office himself but then offered it to Bonar Law, who declined it in favour of Lloyd George. |
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| His government also held referenda in which the Scottish and Welsh electorates voted in favour of devolved administration. |
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| On 11 October 1990 the House of Lords gave its judgment in the light of the ECJ's ruling and granted an injunction in favour of Factortame. |
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| He signed a historians' letter of protest against the Soviet invasion of Hungary and was strongly in favour of the Prague spring. |
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| However, they were removed by 1967 in favour of the construction of a new metro system. |
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| The review was abolished in favour of the Royal Commission on Local Government before issuing a final report. |
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| In July he oversaw the occupation of Elba, but by September the Genoese had broken their neutrality to declare in favour of the French. |
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| The review was abolished in favour of the Royal Commission on Local Government before it was able to issue a final report. |
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| In 1826, Marc Brunel offered him a post as resident engineer for the Thames Tunnel, but withdrew it in favour of his son Isambard Brunel. |
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| An expert in the self-inflicted wound, his attacks frequently miss their target in favour of reminding you of his own failings. |
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| The reporters left it out... Those who spoke in favour of the poor men, were what the reporters call burked. |
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| Isn't there a time to justify a species' gradual deranking from the top of the priority list in favour of another at the bottom? |
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| We seem to have become similarly obsessed, abandoning particular, familiar trees in favour of a kind of abstract notion of elmness. |
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| An exercitive is the giving of a decision in favour of or against a certain course of action, or advocacy of it. |
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| From the time of King John onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of Rex or Regina Anglie. |
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| Tories were not in favour of union and only one was represented among the commissioners. |
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| In the 4th century BC, the Romans abandoned the phalanx in favour of the more flexible manipular formation. |
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| He later abdicated in favour of his brother Ecgric and retired to a monastery. |
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| Richard of Conisburgh was executed following his involvement in the Southampton Plot to depose Henry V of England in favour of the Earl of March. |
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| The proposal was publicly launched by the Society on 13 February 2013 but rejected by Leicester Cathedral in favour of a memorial slab. |
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| By 2010, the General Synod voted in favour of extending pensions and other employee rights to clergy in civil unions. |
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| Even then the position was complicated by the fact that Lutherans were not in favour of the annulment. |
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| On 26 April 1718, on the pretext of failing powers, he was dismissed in favour of William Benson. |
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| Hales, affirmed his dispensing power, with eleven out of the twelve judges in Godden ruling in favour of the dispensing power. |
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| Bowing to the inevitable, on 4 April Napoleon abdicated in favour of his son, with Marie Louise as regent. |
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| Realizing his position was untenable, he abdicated on 22 June in favour of his son. |
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| Schedule 17 lists previous legislation that was repealed in favour of this Act. |
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| While serving in this position, he put strong emphasis on modernisation and was also in favour of using aeroplanes in combat. |
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| Thereafter, the Luftwaffe gradually decreased daylight operations in favour of nocturnal attacks, to avoid RAF defences. |
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| There are now 16 directly elected mayors, in districts where a referendum was in favour of them. |
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| Other Conservative politicians, despite being economically liberal, are in favour of full prohibition of the ownership and trade of many drugs. |
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| He has spoken about inequality and argued in favour of the Paris climate change agreement. |
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| The Liberal Democrats have been strongly in favour of European integration. |
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| Because of this, there were calls from some in UKIP for a voting reform in favour of proportional representation. |
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| A devolved Scottish Parliament was created in 1999 after a clear majority voted in favour of devolution in the second referendum. |
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| In May 2012 residents of the ward voted in favour of the establishment of a Queen's Park civil parish and parish council. |
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| Skiffing has dwindled in favour of private motor boat ownership but is competed on the river in the summer months. |
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| In 2005, EADS Astrium Space Transportation started a campaign in favour of a project called LIFE, for astronomy from the Moon surface. |
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| TfL eventually replaced London Regional Transport, and discontinued the use of the London Transport brand in favour of its own brand. |
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| The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate. |
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| Those who logicize in favour of belief, state their arguments very briefly. |
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| The Ofsted complaints procedure has also been heavily criticised for opacity and a strong bias in favour of the inspectors. |
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| These degrees were all retired in 2003 in favour of an international system. |
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