| Young chefs at Oakbank School have been currying favour with teachers to raise cash for charity. |
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| That pair are gearing up for their own preselections and currying favour with the party faithful. |
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| The frenzy to pass as many Section 140 motions as possible in advance of the June 11 elections is all about currying favour with voters. |
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| The most likely motives to cause one to falsely inculpate another are currying favor, revenge, and exculpation. |
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| In the name of promoting sales through currying favour with the right people, some business people throw lavish dinners. |
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| Wiping sweat from his face at the end of class, he led the horse to his stall, giving him a good rubdown and currying his mane and tail as well as brushing his body. |
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| It just strikes me as currying favour again in a specific kind of way. |
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| Lee risks being dismissed as the 'houseboy' for London's mayor and accused of currying favour in his role as race adviser to the Met. |
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| He alleges that the judge has abused his office, for example by currying favours for his policeman son. |
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| The currying method used for this leather is known as water currying as opposed to fat currying which is used for stuffed leathers. |
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| When they are perceived to be currying favour for themselves, something has to change, and I think the time for change is right now. |
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| This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in tanning, currying, colouring and finishing hides and skins into leather. |
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| You can find much more information about currying if it interests you by doing a search on Google. |
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| Alaska political observers say they believe her speech is about currying favor with potential backers for her political future. |
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| One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions. |
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| Strap: genuine leather of Italian currying. |
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| In the long run, it is better for them, as well as for the public, to have pricing based on reliable evidence than on politicians currying popular favour. |
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| It won the loyalty of some tribes by currying their favour over many years and by paying off tribal leaders, while building up alternative sheikhs to weaken the control of the more obstreperous traditional leaders. |
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| Situated above this are the shops and the currying workshop. |
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| Instead of abolishing directives, opening up the market for services and labour and cutting taxes, we are currying favour with the citizens with a pipe dream of short-term social gain. |
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| But a small unit within the bank has been currying favour with religious groups, working to ease their suspicions and use their influence to further the bank's goals. |
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