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I know that there will be those up in arms about this idea, that it would favour the rich over the poor.

When I checked the damaged cases with the receiver, I cut down all those with slight damage. You know I've done a favour for you .

One of the directors has offered to wine and dine me so he is probably looking for a favour or trying to sell me something.

Well. Since it appears nobody is eager to hire my services, could you favour me with a little money instead?

Though wind power has its opponents, too, its environmental virtues might be enough to swing things in its favour if it were also reliable.

Here they were, regular customers, and she had turned them all down in favour of this comparative stranger.

In interpreting this posted-workers directive, the court came down in favour of the Latvian firm, and against Swedish strikers.

A growing number of followers would like to see him step down in favour of the younger interior minister, Roberto Maroni.

The assertion that your right should take precedence over mine is unlikely to find favour with me if it is put in the form of a demand.

Bart Chilton, the commissioner most adamantly in favour of these limits, said the mooted rules "actually err on the high side" .

This group of women are suing their bosses at Wal-Mart, claiming they've been passed up for pay and promotion in favour of men.

Kissinger said he did not favour the view that his country should give lectures to sovereign countries about their own domestic evolution.

Because this subject has meaning only to sculpting circle, in which has no intention to favour one and be prejudiced against the other.

their job advertisements and corporate websites will alert you to which ones they favour.

Over the years, he wormed his way into the director favour.

The Dutch striker is looking to leave Old Trafford after falling out of favour with Sir Alex Ferguson towards the end of last season.

In her speech, the senator came out in favour of a change in the law.

may, as security in favour of a bank or financial institution, assign its right to any moneys due, or to become due, under the Contract.

He said the committee set up to discuss the conflict was considering all possible options in favour of a political solution.

The White House has also come out in favour of a further cut to the corporate tax rate to be negotiated.

Payment should be made under an irrevocable letter of credit which is to be opened in our favour within a week after the date of your order.

I want to know whether he leads happily or not, asking you to do a favour to let me make the contact with him good?

For this reason, it is all too easy to ignore them in favour of the urgent and immediate.

Officials point to another poll finding that, of those who plan to vote in a referendum, 62% favour joining the EU.

As I said, a betting man would not favour the chances of a rapid breakthrough after the Washington summit.

The biggest single favour governments could do for air travellers and the environment is to get out of the way and let airlines make money.

So trying to be the voice of moderation with your Scorpio friends will be doing them a big favour.

As the Red Queen hypothesis fell out of favour, researchers began to cast around for other possibilities.

Once the electorate shifts in favour of a candidate, as it seems to have done over the last few weeks, it seldom moves again, they said.

However, when asked if they would back such a tax if it were fiscally neutral for households, 52% were in favour.

These officials favour hiring international fund management firms to help invest at least some of the $60bn.

Dida fell out of favour at the Serie A side this season, and it was suggested that he would return to his former club, Cruzeiro .

Records , mention very little of the Vindicator throughout the time of Great Crusade, it is assumed that the Vindicator fell out of favour.

It is better for the parties to be talking than not talking, but a betting man would not favour the chances of a breakthrough to peace.

If nobody can find more convincing arguments in favour of the Lisbon treaty, the EU as a whole may yet find itself whistling in the dark.

He is in favour of more growth, of a more efficient government and, no doubt, of water draining from Japanese baths counterclockwise.

Even before the turmoil, Iran signalled it had tired of western foot-dragging and was likely to favour Chinese oil companies.

His manner prejudiced his audience against [in favour of] him.

Maybe, but there are times in which you need to say no: you could be super busy, or the favour being asked might be far too dodgy.

Earlier this year an editorial by a leading practitioner in the American Journal of Psychiatry argued in favour of such a move.

"Well men, " said the chairman, "I shall now proceed to put the matter to the vote. Will all those in favour hold up the right hand? "

You might have added you were in favour of any employee who had a preference for being on top, as this was your own preferred position too.

Mr Modi's dearest hope seems to be for international favour to help redress his image.

Having absorbed much foreign technology, it now seems to be tilting the playing field in favour of its own companies.

The Olympics have never been held in South America and Rio is hoping that will count in its favour as it bids for the 2016 Olympics.

The Guardian, I note, did not favour me with an obituary.

Not that we would not like a quick victory; Everybody would be in favour of driving the "devils" out overnight.

Despite the decision about capital punishment taken in Parliament, the groundswell of opinion seems to be in favour of reintroducing it.

The little boy quickly run across the street. Cotton feels very soft. I'd like him to do me a favour.

As a Chinese , what do we think while such a poor country are eager to do us a great favour ? what can we do for our compatriots ?

May the favour of the Lord cause you to rise above your problems and may you continuously trust in Him in the days and months to come.

And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.

He does not deal with Brodweisheit; he assumes that the vulgar question of bread and butter has been settled in favour of his reader.

Do me a favour. He has stood in the way of any progress for seven years -- everyone is waiting for him to leave.

Indeed, more people were in favour of locking up Mr Khodorkovsky, even though they knew it would benefit only a few Kremlin bureaucrats.

The player will become a real Mafia gangster and he will have to gain the boss's favour, he might even become his closest collaborator.

' We'd done them a great favour loaning him to them for so long and we couldn't believe that when we were in need of him, they said 'No'.

He was a local boy, whose father had worked for a timber company, and lumber interests never had to ask a favour twice.

The outcome will not be known for months, but the political wind seems to be shifting in favour of firmer action to counter climate change.

In January, the vote in favour of trying the field method was "as enthusiastic as you could get from a faculty, " says Mr Nohria, wryly.

their job advertisements and corporate websites will alert you to which ones they favour. Then tailor your CV to include the buzzwords.

Recently, I explained the generational cycle to an investment club in London and suggested the next decade would favour hard assets.

He invited the writer to his palace and told him that he might ask for any favour.

He is widely judged to be an economic liberal in the European sense of the word: in favour of lower taxes and less regulation.

Some banks deny this, so it is worth revisiting how much policy has been skewed in their favour.

She rang up to ask a favour of me.

The reliable quality, perfect quality and elegant modelling waiting for your favour, company staff expecting to cooperate with you.

Say again next door: Favour, was hanged first, hit the past to you again a little while, came on the side of me foolish B!

The former Roma man has not been given much playing time so far and has made no secret of the fact that he would favour a transfer.

If he gave the party what it wanted, he would try to make sure the favour was returned.

But the IMF did not favour one of these additional charges over others.

Antonio Conte's men make early enquiries for out-of-favour defender, who has previously said he wants to stay with the Serie A champions.

That's four clean sheets in a row now and 12 points. Everybody who has got any favour towards Liverpool will be very happy at the moment.

And he took gold, and silver, and raiment, and many other presents, and went to the king to Ptolemais, and he found favour in his sight.

She was slightly flurried and tingling in the cheeks, but it was more nervousness than either fear or favour.

However, the nature of livestock farming is often determined by policy and institutional frameworks that do not favour of the poor.

Even if I were starving, I wouldn't ask a favour of him.

Western politicians are beginning to lose patience with state-capitalist powers that rig the system in favour of their own companies.

When a waitress discovered what had happened, she showed deep sympathy for him and decided to do him a favour.

"I thank you for my share of the favour, " said Elizabeth; "but I do not particularly like your way of getting husbands. "

His honesty and sincerity prejudiced us in favour of him .

As you know, the little cat is in favour with Aunt Mary.

Black leaders themselves are increasingly in favour, though they say it would be a less touchy subject if the police were not so white.

Replying to your favour of yesterday, we send you enclosed several samples of papers closely resemble to what you want.

When you hear these lines trotted out, I want you to do me a favour. I want you to think of a public toilet.

And then, towards the end of the last century, the tide seemed to turn in favour of the innovation minnows once again.

Though it is swapping raw materials for imports, at least prices favour Africa at the moment.

Proof in favour of any steering method is lacking and the best medication sequence is still not known.

Moreover, he made it clear that he was in favour of fundamental change in Libya.

The three leaders also came out in favour of deferring awards and claw-backs in case of negative outcomes.

Moreover, he made it clear that he was in favour of fundamental change in Libya.

The three leaders also came out in favour of deferring awards and claw-backs in case of negative outcomes.

In neighbouring Lebanon many may favour such a ban but nobody is under any illusion that it would actually be possible to enforce it.

It is believed that Shah Jahan was inconsolable to the point of contemplating abdication in favour of his sons.

Experts quoted by the paper said the advent of kimchi refrigerators is another reason women favour the mass-produced item.

Despite short-sighted industry lobbying and occasional squeals of pain from voters, governments are beginning to favour cleaner cars.

Evidence weights heavily in favour of him.

Unforeseen inflation tends to favour debtors and profit receivers at the expense of creditors and fixed-income receivers.

Rallies in favour of the new abortion law were just as large, though, and a centre-right government would be unlikely to change it.

Excuse me, I wonder if you could do me a favour. I'm looking for the police station?

Excuse me, I wonder if you could do me a favour. I'm looking for the police station?

BOCOG did not expect the staff to me very much in favour of the idea, they say they do not just affect the torch.

She grew up in a Christian neighbourhood, which has made her favour a moderate Islam.

A smart innovation agenda, in short, would be quite different from the one that most rich governments seem to favour.

The best argument in favour of spending time abroad was that it gave you a better appreciation of the virtues of home.

He is not my relative and you are not my enemy. I don't favour either one of you, I only want to say a few honest words.

The evidence seems to be in favour of the defendant.

Innovation is a word like democracy. Everyone is in favour of it, but different people attach different meanings to it.

The new capabilities could tempt Beijing to use military force to resolve disputes in its favour, he said.

The country has several factors in its favour. For a start, the British online-advertising market is "exploding" , said Mr Schmidt.

The country has several factors in its favour. For a start, the British online-advertising market is "exploding" , said Mr Schmidt.

A shift in favour of larger shares would be the most likely result of an American economic slowdown.

With even the Americans and British bailing out companies with public money, the state is back in favour in the least likely places.

She will, after all, be doing me a favour by relieving me of stuff I can no longer accommodate.

By 1992 he was back in favour at the Treasury, joining the panel of independent forecasters known as the "six wise men" .

No, " replied Elinor, most feelingly sensible of every fresh circumstance in favour of Lucy's veracity. "

But lo and behold the dice fell in the king's favour and he took the priest's money.

But today's reluctance to settle down and reproduce until later in life could lead to fertility beginning to favour older women.

The secretary is proposing to stand down in favour of a younger man.

After progressively dismantling their inefficient policy frameworks in favour of 'liberal' reforms, the two giants began to stride forth.

After progressively dismantling their inefficient policy frameworks in favour of 'liberal' reforms, the two giants began to stride forth.

Others favour narrow banking, which fully backs deposits but leaves the rest of the system on its own.

Mother was urgent, favour ask: why, what's the matter, never hard.

Americans are choosing to abandon the suburban sprawl in favour of a more comfortable, cheaper and greener life in the city centre.

It cannot be denied, but outward accidents conduce much to fortune: favour, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue.

To change the country's constitution in favour of an avowedly Islamic one, he said, would be "unacceptable to Indonesians" .

When out of Favour , none know thee ; when in , thou dost not know thyself .

Half of the foreign-policy experts but only a third of the public said they were in favour of committing more troops.

Most of the newspapers seem to look with favour upon the new cabinet.

I received your favour, and can send you outside the town, but if want me to accompany you to go abroad, forgive my cannot promise.

I received your favour, and can send you outside the town, but if want me to accompany you to go abroad, forgive my cannot promise.

In any event, it was not clear-cut: 44. 8% of households voted in favour of the offer and 22. 4% against, and the rest did not vote at all.

International and domestic competition for business travellers' favour is likely to grow fast over the next two to three years, he says.

On the strength of our relationship , I asked a favour of him .

This week's news that Patricia Dunn will step down in January as chairman of HP's board in favour of Mr Hurd may not prove so inspired.

The Lord received Abel and his gift with favour; but Cain and his gift he did not receive.

Uncle left his position of the board of directors as he felt that he should move over in favour of a younger man.

I respect it. Tell him to ask me anything else. This favour I can't give him.

Many of these changes consisted of the abandonment of a pegged exchange rate in favour of a more flexible exchange regime.

A decision in favour of aggrieved investors would greatly increase the number of companies on which trial lawyers could train their sights.

A decision in favour of aggrieved investors would greatly increase the number of companies on which trial lawyers could train their sights.

The two sides favour the early conclusion of the Doha Development Round, placing the issues that affect the poorest of the poor at its core.

At the most basic level, I am all in favour of We #2 if it means getting other people to do your work for you and failing to pay them.

Tom is trying to curry favour with the boss to get a promotion.

Even when a woman gets a judgment in her favour, she can still face a struggle to get the payout.

The present situation is not unlike the early 1980s, when 15 years of stagnation caused equities to fall out of favour.

On the whole, Republicans favour spending cuts, whereas Democrats are more inclined to preserve services, even if it means higher taxes.

I should not have told you so much, but it is the only way I could stop myself from throwing myself at your feet and beg your favour.

I found quickly the negroes were for eating the flesh of this creature, so I was willing to have them take it as a favour from me.

So the firm has still the power to extend its monopoly should new technology, at least temporarily, again favour proprietary solutions.

So the firm has still the power to extend its monopoly should new technology, at least temporarily, again favour proprietary solutions.

They therefore seem to favour warm areas and times, suggesting that they consist of volatile material.

The sight of Mrs. Clay in such favour, and of Anne so overlooked, was a perpetual provocation to her there.

I would like to make a change now because I feel that I can go further here and my good presentation skills will do me a favour .

Beijing's winning site, fashionable " emancipated show" -- Peking man seems to favour a legend house.

And the plan seems to favour counter-cyclical capital requirements too, which would brake lending growth in credit booms.

Central bankers from Israel to Brazil spoke up in favour of discouraging bubbles and questioned the Fed's approach.

Her heritage, as the daughter of Aung San, Myanmar's independence hero, was always in her favour.

The Buyer is requested always to quote THE NUMBER OF THIS SALES CONFIRMATION in the Letter of Credit to be opened in favour of the Seller.

Juventus are the latest Italian team to be linked to Real Madrid's out-of-favour winger Royston Drenthe.

Now do me a favour and get out of here.

It has called for the run-off, whose legitimacy it sees as already "severely compromised" , to be suspended in favour of negotiations.

A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Failure , however, would be a heavy blow to Beijing technology mandarins who have backed TD- SCDMA with state cash and regulatory favour .

In such a case, it is usually settled in the consumer's favour, assuming he or she has a just claim.

We shall regard as a personal favour any help you give Mr. Wang and will always be very happy to reciprocate.

I think we are out of favour with them; we have not been asked to any of their parties this year.

Americans are more hawkish than they were a month ago, when it was 41% in favour of a surge and 50% against.

But she would do her country and Europe a favour if she were to speak out more.

On Wednesday, Finland voted in favour of expanding the fund's powers despite earlier threats to pull out of a rescue plan for Greece.

I always favour the referee, he does his job and I accept it, so I don't even want to see controversial incidents.

in agreeing to cast off the trammels of authoritative religious teaching in favour of a free and purely rationalistic speculation.

Oh, do me a favour and get rid of this luv dup guy sitting next to me, he's talking absolute nonsense.

"The wind is in favour of employers, " says Sean Nesbitt, head of Taylor Wessing's UK employment practice.

There's sth wrong with emma. do me a favour. take a look at her.

But the proportions seem to be shifting sharply in favour of the older cohorts, especially those aged 55 to 65.

Corporate clients looking to issue new stock will also favour brokers with a strong presence in trading.

He never asks a second favour when he's been refused the first.

Pollsters have found a majority in favour of allowing civil marriage in Lebanon.

DURING the long boom before the banking crisis, manufacturing fell out of political favour.

Szczesny wants to do just that and is not willing to give up his chance in favour of another loan move at the start of this season.

Israeli defence officials favour a clear agreement with Hamas even if it is not enshrined in a written document.

As it happens, if the chancellor thought her stand would curry favour with peaceniks at home she was mistaken.

There is expected to be a second referendum on this in the autumn, and recent polls show a two-to-one majority in favour.

Yet Ranieri's position is under threat with newspapers suggesting the old guard element of the squad is in favour of a new Coach.

He 24 -year-old once again finds himself out of favour at Camp Nou having spent the past two seasons out on loan at Monaco and Sevilla .

At some time during the mediation, the mediator calls in the favour by getting the party to agree to the suggestion for a settlement.

Televised debates tend to favour the underdog, reckons Alan Schroeder, the author of "Presidential Debates: Fifty Years of High-Risk TV" .

At the margin the proposals do seem to favour firms with headquarters outside America.

This curry favour by claptrap attitude, nothing but is wants to attract the attention of others.

If you replace one thing in favour of another, , you think the second thing is better or you want it more.

Cardiff boss Dave Jones may be secretly cheering on Lionel Messi and his mates tonight to do him a special favour.

Most Lib Dems favour a graduate tax, under which graduates would pay more tax than those who had not completed a degree.

As the recruitment continues, the surrogate will provide the police officer with a gift, a favour or an advantage.

They were joined in this by their faithful lap-dog, the British, as it also was seen to favour them.

We were all in favour of his suggestion.

I hate asking (to ask) any favour of her.

Can I ask a favour of you= Can I ask you for a favour ? =Can you do me a favour?

But most contributors seems to favour engaging in a popular national sport of self deprecation(7).

Hearing about his idea, some were in favour of his suggestion, but some others were strongly against it.

I hope your plans in favour of the --- shire will not be affected by his being in the neighbourhood.

If so, the resolution of the dispute, in the form of a Supreme Court ruling in Mukesh's favour on May 7th, has probably made matters worse.

Chinese sailors were just as daring, their settlers just as intrepid, but geography had now stacked the deck in favour of the west.

Mothers really do favour their " precious first borns" over the children they have later, research has found.

Radical thinkers favour sending "virtual water" from wetter parts of the basin to drier parts, in the form of grain and other food.

We trust that you will continue to favour us with your orders, which at all times, shall have our best attention.

Protesters on Syria's streets say that the better-known internal dissidents spend too much time currying favour with diplomats in Damascus.

Obama said he wanted to encourage those talks, not tilt them in favour of one country.

Simultaneously think, part but favour arch hand way: "Match the friend on the word, but Long Shan Wu old shopkeeper under charge? "

But she would do her country a favour if she were to speak out more.

Western countries ignored such developments, he claimed, in favour of a simple focus on a "romantic" view of the remote Himalayan kingdom.

I needed to train somewhere, Arsene [Wenger] has done me a great favour and you can't do any better than Arsenal.

Mr Annan lost favour during the build up to the war in Iraq.

Why did we do this? Because there was an ideological trend in favour of liberalization.

the need to increase the brightness of a UV varnish, does not favour an increase in the oil layer thicknesses of light.

Imams at Morocco's mosques were instructed to preach in favour of what was heralded as the king's constitution.

Could you do me a favour to call this number? Thank you!

The last officer Yu favour comes forward several steps, live the action that she rushes to come over.

And Mr Noda is deeply concerned about Japan's fiscal health, not flinching from his bold but controversial stance in favour of higher taxes.

The wandering winds, even the sun and rain, seemed to conspire in favour of so clever and hard-working a man.

The Club's youth philosophy has added new life to a competition that has recently fallen out of favour with England's biggest clubs.

"Of course we can, George, " she cried. But she was prejudiced in Wendy's favour, and he was really the grander character of the two.

Supermarkets will also be pressured to abolish sell by and best before dates in favour of a single use by date, to make things clearer.

Prof Powers says that he was not in favour of the decision and adds that "at the time, I questioned if that was appropriate" .

If you buy distressed, leveraged, out-of-favour companies on the verge of bankruptcy, hoping for a turnround, you are using leverage.

That flexibility may favour India's position in the long-term competition between the two countries.

These subsidies acted like a bounty on exportation in favour of the English, and were detrimental to the German manufactories.

So resistance to protection, whatever arguments may be used in its favour, must be rigorously maintained.

When out of favour, none know thee; when in , thou dost not know thvself.

'Ratty, ' said the Mole suddenly, one bright summer morning, 'if you please, I want to ask you a favour. '

The man said that the pen was worth $50, but as a special favour, he would let me have it for $30.

India extends large, soft loans to curry favour with a friendly regime in Bangladesh and is paying for post-war reconstruction in Sri Lanka.

i asked a favour of him once , but he refused point - blank.

or sufficiently impressed with the delights of orphan asylums, to be enthusiastically in favour of this scheme.

Government institutions were moved out in favour of financial institutions, while hotels resumed trading as such.

Many states and school districts have already abandoned it in favour of a more comprehensive approach.

This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.

They favour the sense of security given by a smaller university in a small city, he says.

What I am opposed to is transporting trees into the cities. This should be forbidden, I am not in favour of trucking in more.

The company honor : Return to society ! Benefit-sharing! Create win-win situation! The Green favour forever pursuits!

Mr Boccieri's vote in favour of cap-and-trade is extremely damaging in a state that depends on coal for almost all of its power.

He's a brave lad and has got a good determination about him; these things will all work in his favour.

With the world in recession, the pendulum may have swung back in favour of a Canadian grand prix.

Its Japanese rivals Suzuki and Nissan have bypassed China as an export base in favour of India, where factory workers earn half as much.

Not one professional historian employed by a British university has spoken out either in favour of these ideas or against them.

Companies can point to one strong piece of evidence in favour of hiring outsiders: share prices usually leap at the news.

Once the stench begins to die down, shareholders in UralKali will find the odds strongly in their favour for the long run.

production again favour, safety did not forget, human life, safety is first.

It satisfies society's legitimate desire to smite evildoers (though advocates of restorative justice may favour community work or fines).

We have already coped with the recent widespread ideological trend in favour of bourgeois liberalization and made some changes of personnel.