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He makes light of favours while he does them and seems to be receiving when he is conferring .

She favours a midnight blue pinstriped suit paired with a fitted satin shirt and black patent heels for her professional life.

Mr Obama has often said he favours reform, but no one knows how much political capital he will invest in its pursuit.

That said, the reaction of the politicians also reflects a secret shame at the depths to which they once stooped to gain favours.

But he makes it sound as if Mr McCain is doing special favours for an industry many Americans regard as villainous.

Yet its own documents seem to suggest that the system favours larger networks in certain cases.

They do not see why the bank should be doing Kumho Asiana any favours.

If his house could accommodate any friend of theirs-it would be but a slight acknowledgment of the many favours he owned them.

I'm sorry, you have to sign it again, you know I'm your fans, but I would very reluctantly give up what one favours.

It favours sandy soils in the warmer, eastern parts of the continent, where it may grow up to 15 metres in height.

Mr Obama has said he favours a ban on assault weapons, of the sort Bill Clinton brought in in 1994 (it has now lapsed).

China is a country that favours gradualism. So unless we see inflation going out of control, the chance of a one-off jump is relatively low.

If ye would count up the favours of Allah, never would ye be able to number them: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Gift-giving in China is often about showing off status and storing up goodwill that might one day produce favours.

Trying to keep prices low favours textile makers but is bad for farmers who grow the stuff.

Just as important is a comprehensive reform of a labour market which favours insiders.

I still feel that there are going to be a few twists and turns, but we are relying on other people to do us favours .

But, in an age that favours diplomatic skills as well as technical ones, Exxon may be at a particular disadvantage.

They are not embarrassed to ask for favours or tout business propositions at family dinners. "That really helps us, " he beams.

America's recent courtship of India and the favours it has bestowed on it have renewed Pakistanis' sense of betrayal.

And there are further suggestions that the WHO's decision favours Novartis, which some claim has made a huge profit out of the Coartem ACT.

His latest act has done his people, his government and his own reputation no favours at all .

Often, too, it implies membership of a social group, within which favours can be traded to spread the load of parenthood.

Everybody knows that he is an apple-polisher. He owes his present position to the little favours he has done to his superiors.

He favours the creation of a third political party, "Alliance for the Radical Centre" to the left of the Democrats.

He showed his gratitude for the favours of Allah, who chose him, and guided him to a Straight Way.

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They are not embarrassed to ask for favours or tout business propositions at family dinners.

The divorce regime in England and Wales is out of step with other legal jurisdictions in that it favours the less wealthy spouse.

Foreign corporations that assist it in stemming the flow of information are doing neither China nor themselves any favours.

Assemblymen have to heed their constituents, many of whom fear Mr Lee's economic agenda favours the wealthy at the expense of the poor.

But there are concerns that Kenya is asking for too many favours in return for embarking on what is bound to be a messy legal process.

Some turned up at the place, mingling more among the curious spectators rather than among the pilgrims avid for heavenly signs and favours.

The Singaporeans' kinase (win at all costs) negotiating style does them few favours in a region where saving face is important.

He favours the companionship-in-hard-times theory: "Going through difficult times with someone special is better than doing it alone. "

and - a second energy recovery stratagem that favours high efficiency of the rotary electrical machine (4).

She favours her grandmother more than her mother.

In fairness to Mr Osborne, he is one of those who favours treating large banks and small ones differently.

She was reputedly involved with more than a dozen officials of vice-minister status and above, in return for business favours.

Poland may be able to guard against the risk of credit and housing booms because the climate now favours tighter bank regulation.

In New York he might wear a suit but in Bentonville he favours a casual jacket and no tie.

Besides, you have to organise your content in such a way that your potential customers can locate their favours easily.

She learned the family business by watching her father dole out jobs and her mother keep a file of favours owed.

He favours his youngest, who looks and is said to act like him, the leader's former sushi chef wrote in a in a 2003 memoir.

Ancelotti usually favours a Christmas Tree formation, but opted for a trident with Kaka supporting Alexandre Pato and Pippo Inzaghi.

Although the Obama administration favours scrapping the policy, it would prefer it be done in Congress rather than through the court system.

Given his own dictatorial tendencies, the Belarusian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, may require similar favours in years to come.

Under cover of consultation or lecturing, a visitor may be given favours, advantageous economic conditions or commercial opportunities.

'The Spelling Society favours the first, ' he said.

More in China are beginning to question "mainstream" economic thinking that favours open markets and private enterprise.

The celebrations of the centenary of Handel 's birth set a pattern for the next 150 years that did his music no favours.

The goons who accompanied the Olympic torch in its progress around the world did China's image no favours.

Another change is the thinning out of small parties. Iraq's new political system favours large coalitions.

Switzerland now favours domestic loans by ignoring them in one measure of the capital its banks need to hold; foreign loans count in full.

Mr Romney favours sanctions so tight that Iranian leaders would start to feel like those who upheld apartheid in South Africa.

More generally, Barack Obama made it clear during the election campaign that he favours negotiations with Iran.

And the UN convention goes beyond bribery in the old sense of office-holders taking cash for favours.

If you expect to gain favours from the king, you will have to grovel before him to show your respect and obedience.

The good sceptics have done a good service, but some of the mad ones I think have not done anyone any favours.

She favours enlightenment and dialogue as the best path to changing attitudes and resolving conflict.

But Mr Hunt favours practical reforms over the open conflict with the broadcaster that characterised the Thatcher years.

But I don't think it does the country's international image any favours to clumsily choke access to what is happening on the ground.

Wedding favours are a fantastic way for the bridegroom to thank their guests and it need not be an expensive exercise.

His childhood's sense of superiority, instilled into him by the favours of old Mr Earnshaw, was faded away.

No one favours bringing the full range of fiscal, monetary and regulatory functions back together under political control.

Moreover, large farmers are often well-connected and spend more time lobbying for special favours than doing the hard work.

The growth of screens outside America also favours big action films: an explosion is an explosion, regardless of language.

for herders , timing of payment often trumps price as a selling preference . this favours cash - oriented traders.

Leave aside that he favours targeting the wealthy and big corporations in particular. Rather he may be wrong to insist on raising taxes now.

Mr Kan does himself few favours. Though a canny politician, he is a clumsy speaker, with none of Mr Koizumi's razzmatazz.

This, says David Hodson, a specialist in international divorce law, favours the "wealthier, more aggressive, more unscrupulous party" .

These include objective C (which Apple favours), C# (espoused by rival Microsoft) and Java (the choice for a host of internet applications).

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Just by the layout, the speed of the corners, I think it favours our car, but we still need to see how quick we are.

As a matter of economics the balance of risks strongly favours further fiscal and monetary stimulus.

Republicans have yet even to announce a programme, preferring to stand on simple, unified opposition to everything Mr Obama favours.

As for the US business community, while divisions also persist, representatives say the mood now favours pushing for revaluation.

Smaller clubs, struggling with finances, favour extracting every penny from upfront payments, an approach which favours pay-TV operators.

In keeping with worldwide practice, the Antiquities and Monuments Office favours conservation of archaeological sites.

Relations between the Standard of "the Three Favours" and the Important Thought of "the Three Represents"

Mr Singh may also deal with the topic of trade which, smuggling aside, heavily favours India, to Bangladeshi ire.

The (communist) chairman of the parliamentary commission, which is due to report at the end of January, favours a burqa ban.

I shall never forget all the favours you have bestowed on me.

Look and style: Nicklaus favours wide open; Doak prefers a bit more variety.

So villagers do each other favours while residents of large, anonymous cities do not.

But power can also be a means of extorting sexual and other favours.

Our cities do not need favours, but they do deserve a level playing field.

The police report stated that the candidate dispensed favours to people who voted for him.

Though official policy favours outward investment, China's companies are constrained by restricted access to foreign exchange.

The preference had characteristics of stage, generally speaking, the crop which prefer to nitrate maybe show property of favours ammonium.

We cannot wait for favours from nature, we must take them from her.

Nancy Birdsall of the Centre for Global Development, a think-tank in Washington, DC, favours decoupling advice and loans.

And he still seems bent on repaying election favours to a rapacious old guard.

Third, as a demonstration that the government will no longer grant special favours to the nuclear industry.

Mr Reid's proposals, many of which Barack Obama favours, will no doubt reappear.

Mr Ross favours offering Iran carrots and sticks to abandon its nuclear ambitions, but will not rule out military action.

less scrupulous colleagues endear themselves with gifts, favours and the lure of an easier lifestyle.

We cannot wait for favours from nature; we must take from her.

He acknowledges that science favours numbers, and argues that happiness statistics can be more objective than one might think.

The system, he adds, needs a much-enlarged capital base, while the tax bias that favours debt over equity should be eliminated.

You get a sense of the many things Mr Abbott doesn't like; it is harder to know what he favours.

In a new report on "scale and innovation" , he concludes that today's economy favours big companies over small ones.

He favours all manner of devices which can, from a distance, induce illnesses, read minds and covertly harass innocent targets.

American business strongly favours immigration reform: parts of the economy such as hotels and agribusiness depend on immigrant labour.

Especially people should listen to thegoalkeepers' point of view, because the ball isn't doing them any favours.

But for most, solar panels are more or less a commodity, which favours big producers with access to cheap capital.

Advertisers and workers can both see that they will be better off with entities the Chinese government favours, which means domestic firms.

Mr Hatoyama, with no favours to return, has a chance both to revolutionise how Japan is governed and to revitalise the economy.

She favours the decentralised Swiss model, which preserves individual choice and competition.

Even today, pervasive corruption makes it hard to do business without buying favours.

His victory, while a blow to the ruling Grand National Party (GNP), does the main opposition no favours.

The researchers found that managers tended to do their friends favours by assigning them the easiest rows.

The child favours his father with his brown eyes.

We will have done ourselves no favours if what is billed as "comprehensive regulatory reform" over-promises and under-delivers.

Mostly (but not always) they play the female, and their favours are competed for fiercely.

So you have to assume that the size of the bow you choose to make depends entirely on the favours you are hoping to get in return.

Start with a tax system, particularly in the US, that favours debt finance.

But primarily, because nitrogen is a fertiliser, it favours wild plants that can maximise the use of nitrogen to help them grow.

And the European Union's competition rules place some limits on the ability to do special favours for particular firms.

Mr Pidcock of Newton favours "cherry-picking" companies poised to benefit from the spending power of China's burgeoning middle-class.

Mr McCain listed several other differences between his policies and the Democrats'. He favours low taxes and light regulation.

He favours a voluntary cap-and-trade system for curbing carbon emissions, which is like arguing for a voluntary income tax.

But the bloated buy-out barons, particularly the leveraged flippers of existing businesses, need no special favours.

Lord Carlile, a Liberal Democrat peer who keeps an official eye on anti-terrorism measures, favours extending the limit.

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Even without excluding the don't knows, a clear majority favours treating the drug equivalently to tobacco and alcohol.

Most people return small favours, acknowledge middling ones, and repay great ones with ingratitude.

This, says David Hodson, a specialist in international divorce law, favours the "wealthier, more aggressive, more unscrupulous[2] party" .

It bars people from giving lifts in their cars to undocumented immigrants, or doing them various other favours.

He favours a "competitive system more capable of using resources optimally. "

Greece needs transparent and impartial rules, but politicians are not keen to limit the scope for dishing out favours.

His strongest weapon is to declare, falsely, that his opponents want to do nothing whereas he favours bold action.

A landlord requested sexual favours in lieu of rent from a tenant operating an escort agency from the rental property.

Well, that hollow purple voile is also one of my favours!

Small five favours should a , didn't ask more as well, to prepare breakfast for Qin Yue Lou.

But in matters of substance, Mr Nazarbayev has in recent days done more favours to China than to Russia.

Twitter, like cablese, favours observation rather than analysis.

A comparison of their recent records, compiled by PFC Energy, a consultancy, does Exxon few favours.

Heretically for a Republican, he favours background checks for those who buy guns at gun shows.

He will not receive any favours and looks set to be treated like everybody else in the group.

Meanwhile, Torres believes the prospect of being favourites in next summer's World Cup may not do Spain any favours.

In general he favours light regulation, but he now agrees with Mr Obama that Wall Street needs firmer oversight.

The west favours Social Democrats (they govern Berlin together) or Christian Democrats.

The world's poor will hope the position was given in reward for past loyalties, not in expectation of future favours.

To the extent that it favours spending cuts over tax rises, the budget may help growth.

Conclusion: The forecasting system of limit test is quick and simple to handle, and favours the methods comparison and selection.

The CCMR also favours this milder type of non-legislative reform, because it would not require congressional approval.

Mr Obama has consistently made it clear he favours a mixed capitalist economy.

This indicates some process involving liquid water favours the creation of left-handed amino acids.

He favours school choice. They do not.

She is always asking me for favours.

The trading of opinions, insights and favours necessarily requires shadow, not light.

She favours carrots and sticks to cajole Iran and North Korea into abandoning their nuclear ambitions.

The lover whom she favours may get his fill of bliss, but his heart's blood is wrung out under her relentless embrace.

Socialist policy favours public ownership of the coal industry.

Men are supposed to return the favours received on Valentine's Day one month later on White Day, a Japanese creation.

Whatever direction the fashion for wedding favours go, it is clear that they are extremely popular still and are here to stay.

It favours free markets, but not uncritically, and is concerned to mitigate inequality.

A group of humble mourners entered the gate: wearing white favours; for the corpse was young.

Continuing with April the situation favours you in your career and there could be some conflicts with friends.

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

However, this treatment favours the growth of an oxide layer .

CIT's advisers hope this will be lifted but, as one admits, regulators are "in no mood to do favours" .

Most NGOs have codes of conduct, under which the purchase of sexual favours, let alone actual abuse, is strictly banned.

And when the word is spread by Mr Buffett, the world's second-richest man, it can also do your share price a few favours.

On domestic matters, he favours a stimulus package, but opposes a return to the LDP's big-spending ways.

NDP people have the deepest pockets, so the party can hand out favours at election time.

The most ardent critic in Washington, DC, of the relic that favours the uranium business has been Nick Rahall.

Yes, but my socialism doesn't value state over society. It favours a more communitarian style of politics.

Of course the court favours the humorous rumour.

Bollettieri heavily favours the open stance style. He also believes in short back swings and encourages his players to hit swing volleys.

Neither have I forgotten how apt some travellers are to boast of extraordinary favours they have received.

One fifth of the world's population. Plus a culture that currently favours sporting success.

Over time, these favours were replaced with almonds to represent wellness in the bride-groom's life.

Mr Scholes favours relying less on VAR to calculate capital reserves against losses.

Mr Abe favours rewriting the pacifist constitution that America imposed upon Japan after defeat in the second world war.

He favours openness over a security lockdown in the region.

The concept is not new: in 2000, the movie "Pay It Forward" pondered the effect of favours being passed on rather than being returned.

And he favours tax reform to encourage them to bequeath their money to their grandchildren, rather than their children.

Grass types: Doak favours the more natural look(fescue); Nicklaus the more manicured look.

But Mr Obama has done himself no favours by fudging the hard budget choices which must ultimately be made.

Yes, Mr Obama favours trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of September 11th 2001, in a civilian court.

They favour "big government mandates" to improve America's health care. He favours freer competition to bring down costs.

The court was thronged with young men for favours.

RWE, which favours a complete shift to spot prices, has apparently followed suit.

The energy policy of Greece favours major private sector investment.

He favours casual, sporty clothes over elegant formalwear.

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Insult people at all. Not good. Does you no favours.

POOR countries needing investment and favours from their richer counterparts should polish their images and avoid rows.

Unlike many Republicans, he favours swift action to curb climate change.

As for taxes, if the code favours debt over equity, it is the tax laws that need fixing, not private equity.

IBM has the financial and operational characteristics that Mr Buffett favours.

But he favours a move to Real to boost his career after falling down United's pecking order.

It's about becoming independent, not relying on others for lifts, money or favours.

Shadow is strongest where there is little light, and luck favours Dark Elf fighters while they war in their vast caverns.

This favours banking over manufacturing.

In this instance, public opinion favours the Democratic position, while the constitution favours the Republican one.

Instead, he favours giving untested drugs directly to people.

While the British approach might make sense for bigger problems, he says he favours the Chinese approach for smaller ones.

We add touches of Welsh favours to the party, by inviting Welsh Jazz Band to perform and teach you the traditional Welsh dance.

That favours larger funds, which can afford the extra safeguards.

The G20 will often disappoint, but its existence certainly favours the converging dynamic of the past three decades.

He favours its partial listing on the stockmarket, but has accepted that changing the constitution to allow this is politically impossible.

He was about fifteen, and only faintly could one see the first traces of vanity, a product of the favours shown him by women.

I think the balance of evidence favours a much more positive interpretation.

He currently favours local currency bonds in Latin America and Asia.

Remember my favours which I have favoured you with, and that I have preferred you above the worlds.

we are fast becoming a laughing stock. and gillette and hicks and parrys silence is doing us no favours.

He also favours tougher standards on labour and the environment in trade deals.

You'd be doing no-one any favours by underestimating what it costs to run your business.

In many respects the proposed joint venture favours BHP.

Modern technology favours the skilled.

Brazil has hydro power and biofuels, so it wants a regime that favours those.

The warm climate favours many types of tropical plants.

America has done itself few favours with the new government.

He favours a Mediterranean Union to link countries around its rim.

In point of fact, neither Mr Giuliani nor Mr Perry favours gay marriage.

It will not have done the Murdoch family many favours.

Do you think your teacher favours you?

He favours inheritance tax and gives money to such causes as birth control and anti-nuclear campaigning.

Among 4 available favours, I prefer the Campbell 's Instant Soup Mushroom chicken with croutons the most.

Chances favours the minds that are prepared.

He favours a more businesslike approach, involving a more liquid market for investors to buy and sell ideas.

On climate change he, like Mr McCain, favours a cap-and-trade system.

"She worked her way up, with no special favours. "

It favours the ambitious people same as happiness.

They too started giving similar favours to their wedding guests.

What the government really has to do is to end an entire culture of discrimination that favours state-owned companies over private ones.

"Chance favours the prepared mind, " he says.

He famously looked into Mr Putin's eyes, but felt he owed him no favours.

Everyone at the rally wore red ribbons as favours.

They are stringing along him by offering him occasional favours.

She favours value added strategies in retail property in China, and office buildings in Singapore where demand outstrips supply.

This time, however, he has done shareholders no favours.

They barter trade favours with each other thinking that they are loving people.

The former option favours the married man.

We did what we had to do against Debrecen but unfortunately Lyon didn't do us any favours against Ford Cortina.

One prominent feature of the Pig year is that it favours family values and the home.

A female in high places befriends or favours you.

Everybody have the same favours!

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Many of these are appointed as favours to senators' friends or political supporters.

Do you agree Pizza Hut provide many favours for your selection?

Fortune favours fools.

I don't mind scratching her back because she done me several favours in the past.

In (much too) short, that's the school of thought in China which favours free markets and a clean break from socialism.

At first sight, little of this favours the dollar.

Surely that is better than begging favours?