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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.

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

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

She was more or less abandoned by Western governments keen to curry favour with Mr Meles.

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

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

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

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

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

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

There was often some crawling sneak who would not scruple to curry favour with Misery by reporting the crime.

Cerulli notes plain-vanilla equities funds are falling out of favour, with investors flocking to aggressive bond and guaranteed funds.

He hasn't started more than 17 league games in a season since his first and he's fallen out of favour with the Brazilian national side.

The law should be applied without fear or favour, with only cold reason and the facts of the case determining what happens to the accused.

The action caused the value of our stock to plummet, and it is still out of favour with investors.

Yet his "sunshine policy" toward North Korea is out of favour with the current South Korean government.

But for those seeking the perfect gift to curry favour with Chinese officials, moutai is indispensable at this time of year.

Joseph had one final word for the cupbearer: 'When you are back in favour with Pharaoh, please mention my case to him.

The faction that captures the target first will of course gain considerable prestige and wealth as well as win favour with the Pope.

This was obviously a reasonable suggestion; it didn't, however, find favour with your employer.

For payment, please arrange for an irrevocable letter of credit, valid until June 30, to be opened in our favour with the ABC Bank.

To curry favour with the West, he released political prisoners, allowed some opposition campaigning and invited foreigners to watch.

It was meant to win favour with you.

Political candidates often portray themselves as the sweet dad or sweet mom to curry favour with the voters.

Credit rating agencies have fallen out of favour with top investors.

Not to boast of my former beauty, or strength, or favour with ladies, & c.

product of china peaceful illume gains the support that got broad client and favour with best quality , steady performance , rich design.

The dress in slim, elegant, full and flowing style has found the greatest favour with young ladies.

And on style, Mr Obama is already criticised by some as being too Clintonesque in his eagerness to curry favour with the media.

Over the past few years, the policy of promoting zones has found favour with the government of India as well.

It seems that Tim is back in favour with his boss.

He did everything to Curry favour with his superiors in the hope of getting promoted.

It is in hiddenness that we, like Jesus, can increase "in wisdom, in stature, and in favour with God and with people" (Luke 2: 51).

When it comes to currying favour with the Kremlin, he has scarcely put a foot wrong.

Protesters decry what they see as attempts by politicians, including Barack Obama, to curry favour with them.

He seized every opportunity to curry favour with influential people.

Our plan is not in favour with the authority.

Sir Walter is out of favour with the king.

Yet until now Mr Aliev has always bounced back into favour with his father-in-law.

Jinlong decides to show favour with Shufang as he suspects that Jiahui is his biological daughter.

And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

Oliver works hard so he is in favour with his boss.

Good students are always in favour with their teachers.

He worked himself into favour with his boss.

He is out of favour with the boss.

Praising God, and having favour with all the people.

She bought favour with flattery.

But he is also careful to curry favour with the Communist Party .

This textbook quickly found favour with the students.

Currying favour with the Chinese is both sensible and necessary if you are serious about growing in a nation with 1. 3 billion people.

The government has lost favour with the voters.

We can give to win favour with God. We can think it will give us a great reputation for our generosity.

If we do this we will be like the man of verse 4 who is in favour with God and man.

They do so in order to curry favour with local officialdom.

We can easily have wrong motives. We can give to win favour with God.

But this is heavily tilted in China's favour, with the deficit more than doubling to $9. 17bn in the past fiscal year.

The president delivers a meaty speech to Congress that will not find much favour with the Republicans

He found favour with his boss

He is trying his BEST to curry favour with his boss