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Example sentences for: favour

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"To ignore this in favour of viewing the resulting impasse as a victory of the forces of light (ordinary people or at least their self-appointed representatives) over the forces of darkness (that is, proponents of free trade) is to create a false, misleading, and ultimately harmful dichotomy," the paper said.
1A) do not possess a LRR domain, is not in favour of the existence of a LRR-containing ancestor: in that case, at least two independent LRR deletion events (versus one LRR acquisition event, see below) would be required to generate the angel, 3635 and nocturnin families on the one hand, and the CCR4 arabidopsis proteins on the other hand.
We need not cavil, of course, at the absence of such obvious reference sources; in a work like this the author has the right to favour serendipity over methodical research.
[The Times, 20 June 1988] There is probably something to be said in favour of the occasional use of rude language in drama for the sake of realism; on the other hand, in the real world rude language is often the resort of those who are unable to articulate their thoughts and emotions, and the presence of characters so afflicted is certainly dispensable in drama.
Of course, the Independent is not in favour of the hereditary principle, but if it happens to coincide with the popular will, then who can argue with it?"