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Favour meaning

British standard spelling of favor.

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He said the government was "not only taking a step in favour of feminism, but in favour of Spanish society as a whole".

I believe it’s to do with trying to be efficient, not in favour of the residents, but in favour of the workers who don’t want to regularly maintain trees.

Councillor Coulson added: “People are overwhelmingly in favour of opening it and there is a group overwhelmingly in favour of keeping it shut.

Names like Favour Ashe and Godson Oghenebrume in the men’s 100 metres, and Rosemary Chukwuma and Favour Ofili in the women’s sprints, evoke memories of Nigeria’s past glories on the Olympic stage.

While other sites in the Long Lands Community could be considered to have a 70/30 bias in favour of nature, the Food Forest can be seen as 70/30 in favour of humans - community volunteering, public education, and preservation of heritage food varieties.

Around 47 per cent of the vote went to parties in favour of Brexit, around 52 per cent went for parties that are in one way or another in favour of a second referendum.

The party membership discussed the issues of joint leadership on 25 September and after a long discussion voted in favour of the proposal, with all of the Central Committee members (including Bishop and Whiteman) voting in favour.

He told the court that on November 27, 2014 he noticed a transaction involving the alleged N9 million, admitting that it was in favour of one Benjamin Aboho, adding that yet another N9 million transfer was carried out in favour of one Herman Hembe.

The deal defines cross-community support as more than 50% each of unionist and nationalist Assembly members voting in favour, or at least 40% of members from each designation if in total at least 60% of members have voted in favour.

Eight people voted in favour of refurbishing the flats and 14 in favour of demolition, but of those 14, six were private landlords and three were owner-occupiers.

If you have 32 votes on our side, and one of their Members of Parliament vote in favour, the mathematics changes and it’s 33 in favour and 32 remaining votes.

Research has revealed that those in favour of cutting loose from the EU are more categorical and “think outside the box” less than those who favour remain, with a stronger dislike for uncertainty and a greater love of daily routine.

The poll showed that only 45 percent of Germans were in favour of another grand coalition, although 68 percent of conservatives were in favour, and 57 percent of SPD members.

The architect entirely dispensed with the round arch in favour of the pointed arch and with cylindrical columns in favour of piers composed of clusters of shafts which lead into the mouldings of the arches.

A ballot of Unison members at the publicly owned utility found almost four fifths (78 per cent) were in favour of strike action.

Abdul Sattar, a minister in the Shinde cabinet, said, “Just like we got the Shiv Sena name and the party symbol, we will get a verdict in our favour.

According to the slayqueen named Favour, she has a boyfriend but when he’s unable to meet her financial needs, she does hookup.

According to Wanjohi Ndagu, the Partner and Investment Director at Pearl Capital Partners Ltd based in Uganda, many African governments have policies that favour importation even when farmers in those countries have bumper harvests of the same product.

A consultative ballot by Unison in April saw an overwhelming majority (96.9%) voting to reject the plans to downgrade their posts with more than 9 in 10 (91%) voting in favour of industrial action.

After over five years of legal fireworks, Nigeria has finally succeeded in halting the enforcement of the $11 billion arbitration award in favour of P&ID.