Sentences with phrase «favour of changing»

Also I'm totally in favour of you changing up your living room furniture arrangement.

There are also powerful political arguments in favour of changing the law.

As an aside: I'm in favour of changing «Law Society of Upper Canada» to «Law Society of Ontario» on the basis that «Upper Canada» is an anachronism.

First, it strikes me that one of the primary claims in favour of changing the name is, at root, an empirical one: that some significant set of the public finds the LSUC name confusing (potentially even offensive?).

The scientifically weighted poll found a similarly large majority in favour of changing the current voting system.

Considering that the choice of voting system to the most powerful legislature in the country is of fundamental importance to the very fabric of society, I believe that, if there is anything close to a majority of the electorate in favour of changing the voting system, whether that be to PR or not, then the question must be put to the electorate.

The letter from Grayling to then mayor Boris Johnson states: «While I am generally a great supporter of what you are doing in London, I would not be in favour of changing the current arrangements.

Six voted in favour of changing the law, with only Aberdeen and Orkney opposing.

If any members of the Church including also individual bishops were to demand that the Church should alter her constitution in a way contradicting her dogmatically defined self - understanding, such movement in favour of change would actually no longer take place within the Church but outside, for those demanding such a change could no longer belong to the Church in the full sense of a visible society.

The University problems were proving entirely tractable, Spalatin was in favour of the changes.

Jonathan Barnett, the chairman of leading football agency Stellar Group, is also in favour of the changes.

She and her club are very much in favour of the change and Brady claimed that 17 of the current Premier League members are all in favour, a figure that should see the change passed.

Up the Clarets understands that Burnley will be in favour of the change and that was all but confirmed yesterday by manager Sean Dyche who would like to see it closed ten days before the season started.

The bill reflects a broad consensus in favour of change.

A narrow majority of votes were cast in favour of change, but this had no effect due to a requirement that the number voting «Yes» had to exceed 40 % of the total electorate.

Those in favour of change won by 256 votes to 241.

On the noble Lord's more general point, I have indicated that the Government are in favour of the changes proposed by the Commission.

We were given the opportunity to adopt the AV system in a 2011 referendum, yet it was decisively rejected, with 68 % of voters opting for No on a 42 % turnout, in part the result of the abject failure of electoral reform advocates to craft a convincing case in favour of change.

«The leaders of other parties in Wales have already spoken in favour of this change.

Mr Balls, who was rated the most gay - friendly of the five candidates by Stonewall, has not made any statement on the issue but a member of his campaign team told left - wing blog Liberal Conspiracy that he was in favour of the change.

Stakeholders who were in favour of the changes felt that investors are not adequately protected, as advisers are able to recommend products that offer them the highest compensation rather than ones they feel are the best investments.

His pleas to Obama comes in a discussion about whether the environmental debate in the US has become too partisan, with the belief that the Democrats are all in favour of change while the Republicans simply want to back big business and stop all environmental measures.

to the J.D. Recently the President of the Alumni Association reported that of the 500 or so alumni who responded to a survey on the matter, «approximately 90 %» were in favour of the change, and that a vote by the current students found 75 % of them in favour.

They also say that even if this were possible in reality, the very fact that there is a public perception to the contrary would in itself militate in favour of change.

The IMC continued: «That decision and the efforts invested by the leadership of the republican movement in presenting the arguments in favour of the change were further substantial evidence of their commitment to the democratic process.»

I am 100 % in favour of change provided it benefits the consumers & clients.

Not exact matches

The Republican Party's fast journey from debating how to combat human - caused climate change to arguing that it does not exist is a story of big political money, Democratic hubris in the Obama years and a partisan chasm that grew over nine years like a crack in the Antarctic shelf, favouring extreme positions and uncompromising rhetoric over co-operation and conciliation.

Almost two thirds of ExxonMobil shareholders voted in favour of a motion asking the company to report on the impacts of climate change.

Google's plans to favour websites that have been optimized for a better mobile experience, is «reflecting the change the consumer has made in terms of digital behaviour,» Peter Vaz, chair of IAB Canada's mobile committee, told Marketing.

The entertainment industry has changed dramatically since the high court ruled in favour of home video recording in 1984 in a 5 - 4 decision.

This was a notable change from the panel's views in 2006 — before the financial crisis and recession — when more execs were in favour of loosening restrictions in the sector.

Both are trying to adapt to changing consumer tastes, as people become skeptical of packaged goods in favour of more natural and healthier foods.

In the United States, Congress has largely favoured stimulus over austerity (new House Speaker John Boehner vowed to change this in his maiden speech), but a growing number of cash - strapped states and cities is stoking the same kind of sovereign debt fears that are rippling through Europe.

Even though the intellectual climate within the Reserve Bank and other economic policy agencies was already moving in favour of deregulation in the early 1970s, wider community acceptance of the case for change did not come until after the Government set up a broad - ranging inquiry, conducted by a group of independent experts.

There are few true «all weather» companies in the world simply because legislation or technology can always change in favour of a competing alternative.

FIVE: Low Turnover of Stocks There are a few reasons why you should favour funds which rarely make changes in their portfolio.

Advertisements recently released by the Ontario government are, in my opinion, a good example of an emotional argument in favour of a climate change plan.

The bishop of Edessa at that time, Rabbula was in favour of the Diophysite movement at first, but by AD 352 he changed his position and turned against his friends in the school of Edessa as well as the Antiochean theologians as a whole.

Traditionally Christian thinking has favoured order over justice and hence we are unable to relate meaningfully to situation of change.

A research programme is even more resistant to change than a theory, but may eventually be abandoned in favour of a new programme which has greater promise of explaining known data, resolving anomalies, and predicting novel phenomena.

What if your son or daughter told you they were gay?Would you follow your narrow - minded, religious bigotry, and curse them to hell?Or, could you find a way to change your mind and continue to love them?Would you slap your kid in the face and kick them out of the house and ask your god why he is so cruel to little - old you?Do yourself a favour and spend a moment thinking on this subject before you spout your hate - fulll nonsense again... and for crying out loud, LAY OFF THE KFC!!

In any case it is to be expected that the state of opinion described will change very rapidly in favour of freedom to maintain a theory of evolution.

Traditionally Christian thinking has favoured order over justice and hence we are unable to relate meaningfully to the situation of change.

Those who favoured the appointment of a hard - nosed US or British food retailer saw Banducci, who joined Woolworths in 2011 as head of liquor, as an insider and questioned his ability to achieve cultural change.

Therefore, changes in the way in which imports are regulated may affect different crops and different countries in different ways, some working in favour of organic producers, some against.

Because the changes to our Premier League fixtures reported by Arsenal.com for around the time of our two games with Monaco have actually worked in our favour for a change.

Elneny isn't really doing himself any favours... sideway passing with no penetration or change of pace... even Mustafi gives more forward passes into dangerous areas... he's defensive game is not that great either.

It was announced yesterday that UEFA have agreed to change the seeding system for the Champions League group stage next season, with the new rules to favour the winners of the continent's major domestic leagues rather than those with a previously exemplary record of qualification.

Well, maybe Arsenal would have still lost the game anyway, but obviously if those disputes had been settled in Arsenal's favour it would have changed the whole complexion of the match.

They say the specific number of clubs who voted in favour of the rule change is not yet clear but at least fourteen of the twenty clubs must have voted for the proposal in order for it to be sanctioned.