Sentences with phrase «favour of something»

It said 88 percent of those who responded said the board should end his contract after this season, with only seven percent in favour of him staying in charge.

He insisted he had decided to stand down ahead of the national executive voting by 17 - 14 in favour of him staying in the job.

Even if such a course had been offered as an option, I likely would have passed it over in favour of something much more interesting.

The future is a thing within the gaming industry that is usually exploited in favour of us as gamers.

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

If the petition is successful there would be a referendum that only leads to a by - election if a majority of constituents voted in favour of it.

Let me explain: it has been a few years since Audi gave a big rethink to the front view of its lineup, abandoning the old smooth, svelte, wind - cheating look in favour of something more grille - heavy and power - suggestive — like that of a 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC, or possibly a Dodge Ram truck.

Samsung's flagship line of phones look great, but a bloated version of Android and a half - baked voice assistant, Bixby, aren't doing it any favours

There is also news that Toshiba has dumped the Tegra 2 chip in favour of something else.

This method of breastfeeding does not favour those of us with big breast, is there another type?

In Scotland the Scottish Labour party SMPs had voted against bringing them in in Scotland, and then, the Scottish Labour party MPs voted in favour of it at Westminster allowing the government to scrape through with a narrow majority.

Ditching the Bali Action Plan in favour of something new would simply be a way for A1 countries to be let off the hook while appearing to be committed to emission reduction action.

Like Turansky, and many other pastors I met, Vines believes that the next generation will increasingly move away from the entertainment model that characterises many megachurches, in favour of something considered more «authentic».

Human sacrifices are also made to these gods or goddesses, either to appease them or to ask favours of them.

He's not the most adept at the job he does and was given a fair old crack of the whip at Man U under Fergie but even he knew Evans had flaws in his game and wasn't the most consistent or prolific of players and moved him on in favour of something better.

I think the tables are turning in favour of us over Chelsea.

Usmanov would buy Arsenal in a heartbeat so why cant the fan groups who have contact with Arsenal make contact with a certain Russians entourage to encourage another bid with all the protests in favour of him taking over.

The odds are now stacked in favour of him becoming the next Paris Saint - Germain manager, with Unai Emery expected to be shown the door by the Paris giants.

While there is a strong case to be made in favour of him starting week in week out on the left where he is at his devastating best, the energy and dynamism he brings against tiring opposition legs has worked is too good a weapon to miss out on.

The Bill was proposed by Kirsty Williams, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, and the Assembly voted in favour of it last month.

The second half of his proposal shouldn't prove hard to reconcile with Conservative views; the idea of increasing the tax free threshold was considered by Michael Howard, and Lord Saatchi had spoken in favour of it long before it made it into the Lib Dem manifesto.

If that did ever happen again, I would be in favour of them submitting - on a weekly basis - to a specially convened session of questions from MPs.

However, recent polling of Johnson's potential successors has buoyed those in favour of him standing again.

The delay of Uncharted 4 no doubt hurt the PS4's 2015 lineup and arguing in favour of it against the Xbox One's extremely strong set of exclusives is an uphill battle.

Some rumours suggest more DKC, others suggest a return to Metroid, while a third group suggest neither of these will play out in favour of them working on a completely different IP — Nothing however is yet know about their future works.

«Despite the shift to a setting ripe with political parallels, Ubisoft have swerved from seriousness in favour of something altogether more loud and silly, deflecting specific social commentary with an apocalyptic fantasy of extravagant proportions that's competently entertaining, but ultimately misses its mark.»

And it doesn't look much like Killzones of yore — Guerrilla has finally ditched the gloomy black, brown and grey colour palette in favour of something rather more colourful, and lashings of lens - flare.

Following on from Dreamvar v Mishcon De Reya Solicitors (last year) are urging the Supreme Court to rule in favour of them receiving fees for their work in Personal Injury cases.

The highly controversial test was going to be introduced on August 4 and earlier this month MPs voted in favour of it by 273 to 203 with only David Davis MP rebelling from the Conservatives.

The high - level stuff is this: Material Design has bold, purposeful colours and animations that do away with the black, white and blue palettes of Android Holo in favour of something lighter and more alive.

Highlight your accomplishments, special projects undertaken, technology ability in favour of you etc..

The dark cottage kitchen gets the heave - ho in favour of something brighter, more modern and practical for renters.

But by the time he made his Ocean Park paintings, he felt he had resolutely abandoned figuration in favour of something much more spiritual and contemplative.

However, if you're good at using the guns standard Iron Sights you may want to ignore Warlord in favour of something else.

It's the enablers that are as much to blame, those on the board and the poison that is Kronke, and also those fans that many years ago marched in favour of him staying when he could have gone to manage Real or Barca.

Nevertheless, he does make a very valid point and he will get support from many who aren't in favour of it as it does lead to a great deal of confusion with the way it is currently used.

Joanna, however, advocated strongly in favour of it because she's in favour of anything Canadian, which is what we love about her.

For 2015, the chunky facade of old has gone in favour of something with some real style and significantly more road presence.

And the ECJ will rule in favour of them for the simple reason that they are not enforcing the external border of the customs union.

In this discussion, can we drop the term «progressives» in favour of something at least reasonably accurate — «repressives» perhaps?

I'm SO happy you kept the bath and toilet — they just don't make em like that any more, and it hurts me every time I see a «makeover / reno» which strips the perfectly good «old» in favour of something new, but without soul or longevity.

I agree that flexibility is important as there are times we will nix a particular subject in favour of something more timely / topical.

For the panel, this was a powerful argument in favour of them voting Remain.

Most of us have a sense of what it is, and most people are generally in favour of it, in most contexts, but what is it?

Thirdly, the schism between the Fund and Europe means the agreement could unravel even if the Greek parliament votes in favour of it.

Once people understand the concept, they're in favour of it, but there are some rumours out there about what's going on and why, and that hasn't been helpful to us.»

This law was undoubtedly put in place for the benefit of landowners and most landowners are probably in favour of it, but what it means is that if the price of natural gas isn't high enough to enable the drilling companies to afford a 12.5 % royalty then production will stop and the landowners will get nothing.