Sentences with phrase «said to favour»

The Tory leader is said to favour devolution rather than centralisation, stress social progress over economic and place more faith in society than the state.

Paris Saint - Germain and Manchester United have been associated with the attacker, but the Colombian is said to favour a move to the latter to work alongside Jose Mourinho.

Enrique was said to favour Arsenal over Chelsea due to the fact that the latter sack managers too often — an accusation that could never be levelled at Arsenal.

Tottenham are also believed to have joined the race to sign Holding, although he is said to favour a switch to Arsenal.

In reports from the Daily Mail, Grealish is said to favour the shirt of England, but wants Hodgson to confirm that he will be included in his long - term plans with the senior side.

The striker Wenger is said to favour ahead of Benzema is Paris Saint - Germain's Edinson Cavani.

According to the Express, the Premier League quartet are all interested in the England international's signature but, while playing time may be limited with the Blues and Spurs, the striker is said to favour a move to Jose Mourinho or Mauricio Pochettino's side.

Not exact matches

And Ross, who had gone quiet on NAFTA after it looked for a while like he would be running the show, re-emerged last week to promote a new Commerce department study that he said proves American auto workers are the victims of a flawed arrangement that favours Canada and Mexico.

More than mere pancake topping, global dietary trends favour maple syrup as an alternative to other sweeteners, Bonenberg says.

The Nanaimo, B.C., digital marketing company that landed the richest deal ever on Dragons» Den — then rejected it in favour of a better offer — has made an acquisition that its founder says gives it «the complete package» to take on its super-sized American rival.

Nijjar says his lack of entrepreneurial experience actually works in his favour when he's looking for investment opportunities and closing deals — he doesn't have personal success stories to «pattern match» potential investees against or operational dogmas to foist on them under the guise of help.

Calls on executives to use capital more constructively could yet have a bearing on a number of deals in the pipeline, particularly if shareholders withdraw support in favour of more organic investment, the investors said.

Although both favour a bottom - up approach when selecting stock (rather than, say, trolling a specific sector or region), Cooper and Ragan agree that it's becoming increasingly difficult to find European blue - chip companies at discount prices.

Another student said she had previously marched in favour of gun rights, and wanted to be a junior member of the National Rifle Association.

Buyers favour physical shops for red - hot items such as video games; those asking for the newly launched Assassin's Creed III at the Futureshop.ca store wanted to take it home right there, says spokesman Elliott Chun.

Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo is one of those said to be in favour of ditching the downpayment rule, but he hasn't, to my knowledge, detailed his thinking in public.

Auto industry analyst Dennis DesRosiers, founder of DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, says a combination of function — the need for larger trucks and SUVs for rural areas — and consumer mentality means Albertans will continue to favour larger vehicles, at least in the near future.

CEOs are somewhat concerned that the Canadian nuclear industry will be negatively affected, saying that risks associated with nuclear energy will cause buyers to favour suppliers who have built reactors more recently.

«Firms heavily favour employees with seniority when adjusting employment; as a result, youths tend to be laid off first and rehired last,» said a government report from 1997.

Exports from Canada to the U.S. could be subjected to a maximum tariff of 3.5 per cent under the World Trade Organization's «most favoured nation» provision, to which Canada would almost certainly respond with its own tariffs on imports from the U.S. «For Canada, under WTO rules, we'd have to put up barriers with the U.S., and the retaliation would be one of the biggest sources of negative impact for us,» says Dan Ciuriak, a former deputy chief economist with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Vancouver interior designer Morgan Thomas says comfy arm chairs and cosy alcoves are being eliminated in favour of wide - open spaces and communal tables where private conversation is harder to come by.

The U.S. says it wants rules that favour the use of North American goods and services, which could complicate the efforts of Canada and Mexico to work with other countries, especially China and Japan.

Bankers and operators of automated teller machines say the sudden shortage of cash in some Indian states is mainly the result of the central bank printing fewer 2,000 rupee notes over the past few months in favour of harder - to - hoard smaller bills.

Mark Moerdler, senior analyst at Bernstein Research *, says there are some on the Street who mistakenly believe Adobe is abandoning traditional distribution in favour of software - as - a-service and that this is too disruptive to its economics.

The EC said on Monday: «The Commission considers at this stage that the treatment endorsed in the two tax rulings may have resulted in tax benefits in favour of Inter IKEA Systems, which are not available to other companies subject to the same national taxation rules in the Netherlands.»

Ontario's economic development minister said the province has already cut the small business tax rate to help ease the transition to a higher minimum wage, but said Ford's plan favours those who are already among the most profitable in the province.

The detached housing market has been completely out of sync with incomes and that sector was thought to be most favoured by wealthy non-local buyers, Somerville said.

The clip opens with the sound of a school bell and image of children on a bus, then cuts to Trudeau saying: «I'm actually not in favour of decriminalizing cannabis, I'm in favour of legalizing it.»

«And we say, if you're going to make a mistake, let's make sure you make it in the customer's favour.»

Toronto - Dominion is the latest major bank to declare a recession in Canada, saying the «balance of probabilities» has tipped in favour of another quarter - point rate cut next week.

Then again, he said, Canada's role disbursing the money could still be viewed as a favour to President Bush.

The document said the project «runs counter to the EU agenda for liberalising trade and pushes the balance of power in favour of subsidised Chinese companies.»

Whitehall source says defence secretary will be asked to name his price to break deadlock

Pro-Brexit ministers fear Downing Street will try to pick off the defence secretary, Gavin Williamson, in the coming days — to break the cabinet deadlock and secure a majority for Theresa May's favoured customs...

Decisions made the B.C. Supreme Court in favour of lower levels of government having the authority to create environmental protections in relation to the Northern Gateway pipeline could also support the province's case, Ryder said.

His Honour Justice Le Miere said in his reasons that his decision was «to see that the property and resources of the corporation are under control of the receiver so that they can not be used or applied to favour one group over another.»

«We expect to see a bit more of a hawkish tone in the September statement setting up October, but from a communications perspective, it favours an October move,» said Brian DePratto, an economist at Toronto - Dominion Bank.

«It's certainly very hypocritical for the Conservative government to say that a member of parliament that advocates on behalf of a business in his or her constituency who advocates in favour of temporary foreign workers who meet the criteria as set out in the program, if somehow that's illegitimate for a member of parliament to advocate for a temporary foreign worker permit in his constituency,» Mr. LeBlanc explained, «then the Conservatives should ask themselves why under their watch the number of temporary foreign workers has doubled.

«One important policy question on which most economists appear to agree, however, is that there is very little to be said in favour of taxing corporations.1 Many would agree, for example, that the title of a recent paper — «The Corporate Income Tax and How to Get Rid of It» (Vickrey, 1991)-- adequately conveys the main message of the extensive economic literature on this subject.

Residents of Metro Vancouver, where the housing crisis has been most acute, are the most likely to favour regulating Airbnb in the same way hotels are regulated (66 % say this, compared to 49 % in the rest of British Columbia)

It is important to remember that delegates who voted in favour of a leadership review can still agree that Mulcair brings many skills to the NDP's fight against the Liberal government, said Quebec MP Matthew Dube.

Menthol cigarettes are said to be favoured by seniors, who also tend to vote in larger numbers.

«It does seem that the momentum is moving in favour of CPP expansion,» said CFIB President Dan Kelly in response to Mr. Flaherty's comments.

SHARE director of law and policy Laura O'Neill said the only other directors she knows of who failed to win majority support this year were on the board of Quebecor Inc., where holders of class B subordinate shares voted just 43 per cent in favour of electing the entire board as a slate.

Canadian officials say the long - term objective here is to create relationships that could prove useful, should trade talks hit a difficult patch and Canada find itself in need of allies willing to speak up in favour of NAFTA.

The then - NDP opposition Environment critic Rachel Notley said in a press release that «the Redford government isn't doing itself any favours with this embarrassing post — it unravels the entire yarn they've been trying to sell the world about their commitment to responsible resource development and environmental protection.

They're killing me,» Musk said as he dismissed an RBC Capital Markets analyst in favour of a blogger who served up queries more to his liking.

In a book called «On the Road to Civilisation, A World History» (Philadelphia 1937) it said, «Early Christianity was little understood and was regarded with little favour by those who ruled the pagan world... Christians refused to share certain duties of Roman Citizens... they would not hold political office.»

After a few seconds of silence he recovered and said that the Catholic philosopher Peter Kreeft, a frequent sight at Fenway [home of the Boston Red Sox] and a man whose baseball passions are properly ordered, says that when he gets to heaven, as he hopes to do, he will ask God two questions: why did he allow evil and why did he favour the Yankees?

«The Pope has already himself said that he is in favour of celibacy and that celibacy has really, really, beautiful reasons practically and spiritually - why it's a gift to the Church, but he is responding to the needs that have been said in Brazil.»

Addressing the international media, he said that it was a «duty rather than a favour» to protect Christians in the Middle East.