Sentences with phrase «special favour»

No discipline or university will receive special favour from the selection committee and applicants will be judged on the basis of merit, aptitude and potential as demonstrated through their application.

Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs in Osun State, Alhaja Latifat Abiodun Giwa has said that some appointees including commissioners seeking special favour hypnotised Governor Rauf...

Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs in Osun State, Alhaja Latifat Abiodun Giwa has said that some appointees including commissioners seeking special favour hypnotised Governor Rauf Aregbesola in his first term.

Being a PR person, I can not begin to count the numerous special favours we derived from those great editors who put national interests ahead of the need to publish and be damned at a most tempestuous period in our nation's history.

A public survey conducted for the inquiry at the end of 2010 found that 81 % thought the most common reason for donations of over # 100,000 was either the hope of receiving special favours in return or gaining access to those taking decisions.

The advantage of doing this is that it stops MPs «packing the room» at a caucus meeting and offers little special favours to the MP.

She said that it was the fault of aides who misled him, particularly those that charmed him in order to gain his attention and get special favour.

«Most important of all, John the Baptist had broken away from the absolute exclusiveness of the Essenes, teaching that God's special favours were to be offered to the entire Jewish people, not just to the sect.

there must be no special favours.»

Recently the BBC reported that he had not forgiven The Sun for its coverage of the disaster indicating that if he became leader he would not be disposed to do «special favours» for papers «attacking» him or Labour.

Grant someone a special favour (such as a lower customs duty rate for one of their products) and you have to do the same for all other WTO members.

Against this fascinating background, I can reveal that special favours are being offered to the Liberal Democrats.

Twenty years later, on the occasion of Fondation Cartier's 30th anniversary in 2014, we asked Araki a special favour: to take a photograph each day for six weeks, which would then be published weekly onour website, like a slide show.

He actually started out quoting 100:1 — but came down to 50:1 in what he described as a special favour to me.

E.g. «You will not be persuaded by the flimsy not to say meretricious arguments found on [Company X]'s site, [link], hoping to get the government to give them special favours that any sensible person would refuse.»