Sentences with phrase «were in favor of»

These differences were in favor of the rocking group.

A survey of seniors showed that more than 100 opposed smoking, while 22 were in favor of it, said Park District director Rudolph Nelson.

49ers owner Jed York and Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie have been supportive of players» right to kneel, and only nine owners were in favor of a mandate.

Before the debate began, 32 percent were in favor of genetically modified foods, 30 percent were against it and 38 percent were undecided.

Not all ministers were in favor of such excesses as the jerks, the barks, or falling.

Those of us who were in favor of the poverty programs never predicted such outcomes.

And the Christian community woke up — the Southern Baptists at the time, we sometimes forget, were in favor of abortion rights and supported Roe.

In this debate, the «traditionalists» were in favor of truth (you can't receive Communion if you are in a state of sin; if you intend to have relations outside a valid marriage, you are in a state of sin; ergo, etc.), while the «progressives» were in favor of mercy (shouldn't those who have had a conversion after a divorce and civil remarriage be able to approach the Eucharist?).

But that shows a softening on the position in recent years; In 2008, only 26 % of blacks were in favor of same sex marriage, according to the same Pew poll.

He was told that there were two parties: those who were in favor of truth and those who were in favor of mercy.

After surveying 400 college and high school students and 400 parents, more than half of the people were in favor of using an ISA over a private student loan to pay for their degrees.

Consultants also said participants were in favor of monthly distributions and desired a minimum yield of 4 or 5 %.

At least 70 percent of the economists were in favor of his reinstallment.

And — he said, «One of the reasons we were in favor of free trade was we knew the government couldn't manage an economy that had free trade.

«The country's institutions — the police, the Army, the judges — were clear from their messages in the media that they were in favor of getting rid of [Morsi],» Moheb Doss, one of Tamarod's co-founders and main organizers, told The Beast.

Many of the responses were in favor of the Spanish Spoiler, instructing him on ways to fight the takedowns through YouTube and claiming HBO has no basis for a copyright claim in this case.

According to a recent study conducted by Harvard University, which polled young adults between the ages of 18 and 29, not so good: 51 percent of survey respondents said they do not support capitalism, and only 42 percent were in favor of it.

Before it started, a poll was taken of the audience at WGBH studios in Boston: 65 % said they were in favor of salary transparency while 35 % were against.

For the first time since that 1969 poll, a majority of Republican voters told Gallup they are in favor of legalizing marijuana.

A GE survey of executives found that more than half are in favor of protectionism as a way of increasing competitiveness in their sectors.

But while the majority of you say you're in favor of being open, most of you are selective about the exact numbers you disclose.

We are in favor of the European Union.»

Small businesses across the country support the Republican tax reform plan, with 55 percent saying they are in favor of seeing a tax bill passed.

«Our biggest priority right now is to put pressure, wherever we can, to try and get [the civilians] out» of Aleppo, Obama said, and noted that he would help president - elect Donald Trump — who said on Thursday that he is in favor of establishing humanitarian safe zones in Syria — with any advice he can provide so that he can make informed decisions.

While it seems that 90 % of young men are in favor of gender equality in the home, the results aren't terribly reliable.

I'm in favor of legalizing drugs.

Thiel, who also supports the idea of creating autonomous islands on which people could live and create their own laws, said he is in favor of a bi-partisan bill called the «Intimate Privacy Protection Act,» which would make it illegal to distribute explicit private images without a person's consent, and would involve criminal penalties for those who profit from doing so.

The survey, released Tuesday, polled 500 small business owners from around the country and found that half of them are in favor of a policy that would allow employees to use earned sick time when they or an immediate family member falls ill or needs preventative medical care.

Though in her second campaign for Senate in 2012 — against Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy, a member of the Senate Small Business Committee who is in favor of her confirmation — she did support a plan that proposed to fold the SBA into the Department of Commerce.

Employees are in favor of this type of benefits shift, it turns out.

You know, some things are law, and I'm all in favor of that, and some things are common sense.

Yamada points out the momentum indicators are negative, so odds are in the favor of a very short - term downturn before going back into rally mode.

When it reached the full Senate, the bill, which has passed the House, faced no opposition — after all, who is in favor of selling the bodies of vulnerable children?

That may be one reason at least some Republicans and most Americans are in favor of keeping DACA.

I wouldn't be in favor of putting fracking over by the Finger Lakes.

For what it's worth, more than three - quarters of that spending was in favor of Romney or other Republicans (or against Democrats).

Mills, like many other policy experts and analysts, is in favor of some financial regulatory reform, especially as regards the newer lending startups and other fintech companies targeting small businesses.

«We have been very clear for more than 10 years that we are in favor of having federal legislation that simplifies and allows online retailers to collect sales tax,» he says.

I'm all in favor of introducing new directors and director education, but it takes a long time to develop the experience.

She is in favor of mandatory paid leave, but since that doesn't exist in Michigan, she instituted a paid - leave program for her company.

A national poll shows that most Americans would be in favor of fingerprint background checks for drivers.

Those who are in favor of air traffic control privatization, however — including the National Association of Air Traffic Controllers and most major airlines — say air traffic management is too important to be subject to the whims of possible government shutdowns or budgetary fights.

Although the FCC is in the process of rescinding the rule, most Americans are in favor of net neutrality.

Sumner Redstone's daughter, Shari Redstone, has been in favor of recombining the two companies for some time under the leadership of Moonves, sources have told Reuters.

Sure, you could argue that people throw away physical mail too, but the numbers are in favor of direct mail here.

Despite the fact that there are an estimated 10 million LGBTQ - identified Americans and 62 % of Americans are in favor of marriage equality, LGBTQ people are not protected from workplace discrimination, face growing numbers of violent hate crimes, including harassment on public transportation, and have been called the cause for «societal collapse» by the sitting Vice President.

The media mogul spoke on CNBC's «Squawk on the Street» on Thursday and said she is in favor of an «industry - wide pressure» for the companies to «give back something» and «fund real journalism.»

Why should any Interactive Brand Manager be in favor of an «idea» that could possibly bring X amount of detriment to the whole economics of interactive marketing?

But not every online retailer is in favor of the measure as it is currently written.

And his remarks came as some Greek officials asserted that he has been in favor of Greece leaving the euro all along.