50 collocations for « favors »

With favoring winds it is wafted past the site of the fabulous islands of Atlantis and the Hesperides, makes the periplus of Hanno, and, floating by Ternate and Tidore and the mouth of the Persian Gulf, melts in the tropic gales of the Indian seas, and is landed in ports of which Alexander only heard the names.

A 1961 constitution was formulated that favored whites in power.

The present leadership favors close ties to France, which maintains a significant military presence in the country, but also has strong ties with the US.

Thanks to this new code and other legislation favoring the mining sector, the country has seen an upswing in gold exploration and production.

Fragments of his weblog go to a private subscriber list -the people, corporates, collectives, and bots he currently favors.

The weather was good, the barometer rose steadily, the wind seemed as if it would continue, everything favored these brave men, who were going so far to do a humane act.

Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not helphimself.

No doubt I should have been miserable whomsoever she had favored; but a worthier object would have caused me a different kind and degree of distress.

Common words ending in or with the sound of er:honor valor mayor sculptor prior ardor clamor labor tutor warrior razor flavor auditor juror favor tumor editor vigor actor author conductor savior visitor elevator parlor ancestor captor creditor victor‎ error proprietor arbor chancellor debtor doctor instructor successor rigor senator suitor traitor donor inventor odor conqueror senior tenor tremor bachelor junior oppressor possessor liquor surveyor vapor governor languor professor‎ spectator competitor candor harbor meteor orator rumor splendor elector executor factor generator impostor innovator investor legislator narrator navigator numerator operator originator perpetrator personator predecessor protector prosecutor projector reflector regulator‎ sailor senator separator solicitor supervisor survivor tormentor testator transgressor translator divisor director dictator denominator creator counsellor councillor administrator aggressor agitator arbitrator assessor benefactor collector compositor conspirator constructor contributor tailorThe o and a in such words as the above are retained in the English spelling because they were found in the Latin roots from which the words were derived.

To dream that you are favoring any vice, signifies you are about to endanger your reputation, by letting evil persuasions entice you.

Hackers (and the interactive computer games they write) traditionally favor this slightly marked usage over other possible equivalents such as "There's no X here!"

She might favor any and every theory and conclusion under the sun, but it would mean nothing in connection with Suzanne.

They favored free chat systems developed to help corporate work-groups collaborate; since these services always had free demo-versions available, hoping to snag some office-person into buying 30,000 licenses for their mega-corp.

J. P. Mynster who, shortly before, had been appointed Bishop of Sjælland, favored a supplement and obtained an authorization from the king for the appointment of a committee to prepare it.

With a lover's intuition he saw that the wealthy Chicagoan was deeply interested in sweet Nellie Bayard, and that her father eagerly favored the suit.

They could not understand how God had favored the smith in this manner.

To favor sin is to discourage virtue; undue ---- to the bad is unkindness to the good.

Probably it is most economical to Arrange impressions so as to favor the sense that is already well developed and reliable.

There was one institution that especially favored the rise of royalty: the military following.

The wind hauled round to the northwest and favored the return of the Good Luck; but at the same time it had freshened, so as to make the sailing more difficult.

Gail Thackeray, a trim blonde Baby-Boomer who favors Grand Canyon white-water rafting to kill some slow time, is one of the world’s most senior, most veteran “hacker-trackers.”

It has been observed that many American hackers tend to favor the British pronunciation /kre'tn/ over standard American /kree'tn/; it is thought this may be due to the insidious phonetic influence of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

At first Starrow had not favored the plan; he had declared that it was too much risk, that the wind was shifting and freshening fast and that the old tub might open a seam, but Joe Josephs had convinced him with: "the Arabella would be good for a week out in a nastier sea than this.

"Swami Yogananda," he said, with the first of many quaint pronunciations by which I was later to hear my name spoken by the Americans, "please favor the passengers with a lecture next Thursday night.

Usually he kept it deep in the flesh, favoring the vital organs.

My appearance, with my arm bandaged and my coat loose over my shoulders, favored my object.

When Siegfried of Morland, Hartmut of Oranien and Herwig of Sealand court Gutrun, then it happens for the first time that the lady voluntarily decides, favoring the last named knight.

So only two possible solutions to the question were left, creating two very distinct groups of supporters: on one side, those favoring a monster of colossal strength; on the other, those favoring an “underwater boat” of tremendous motor power.

More importantly, `neats' tend to believe that logic is king, while `scruffies' favor looser, more ad-hoc methods driven by empirical knowledge.

"'Angelic guru, as you have already favored mankind by resurrecting the lost KRIYA art, will you not increase that benefit by relaxing the strict requirements for discipleship?'

There’s lots of fancy beasts all over that love their classy clothes, princely titles...and, racing trallés...Some fancy beasts favor the laces of Matuch and Framm, or the brocades of Sonivad and velvets of Potwigg, or Rotter crystal and wine, but almost anywhere, the fancies covet racing trallés.”

When Parliament began to treat again with this regal trickster, the New Model intervened; Colonel Pride turned out eighty members from the House of Commons who favored the King, and the illegal residue, the Rump Parliament, then put the King on trial.

Transnational Issues Jamaica Disputes - international: none Illicit drugs: transshipment point for cocaine from South America to North America and Europe; illicit cultivation and consumption of cannabis; government has an active manual cannabis eradication program; corruption is a major concern; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Jamaica for illicit financial transactions This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008 ====================================================================== @Jan Mayen Introduction Jan Mayen Background: This desolate, arctic, mountainous island was named after a Dutch whaling captain who indisputably discovered it in 1614 (earlier claims are inconclusive).

That which is auspicious is of favorable omen; that which is propitious is of favoring influence or tendency; as, an auspicious morning; a propitious breeze.

War would not favor Idris.

Just as the woman reader of romances favors one hero and hates another, so the woman witness behaves toward her figures.

Besides, excitement-loving youth and exercise-devotees were never favored guests at the Hudson Manor anyway.

Siri sat with care-she was growing to favor the intricate Hallandren gowns, but moving about in them took quite a bit of skill.

A pamphlet favoring a Royal Government for Pennsylvania in exchange for that of the Proprietors.

Sudan Military regimes favoring Islamic-oriented governments have dominated national politics since independence from the UK in 1956.

To him an heir was afterward born, a son in his halls, whom heaven sent to favor the folk, feeling their woe that erst they had lacked an earl for leader so long a while; the Lord endowed him, the Wielder of Wonder, with world's renown.

“Notice,” said Smith, “that all the slope of the mountain favors the flow of eruptive matter towards the valleys which we are traversing at present.

This man could prove useful indeed-after all, one common complaint against Shu-Dereth was that it favored the Fjordell.

Examples of such adjustments are as follows: From To Northwestern North-western Southwards Southward Programme Program re-introduced reintroduced practise practice Lotos Lotus Ju-Chên Juchên cooperate co-operate life-time lifetime man-power manpower favor favour etc.

To dream of drinking mineral water, foretells fortune will favor your efforts, and you will enjoy your opportunities to satisfy your cravings for certain pleasures.

Now, if I could have believed that she favored Drummle with any idea of making me—me—wretched, I should have been in better heart about it; but in that habitual way of hers, she put me so entirely out of the question, that I could believe nothing of the kind.

Nevertheless the government favored the discoverer, and when the medical fraternity attacked him with such vigor that he felt obliged to leave Paris, it offered him a pension of 20,000 francs if he would remain.

The wars of the Grand Monarquewere not only no hindrance to the progress of the arts andsciences, but even, on the contrary, seem to have promoted andfavored their development.”

Others favor the St. Louis Union Depot.