These women rejected their contemporaries' scientific rationalism and positivism in favour of a profound respect for local knowledges. |
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The scheme would therefore continue to be weighted in favour of small and medium scale producers. |
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On the question being put to the vote, it was found that the balance of opinion was in favour of the affirmative. |
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In fact, their experience in New Zealand would count in their favour should they subsequently receive a job offer and apply for residency. |
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It's the German-style proportional system so it's weighted to favour the minor parties. |
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For the sort of oppression they favour is the seed from which all racialism, including anti-Semitism, grows. |
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The structure of the political system and the workings of that system favour those who have economic influence. |
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Greeks like Aristotle, who opposed atomism, equated it with a blind desire to abnegate the governance of Nature in favour of pure chance. |
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The compromise was a Criminal Justice System weighted in favour of the defendant but with harsh penalties for the convicted. |
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Why are kids up and down the country dumping their computer games in favour of tying knots in colourful plastic strings? |
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Eventually, any pretence of a plot is jettisoned in favour of romantic wish fulfilment. |
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One thing that drives me nuts about that culture is the way they favour males. |
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I am not in favour of the State getting involved in advocacy of this sort, Minister. |
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Although I'm all in favour of living as adventurously as possible, some fantasies don't combine so well with reality. |
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Most law changes and technological advancements in the recent past have loaded the game in favour of the batsmen. |
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In what was described as a knife-edge decision, the members of the board voted by four votes to two in favour of the transfer. |
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It's always nice when a fellow goalkeeper wins something because us keepers normally get overlooked in favour of strikers. |
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In such circumstances, as it seems to me, the demands of practical justice plainly favour joinder of Aramco. |
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He was the first to refuse a papal coronation in favour of a simple inaugural service, and was liked for his ready smiles and warm personality. |
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Spanish men favour the noise ch-ch-ch-ch-ch over the wolf whistle for street harassment. |
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Thespis, a satirical poem on the actors at Drury Lane, earned him the favour of David Garrick, whom he adulated. |
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It builds on the Government's ongoing reform of the criminal justice system, rebalancing the process in favour of victims and witnesses. |
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We said that Australia's introduction of a rebate in favour of its winegrowers would hurt Kiwi winegrowers. |
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Certain occupations and activities seem to favour the formation of comedones or acne. |
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Many of those who voted in favour did so with a reluctance somewhat aside from the military arguments. |
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The first thing in their favour is the fact they're a London band, not that we're biased towards Southern jessies. |
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I would just like to point out that I am in no way in favour of the scenario that I outlined above. |
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I've no doubt she'll be itching to return the favour if the result goes her way next weekend. |
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The jukebox has fallen out of favour in recent years, due to the rise in popularity of the personal stereo amongst pub-goers. |
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Interestingly, he said that even if there had been a narrow decision in favour of reappointing him, he would have continued. |
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Whether people start ditching their iPods and Walkmans in favour of their mobile though remains to be seen. |
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One manufacturer challenged this amendment, but ultimately the Supreme Court passed judgment in favour of the government of India. |
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Purists may favour the handling balance that goes with its rear-wheel drive, but it lacks hatchback versatility. |
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There's a sort of wistful wishfulness even to the union leaders arguing in favour of it. |
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Bacon, Galileo and Descartes rejected the preternatural je ne sais quoi in favour of a scientific examination of nature. |
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Other worthies pilloried him for his strokeplay, dismissing the values of strength and quick eye in favour of grace and beauty. |
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That argument is really, really stupid, but it is put up almost every time by people in favour of somehow lowering that top tax rate. |
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Do not tar them all with the same brush for there was a deep well of opinion in favour of the motion. |
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By contrast, those in favour of reform were accorded a respect that bordered on the deferential. |
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I attacked with my bare hands, rejecting the tools of shellfish eating in favour of the messy approach. |
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For all of these, an absolute majority has to vote in favour for the Parliament's voice to be heard. |
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An explanation that I favour for the sinking is that the snort mast float valve jammed open, flooding the boat. |
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Your Lordship has well in mind the degree to which the arguments found favour and to which they did not. |
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The establishment decided in her favour and threw their weight behind her claim to the throne and maintaining the status quo. |
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I conclude that in particular the factors which I have just listed in favour of an 18th century date outweigh those which are against it. |
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Those readers whose grannies favour calendars featuring cheeky kittens peeping out of wicker baskets will get the idea. |
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And he again points out rampant agism that discriminates against experienced programmers and in favour of workaholic cheaper developers. |
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The options are likely to include the closure of the 26-bed Battledown ward at Cheltenham in favour of a 46-bed ward at Gloucester. |
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It should also contain a clear statement by the union in favour of affirmative action. |
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She has eschewed her adoptive city of Glasgow, however, in favour of Chapel Allerton, in Leeds, Yorkshire's financial heart. |
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Giraffes are also missing from the crater as they favour the umbrella acacia and wait-a-bit thorn trees found higher up. |
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Your paper is in favour of home rule in the abstract but never, it seems in the actual practice. |
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Lower costs is the main issue that weighs the balance heavily in favour of India. |
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But she concludes that despite a series of reforms, its culture remains weighted in favour of doctors. |
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Following several hours of debates, a council vote to accept the plan was passed by 29 in favour with four votes against and 20 abstentions. |
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Although the food industry has been racked by crisis, Scottish ministers still favour intensive farming with chemicals. |
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It may well save a few innocent lives if the justice system was less weighted in favour of the criminal's human rights. |
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Diversity might include free-thinking, liberal-minded schools, alongside those that favour the firm thwack of the three Rs above all else. |
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The political parties are also jostling with each other for favour with the voters by adopting hard-line positions. |
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Indeed, only a provision of the rules which interprets an abstention as a vote in favour in the event of a tie saw the bill past its final reading. |
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Not to be able to do so would mean that the balance of power in the workplace was shifted completely in favour of the employer and away from ordinary working people. |
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There were seven abstentions and just four voted in favour of the plan. |
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Throughout this debate I have expressed an opinion in favour of removing the offending articles while keeping a weather eye on the wider political agenda. |
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Some residents have also spoken up in favour of the wind farm. |
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I dislike the fur trade when it exists in order for rich women to display their wealth, and am in favour of it when it helps not-rich people to stay warm in cold places. |
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The senate vote recorded 25 in favour 16 opposed and 10 abstentions. |
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When will bar management realise that they are not doing customers a favour by admitting them to their bar, without customers there would be no bar. |
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I would not favour the introduction of such a defence judicially. |
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When the medic popped the big question to Gene on holiday last year they decided to forego the traditional white wedding in favour of something different and memorable. |
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And the odds are stacked in favour of a washout next week, too. |
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Some accept the judgments reluctantly but, increasingly, men are showing their frustration at what they believe is a system that is weighted too heavily in favour of mothers. |
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He pursued a policy of non-confrontation that allowed Democrats to vote for a tax cut which was overwhelmingly weighted in favour of the wealthiest citizens. |
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Neither has Lane done himself any favours by dispensing with a chronological narrative in favour of themed chapters with abstract titles such as Complicity and Betrayal. |
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Cameron's comments will only confirm that she was in favour of retaining the Union all along. |
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Even in the unlikely event of a wafer-thin majority in favour of the constitution, the terms on which the whole European project moves forward will have changed. |
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The sensible left should stop whingeing about that and admit that Brown did us all an enormous favour when he came up with the Treasury's five economic tests. |
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With the introduction of the Children Act the system was supposed to be weighted in favour of the children and courts had to put the welfare of the child first. |
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The judicial system remains weighted in favour of the police. |
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I don't believe that the system should be weighted in favour of developers, but everyone should work together to produce end results that suit both the city and the developer. |
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Any doubt must, of course, be resolved in favour of recusal. |
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Fitted kitchens are, apparently, out in favour of standalone units. |
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The result was that, when the issues arising from the causes of action were decided in favour of one party, that party got relief. |
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In India compensation in favour of victim gets reduced in proportion with his negligence. |
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A bill of exchange may be endorsed by the payee in favour of a third party, who may in turn endorse it to a fourth, and so on indefinitely. |
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As is the case in most of India, enrolment for vernacular media has seen a fall in numbers in favour of English medium education. |
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Asquith first considered taking the vacant War Office himself but then offered it to Bonar Law, who declined it in favour of Lloyd George. |
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Charles made several important concessions to Parliament, but improved his own military position by securing the favour of the Scots that summer. |
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The Lord Speaker, like the Speaker of the House of Commons, is entitled to a grace and favour apartment in the Parliamentary Estate. |
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His government also held referenda in which the Scottish and Welsh electorates voted in favour of devolved administration. |
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On 11 October 1990 the House of Lords gave its judgment in the light of the ECJ's ruling and granted an injunction in favour of Factortame. |
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This initial royal favour has continued and, since then, every monarch has been the patron of the society. |
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He signed a historians' letter of protest against the Soviet invasion of Hungary and was strongly in favour of the Prague spring. |
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However, they were removed by 1967 in favour of the construction of a new metro system. |
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Even Pennant, with all his repugnancy to the toad, could not be induced to favour the popular belief in its poisonous character. |
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It was therefore necessary to secure the favour of wealthy or important individuals for the society's survival. |
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The review was abolished in favour of the Royal Commission on Local Government before issuing a final report. |
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On 26 April 1718, on the pretext of failing powers, he was dismissed in favour of William Benson. |
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The carnival fell out of favour in the late 1990s but was resurrected by community volunteers in 2006 and rebranded the Peoples' Carnival. |
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The review was abolished in favour of the Royal Commission on Local Government before it was able to issue a final report. |
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In 1826, Marc Brunel offered him a post as resident engineer for the Thames Tunnel, but withdrew it in favour of his son Isambard Brunel. |
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Hales, affirmed his dispensing power, with eleven out of the twelve judges in Godden ruling in favour of the dispensing power. |
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An expert in the self-inflicted wound, his attacks frequently miss their target in favour of reminding you of his own failings. |
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After the Parliamentary elections of 1690, William began to favour the Tories, led by Danby and Nottingham. |
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Bowing to the inevitable, on 4 April Napoleon abdicated in favour of his son, with Marie Louise as regent. |
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It is pleasant to acknowledge an obligation when the favour has been bestowed courteously and ungrudgingly. |
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Realizing his position was untenable, he abdicated on 22 June in favour of his son. |
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In July he oversaw the occupation of Elba, but by September the Genoese had broken their neutrality to declare in favour of the French. |
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While serving in this position, he put strong emphasis on modernisation and was also in favour of using aeroplanes in combat. |
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We would both appear to favour the establishment of the Anglosphere, an association of the British Commonwealth of Nations and the United States. |
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The odds are still well-stacked in Tyne's favour at sixth-bottom, but they drew a blank in west London in a seven-tries-to-three loss. |
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Thereafter, the Luftwaffe gradually decreased daylight operations in favour of nocturnal attacks, to avoid RAF defences. |
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Fine Gael has said it is in favour of maintaining the current age of consent, while Labour supported the new limit. |
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Last week the House of Lords overturned an overwhelming Commons vote in favour of equalising the ages of consent. |
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Under the council's rules, at least two-thirds of members at a meeting must vote in favour of a proposition to bestow Aldermanship. |
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He eschews the conventional and chronological in favour of copious anecdotage and down-home Valleys wisdom. |
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Anet cord at 13-11whichfell in the Koreans' favour was crucial in the first game in which the Britons never led. |
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There are now 16 directly elected mayors, in districts where a referendum was in favour of them. |
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Other Conservative politicians, despite being economically liberal, are in favour of full prohibition of the ownership and trade of many drugs. |
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He has spoken about inequality and argued in favour of the Paris climate change agreement. |
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Because of this, there were calls from some in UKIP for a voting reform in favour of proportional representation. |
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A devolved Scottish Parliament was created in 1999 after a clear majority voted in favour of devolution in the second referendum. |
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In May 2012 residents of the ward voted in favour of the establishment of a Queen's Park civil parish and parish council. |
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Skiffing has dwindled in favour of private motor boat ownership but is competed on the river in the summer months. |
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Was never man such favour could off atall ladies fynde, To cause them lengthe or shorte the day which they to hym assynde. |
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On 4 October 2006 shareholders voted in favour and the sale was completed on 13 October. |
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In 2005, EADS Astrium Space Transportation started a campaign in favour of a project called LIFE, for astronomy from the Moon surface. |
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TfL eventually replaced London Regional Transport, and discontinued the use of the London Transport brand in favour of its own brand. |
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The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate. |
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You can load the dice in your favour by researching the company before your interview. |
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Those who logicize in favour of belief, state their arguments very briefly. |
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In reality, Clr Armer and his Conservative colleague voted in favour of the last parish council budget. |
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The Ofsted complaints procedure has also been heavily criticised for opacity and a strong bias in favour of the inspectors. |
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These degrees were all retired in 2003 in favour of an international system. |
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Emperors often built baths to gain favour for themselves and to create a lasting monument of their generosity. |
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If a rich Roman wished to gain the favour of the people, he might arrange for a free admission day in his name. |
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Licences to crenellate were also proof of a relationship with or favour from the monarch, who was the one responsible for granting permission. |
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Occasionally the top crust is dispensed with altogether in favour of a layer of cranberries sealed into place with aspic jelly. |
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In 1670, as a sign of her rising favour with the pontiff she requested, and was granted, devotional objects. |
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A pub may favour sparklers because the larger head they produce means it does not need to supply as much beer. |
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The artist found favour instead within the radical new power circles of the Boleyn family and Thomas Cromwell. |
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In the 18th century, Holbein found favour in Europe with those who saw his precise art as an antidote to the Baroque. |
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Kott's views were controversial and contemporary critics wrote, either in favour of or against Kott's views, but few ignored them. |
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This sign of royal favour may have encouraged him to publish the first volume of the folio collected edition of his works that year. |
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Throughout this period Bacon managed to stay in the favour of the king while retaining the confidence of the Commons. |
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One of the characteristics of the period is its devaluation of individual sentiment and psychology in favour of public utterance and philosophy. |
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Following Shaftesbury's fall from favour in 1675, Locke spent some time travelling across France as tutor and medical attendant to Caleb Banks. |
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Burke spoke in favour of the Bill but it was opposed by some, including Charles James Fox thus not becoming law. |
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In 1679, Blow, who had been appointed organist of Westminster Abbey in 1669, resigned his office in favour of his pupil. |
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The composer supposedly fell out of favour for moving to London during Queen Anne's reign. |
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The result of these referendums was a large majority in both parts of Ireland in favour of the agreement. |
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But in May 2010, following adverse reaction, this was withdrawn in favour of a substantially revised planning application. |
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Finally, the replica urn was presented to jubilant English skipper Michael Vaughan, thus ending the series in favour of the home side. |
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These colours however were dropped in favour of a more traditional to today, red and white design. |
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The dispute went to Formula One's Contract Recognition Board, who ruled in favour of BAR on 20 October, forcing Button to stay with the team. |
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Despite this success, Honda ended their partnership with Williams at the end of the year in favour of McLaren and continuing with Lotus. |
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In 2014, Andrew Rosindell, Conservative MP for Romford, argued in favour of giving St George's Day the status of an official public holiday. |
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Which endings survived was different for each language, although most tended to favour second conjugation endings over the third conjugation. |
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Spanish, for example, mostly eliminated the third conjugation forms in favour of second conjugation forms. |
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In 2007, an attempt was made by the government to favour environmentally friendly cars by slightly reducing taxes on high mileage vehicles. |
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Of those who favour independence, some are in favour of an immediate unilateral declaration of independence. |
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Yes Scotland was the main campaign group for independence, while Better Together was the main campaign group in favour of maintaining the union. |
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The SNP is in favour of an independent Scotland retaining the Queen as head of state. |
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In September 2009, however, they issued an announcement in favour of the redevelopment of Windsor Park. |
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Over the years the religious aspect of the administration of each Parish has been reduced in favour of democratically elected Douzeniers. |
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Iain Duncan Smith, in favour of leaving, resigned on 19 March and was replaced by Stephen Crabb who was in favour of remaining. |
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Indonesian president Joko Widodo stated during a European trip that he was not in favour of Brexit. |
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The regime tended to favour the Protestors giving them control over the universities. |
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He relied primarily on the favour of the King rather than on the support of the House of Commons. |
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The Whigs were in favour of reducing the power of the Crown and increasing the power of Parliament. |
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Thus, according to Smith, the landlords should be in favour of policies which contribute to the growth of in the wealth of nations. |
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Top leaders of the armed forces were not in favour of the plan, as Germany was not yet ready for war. |
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She voted in favour of David Steel's bill to legalise abortion, as well as a ban on hare coursing. |
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Dicey when stating that as all three main parties were in favour of the treaty, the people should have their say in a referendum. |
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In particular these huge sharks seem to favour the warm, shallow waters surrounding Pladda. |
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Following the decisive referendum result, Sir John Swan, in favour of independence, resigned as Premier of Bermuda. |
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This initial royal favour has continued, and since then every monarch has been the patron of the Society. |
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It cites statements from Newton, Copernicus and others in favour of the Pythagorean worldview as evidence. |
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His maiden speech was in favour of the Great Exhibition and, with Brunel, became one of the Commissioners. |
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Steam had in its favour familiar technology, adapted well to local facilities. |
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The SRA was in turn was abolished in 2006 in favour of direct control by the Department of Transport's Rail Group. |
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In 1964, the definition relating the litre to mass was abandoned in favour of the current one. |
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Afterwards, his general Marshal Villars managed to turn the tide in favour of France. |
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The audience, like Lady Windermere, are forced to soften harsh social codes in favour of a more nuanced view. |
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On his return, he was determined to work on swaying British opinion in favour of restoring Poland's sovereignty. |
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Since August 2016, paper tickets have been discontinued in favour of electronic MoBIB cards. |
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Conrad's short stories, other novels, and nonfiction writings also continue to find favour with many readers and filmmakers. |
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On the advice of Wood, among others, he soon abandoned composition in favour of conducting. |
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This seems to tip the balance in favour of saying that Mill is best classified as an act utilitarian. |
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On 18 September 2014, the club voted in favour of admitting female members. |
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Derby winner Authorized is missing the gig in favour of the York August meeting and there is hardly a pulse quickener in the whole field. |
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Although there is no guarantee, this is lessened as the parties usually state with whom they will favour a coalition after the elections. |
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In July 2011, an absolute majority of MEPs voted in favour of a single seat. |
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A successful career required competence as an administrator and remaining in favour with the emperor, or over time perhaps multiple emperors. |
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The management areas were abolished in 2007, in favour of three new corporate management areas. |
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Last Saturday, Zimbabweans voted overwhelmingly in favour of the new draft constitution. |
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Edward gave judgment on the Scottish case on November 17, 1292 in favour of John Balliol, with his son Edward becoming heir designate. |
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After lengthy deliberation, King Edward's court found in favour of Balliol. |
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In 1315 parliament removed Marjorie's right as heir to her father in favour of her uncle, Edward Bruce. |
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The latter collected some 3,500 names of those in favour of creating a party of labour independent from the existing political organisations. |
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Pro-circumcisionists have marshalled as many arguments in its favour as anti-circumcisionists have marshalled against it. |
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Than the kynge for grete favour made Tramtryste to be put in his doughtyrs awarde and kepying, because she was a noble surgeon. |
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No attempt in this direction has, as yet, met with the general favour which Dr. Kirk's block model analysis has secured. |
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Somewhat inevitably, in 1633, Tarbertshire was abolished, in favour of the sheriff of Argyll. |
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The reporters left it out... Those who spoke in favour of the poor men, were what the reporters call burked. |
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Subsequently, a number of rebel militant groups in favour of Khalistan waged a major insurgency against the government of India. |
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Smith defied the Labour whips in 1971, joining Labour MPs led by Roy Jenkins who voted in favour of entry to the European Economic Community. |
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This case is also given as the reason why Brehon law did not favour capital punishment. |
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The motion passed with a significant majority of 472 MPs voting in favour and 117 against. |
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Renunciation by Alexander Lindsay, knight, Lord of Glenesk, of certain lands, in favour of Margaret Countess of Marr and her sister Elizabeth. |
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As many African countries gained independence during the 1960s, some of them rejected capitalism in favour of a more afrocentric economic model. |
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They abandoned their pursuit of moderate socialism in favour of market liberalism. |
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Leon Trotsky rejected central planning in favour of decentralised planning. |
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Isn't there a time to justify a species' gradual deranking from the top of the priority list in favour of another at the bottom? |
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In 885, the use of Old Church Slavonic in Great Moravia was prohibited by Pope Stephen V in favour of Latin. |
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We seem to have become similarly obsessed, abandoning particular, familiar trees in favour of a kind of abstract notion of elmness. |
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An exercitive is the giving of a decision in favour of or against a certain course of action, or advocacy of it. |
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A marriage favour is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding. |
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Pilgrimages later fell out of favour due to practices such as the selling of indulgences, and the income from them faded away. |
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Porthcawl town, once possessing a small dock, abandoned the trade in favour of tourism. |
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In 1959, government use of this flag was dropped in favour of the current flag at the urging of the Gorsedd of Bards. |
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After testimonies from the other two emigrants who travelled with Davies and Welsh, the judge found in favour of Welsh. |
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That Louis won may not be disputed, but as I read the fight, there was only a fractional difference in his favour at the finish. |
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Some recipes favour soaking the dried fruit in tea overnight before the baking. |
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One style may favour the use of garlic and shallots over chili and spices, while another may favour preparing seafood over other meats and fowl. |
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After the early 20th century, triple harps were almost completely abandoned in Wales in favour of the modern pedal harp. |
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Campbell cast her as the leading lady in favour of Izabella Scorupco, who was his original choice for the part. |
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From the time of King John onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of Rex or Regina Anglie. |
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Lord Castlereagh managed to tip the balance in favour of the Union by offering titles, land and in some cases cash payments to Parliamentarians. |
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The Arklow Sea Scout group has started an online petition in favour of the proposed plant. |
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The ridiculed Spanish king abdicated in favour of Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte. |
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They drove out the Dutch, because Holland wanted to favour Bruges as a huge staple market at the end of a trade route. |
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We need not here discuss the performance of instrumental osteoclasy, for it has never been received with favour in this country. |
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Scholarly arguments have been put forward in favour of classifying Low German as a German dialect. |
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The Eiderstedt Frisian on the Eiderstedt peninsula were abandoned in favour of Low German during the 17th and 18th centuries. |
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It is likely that, with the merger, the latter disappears gradually in favour of Cherbourgeois. |
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Tories were not in favour of union and only one was represented among the commissioners. |
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William de Roches and other of John's regional allies in Anjou and Brittany deserted him in favour of Philip, and Brittany rose in fresh revolt. |
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Instead, a recent study revealed a majority in favour of returning regional competences to the federal level. |
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Not one petition in favour of an incorporating union was received by Parliament. |
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However, the balance of bomb tonnage being dropped shifted greatly in favour of the RAF as Bomber Command gained in strength. |
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The chiefs were in favour of a balanced rearmament but within financial limits, judged that the air force should be favoured. |
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The warships caused a major diplomatic row that was resolved in the Alabama Claims in 1872, in the Americans' favour by payment of reparations. |
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Falling out of favour later on, some of the original boats are still in operation in a few places, such as Hjejlen. |
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By the time he abdicated in 285 BC, in favour of one of his sons, the Ptolemaic dynasty was secure. |
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The toads converge on certain ponds that they favour while avoiding other stretches of water that seem eminently suitable. |
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Schedule 17 lists previous legislation that was repealed in favour of this Act. |
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In the 4th century BC, the Romans abandoned the phalanx in favour of the more flexible manipular formation. |
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Although most of the Greek army is in favour of the offer, Agamemnon refuses. |
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This mark of Imperial favour was probably a recognition of Eboracum as the largest town in the north and the capital of Britannia Inferior. |
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The battle turned in favour of the ducal forces and Henry took Conan prisoner. |
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Theobald of Blois, his close ally, may have also felt that he was in favour with Henry. |
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Initially Galla Placidia sought Honorius's favour in the hope that her son might ultimately inherit. |
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The trio lasted until only 1838 when they were dismissed in favour of a better organised police force under Superintendent Charles Otway. |
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This fee is then refunded if the appellate inspection finds in favour of the motorist lodging the appeal. |
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He later abdicated in favour of his brother Ecgric and retired to a monastery. |
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He was once thought to have been created the first Earl of Devon, but this theory is now discounted in favour of his son Baldwin. |
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Those members who voted in favour were attacked by the Castilian people and their houses were burned. |
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However public opinion has begun to change on the island in favour of a road link. |
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King George was in favour and presented a trophy to the Royal Yachting Association, naming it The Britannia Cup. |
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Guesting on guitar was Allan Holdsworth, whom Husband had asked to play as a favour while the band searched for a permanent guitarist. |
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It is the only passenger hovercraft company currently operating in Britain since Hoverspeed stopped using its craft in favour of catamarans. |
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The majority in the High Court rejected the doctrine of terra nullius, in favour of the concept of native title. |
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In the days of Christendom, a king seen to be in favour with God could expect to be ruler over a happy kingdom. |
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Provision for the cession of northern Schleswig to Denmark was made pending a popular vote in favour of this. |
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The country's location in Central Europe, stable economy and low taxes favour the telecommunication industry. |
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A number of arguments have been proposed in favour of them having spoken a Celtic language. |
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Class 3, which retained a clear distinction that did not rely on vowel length, was levelled in favour of the o of the plural. |
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Meanwhile, Hamburg's partner city Kiel voted in favour of hosting the event, with almost 66 percent of all participants supporting the bid. |
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However, in 2004, deputies introduced changes to the Constitution, which tipped the balance of power in favour of a parliamentary system. |
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Another see in the king's favour was Winchester, second only to the Canterbury see in terms of wealth. |
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As a young man he lived in Italy and enjoyed the favour of the Emperor Augustus. |
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By the Pope's decision, in which Pepin had a hand, Drogo was to be disqualified as an heir in favour of his cousin Charles. |
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One factor in William's favour was his marriage to Matilda of Flanders, the daughter of Count Baldwin V of Flanders. |
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On 18 April 1999 the Swiss population and the cantons voted in favour of a completely revised federal constitution. |
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Some organisations and political parties find this practice controversial but mainstream Swiss opinion is in favour of the system. |
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The Boers saw their victory at the Battle of Blood River as evidence that they had found divine favour for their exodus from British rule. |
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Eanes hoped to return to favour in the following year, if the Prince would favour him with a second expedition. |
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Sir Albert was accused of corruption and of a policy of affirmative action in favour of his own Mende ethnic group. |
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The ruling in favour of UBC also sets precedence on the matter of bicameral governance for universities and colleges. |
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When Austria became part of Hitler's Third Reich, it was abolished in favour of the reichsmark. |
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The narrator claims that the king, wishing to win the favour of Switzerland, offers to make the country the godmother of his son. |
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Tasmanians voted in favour of federation with the largest majority of all the Australian colonies. |
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Richard of Conisburgh was executed following his involvement in the Southampton Plot to depose Henry V of England in favour of the Earl of March. |
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The new policy means that the use of Afrikaans is now often reduced in favour of English, or to accommodate the other official languages. |
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However, as in all other strong verbs, consonant alternations were almost entirely eliminated in favour of the voiceless alternants. |
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The argument in favour of calling Middle English a creole comes from the extreme reduction in inflected forms from Old English to Middle English. |
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Wolsey fell from favour as a result of his failure to procure the annulment, and Henry appointed Thomas Cromwell in his place. |
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Cromwell continued to gain the king's favour when he designed and pushed through the Laws in Wales Acts, uniting England and Wales. |
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Opposition to the changes came from Konrad Hofmann and his followers, but the council decided in favour of keeping the government mandates. |
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On 17 January 1525 a public debate was held and the council decided in favour of Zwingli. |
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The Liberal Democrats have been strongly in favour of European integration. |
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In the 1970s the then primate, Ted Scott, argued at the Lambeth Conference in favour of women's ordination. |
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The proposal was publicly launched by the Society on 13 February 2013 but rejected by Leicester Cathedral in favour of a memorial slab. |
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Thanks to his work in their behalf, Coke had earned the favour of the Dukes of Norfolk. |
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By 2010, the General Synod voted in favour of extending pensions and other employee rights to clergy in civil unions. |
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Even then the position was complicated by the fact that Lutherans were not in favour of the annulment. |
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The English took their delivery as a symbol of God's favour and of the nation's inviolability under a virgin queen. |
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Coke delivered the majority opinion in favour of Bonham, with Daniel and Warburton agreeing. |
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Outside the breeding season, most red foxes favour living in the open, in densely vegetated areas, though they may enter burrows to escape bad weather. |
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A certain Afridi being desirous to learn to read, went into a village to a Mulla and said to him, that it would be a great favour if he would give him lessons. |
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