FAVOURABLE in a Sentence

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1. He argued in favour of capital punishment.
2. Do yourself a favour and wear a helmet on the bike.
3. They argue persuasively in favour of a total ban on handguns.
4. Their design was rejected in favour of one by a rival company.
5. The policy was rejected in favour of a more cautious approach.

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 Meanings and Examples of FAVOURABLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
favourable
 a.  occurring at a convenient or suitable time
 a.  presaging or likely to bring good luck
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Mr. Bounderby has made his proposal of marriage to me, and has entreated me to make it known to you, and to express his hope that you will take it into your favourable consideration.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XV
2  I dare say she would not; but she would be introduced into the society of this country under such very favourable circumstances as, in all human probability, would get her a creditable establishment.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  The season, the scene, the air, were all favourable to tenderness and sentiment.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
4  Little observation there was necessary to tell him that indifference was the most favourable state they could be in.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
5  In every meeting there was a hope of receiving farther confirmation of Miss Crawford's attachment; but the whirl of a ballroom, perhaps, was not particularly favourable to the excitement or expression of serious feelings.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
6  The entrance of the Grants and Crawfords was a favourable epoch.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
7  For I had, Fanny, as I think my behaviour must have shewn, formed a very favourable opinion of you from the period of my return to England.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
8  Suffice it, that he has behaved in the most gentlemanlike and generous manner, and has confirmed me in a most favourable opinion of his understanding, heart, and temper.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
9  I am myself convinced that it is rather a favourable circumstance.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
10  And being always with her, and always talking confidentially, and his feelings exactly in that favourable state which a recent disappointment gives, those soft light eyes could not be very long in obtaining the pre-eminence.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
11  In this favourable position of affairs, Noah rose from the ground, and pommelled him behind.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
12  The names which occasionally dropt of former associates, the allusions to former practices and pursuits, suggested suspicions not favourable of what he had been.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
13  In re-settling themselves there were now many changes, the result of which was favourable for her.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
14  I have just returned from a small scouting expedition, and everything is favourable.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
15  A fierce cry seemed to give the lie to her favourable report: the clothed hyena rose up, and stood tall on its hind-feet.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
16  The policy was rejected in favour of a more cautious approach.
17  They argue persuasively in favour of a total ban on handguns.
18  We should never remember the benefit we have offered nor forget the favour received.
19  Do yourself a favour and wear a helmet on the bike.
20  I feel a bit uneasy about asking her to do me such a big favour.
21  This candidate has a lot in her favour, especially her experience of teaching.
22  He eventually withdrew in favour of Blair, thought to be the more popular candidate.
23  He argued in favour of capital punishment.
24  They favour the self-regulation of the industry, and strict codes of conduct have already been issued by the Advertising Association.
25  These plans are unlikely to find favour unless the cost is reduced.
26  Their design was rejected in favour of one by a rival company.
27  Supporters/Opponents of the new shopping development are trying to rally local people in favour of/against it.
28  He had one potentially decisive factor in his favour: the element of surprise.
29  Environmental conservation generally works in favour of maintaining the status quo.
30  One factor thought to have worked in his favour is his working class image.