1 If you wish to lower yourselfin a person's favor, one good way is to tell his story over again, the way we heard it. 

2 May I ask you a favor?

3 Do you mind if I ask you a favor?

4 May I ask a favor of you?

5 Would you do me a favor?

6 Could you do me a big favor?

7 He soon won the favor of his boss.

8 That might be in your favor.

9 Will you favor us with a song?

10 Can I ask you a favor?

11 Could you do me a favor?

12 Can I ask a favor?

13 Things are working round in my favor.

14 Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favor abortion under certain circumstances.

15 The new development turned the scales in favor of that school.

16 All in favor of this proposition will please say " Aye ".

17 Paul, can I ask you a favor ?

18 Do me a favor by turning off that radio!

19 Congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill.

20 I am in favor of stopping work now.

21 The vote was 60-59 in the government's favor.

22 She is out of favor with her employer.

23 The stock is currently out of favor with investors.

24 The odds are in their favor.

25 Some elevated people favor the new policy.

26 The majority voted in favor of the proposal.

27 The jury voted 8-to-4 in favor of acquittal.

28 288 members voted in favor of the ban.

29 There was no alternative for them to vote in favor.

30 I have heard nothing that predisposes me in her favor.

1 May I ask you a favor?

2 Do you mind if I ask you a favor?

3 May I ask a favor of you?

4 Can I ask you a favor?

5 Could you do me a favor?

6 Can I ask a favor?

7 Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favor abortion under certain circumstances.

8 There was no alternative for them to vote in favor.

9 I have heard nothing that predisposes me in her favor.

10 All in favor of this proposition will please say " Aye ".

11 Some elevated people favor the new policy.

12 He brought her some flowers, hoping to curry favor with her.

13 The politicians are bidding for our favor by making wild promises that they can't keep.

14 This check is made out in favor of a food corporation.

15 The judge was biased in favor of the local team.

31 Good old Bergen would do him the favor.

32 These tests weighted in favor of girls.

33 The idea may find favor with older people.

34 The exchange rate is in our favor.

35 Will you do me a favor?

36 Jane should get a good rise this year; she's in high favor with the management.

37 The committee did not look upon the suggestion with favor.

38 A mother shouldn't show too much favor to one of her children.

39 He brought her some flowers, hoping to curry favor with her.

40 Uncle left his position on the board of directors as he felt that he should move over in favor of a younger man.

41 Will you do me a favor and phone for me?

42 Price control would gradually disappear in favor of a free market.

43 In Sweden and other countries, nuclear power has lost favor .

44 Today's election will skew the results in favor of the northern end of the county.

45 Hot climate and plentiful rainfall favor the growth of plants.

46 Public opinion is gradually shifting in favor of the imprisoned men.

47 I'll raise both hands in favor of damming the river.

48 I talked to Susie about it, and she's all in favor of going.

49 Let's put it to the vote. All those in favor raise your hands.

50 The new teacher finds favor in the eyes of the parents.

51 He has to just ride this out and hope that it turns in his favor.

52 They phased out my job in favor of a computer.

53 This was obviously a reasonable suggestion; it, however(), lost favor with the men.

54 You'd think you were the one who did me the favor, and not the other way around.

55 A coach should not favor one player over another on the team.

56 Public opinion is shifting in favor of the new law.

57 The politicians are bidding for our favor by making wild promises that they can't keep.

58 This check is made out in favor of a food corporation.

59 The war had begun to swing in Britain's favor .

60 Three-fourths of the public say they favor a national referendum on the issue.

61 The new teacher lost favor in the eyes of the parents.

62 The judge was biased in favor of the local team.

63 The new rules should actually work in your favor .

64 I must decline to show favor to any of the candidates.

65 This was obviously a reasonable suggestion; it doesn't, however, find favor with the men.

66 Only 20 senators voted in favor of the measure.

67 It was a simple favor Wilson managed to convey.

68 The Court ruled in their favor.

69 Yet his geographical location worked in his favor.

70 Do your kids a favor - don't have any. Robert Orben 

71 All Massachusetts lawmakers voted in favor except Rep.

72 Oh, Benjamin, could you do me a favor?

73 All those in favor say aye.

74 Angela, would you do me a favor.

75 I returned the favor with hard work and loyalty.

76 A federal appeals court ruled in James's favor.

77 The odds favor the phone company.

78 Lleland spoke up in favor of the idea.

79 Thus, carrying costs argue in favor of carrying low levels of inventory in order to hold these costs down.

80 As reports gradually came in from the departments, it appeared that a majority were in favor of federalism.

81 The fung shui expert would call on the spirits to favor our venture.

82 She had spent a long day playing golf with a couple of amateurs -- as a favor to the tournament director.

83 Furthermore, women also favor Democratic congressional candidates over Republicans by a 15-point margin.

84 Last fall, 288 members voted in favor of the ban.

85 Most government employees had become parasites, expecting to retain their positions through friendship or political favor.

86 The Pikes appealed to a juvenile court judge, who ruled in their favor.

87 Men tend to neglect children of their first marriages in favor of the children of their current unions.

88 Some people favor a more democratic style of parenting, saying they fear being too strict with their children.

89 Tax policy and budgetary decisions still favor the wealthy, and the stock market sets new records every week.

90 To do so, she must gain favor with the females that already live in her new tribe.

91 Conflicts between reasoning and perception are resolved in favor of perception.

92 Wesson eliminating the smell of cordite from their. 45s in favor of amaretto potpourri.

93 We do Grover a favor and he does us a favor.

94 Bill Vaughan, returned the favor last year after the Baptist church fell victim to arson.

95 Countries around the world limit the liability of investors and signal this special favor with certain abbreviations and designations.

96 As a favor, the masons at the test site had said they would do the caulking of the mockup.

97 Councilmen Jim Romine and Jim Bartell voted in favor of the agreement.

97 is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.

98 Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude! Henry Ward Beecher 

99 In the concluding chapter, Jonnes takes issue with those who favor decriminalization or legalization of recreational drugs.

100 Most of its people favor accepting; otherwise, its representatives would never bid.

101 We had been asked if we wanted a double bed and declined in favor of the traditional futons.

102 Given the topic of this book, you might expect a bias in favor of finding behavior-driven performance challenges.

103 Tom Campbell of California also spoke in favor of the anti-discrimination provision.

104 Two statewide polls say Californians favor the medical use of marijuana.

105 Was the reputed bid rigging really a favor done in return for the write-off?

106 The presumption should be in favor of publication and transmission rather than suppression or prior restraint, no matter what the medium.

107 Republicans favor tax breaks for education on a much smaller scale.

108 The final tally was 42 percent in favor of the proposition, compared with 58 percent against.

109 A Montgomery County jury ruled in their favor, and Aron was ordered to pay $ 175, 000.

110 Investors steered clear of big-name high techs in favor of shares like karaoke equipment trader Nikkodo.

111 I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters. Frank Lloyd Wright 

112 Fishers favor increasing the minimum salmon size, and oppose shortening the season.

113 Old silver heels have been abandoned under a work table in favor of scruffy penny loafers.

114 Races for the U. S. Senate, on the other hand, favor incumbents.

115 Chain supermarkets are more likely to be discounters than independent supermarkets which favor specials.

116 They favor continuation of Puerto Rico's status as a U.S. commonwealth.

117 And there always is the possibility that lawmakers will look with favor on real estate interests in the future.

118 Copper can favor the preservation of organic remains, perhaps by preventing the activity of destructive micro-organisms.

119 Only 42 civil suits resulted, with no verdicts in favor of the plaintiff.

120 He thought he was doing me a favor because it had taken over much of our tiny back garden.

121 There is a big movement in favor of socialism in the South, and work is under way to create a national front.

122 But giant telecommunications firms that have already pledged tens of billions for highway construction favor a less regulated market.

123 Unlike Forbes, Gramm and Buchanan favor retaining the home-mortgage deduction and the deduction for charitable gifts.

124 Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., that would amend the 1934 act in their favor.

125 Romasenko was arrested and jailed after the alleged kidnappers told police she had asked them for the favor.

126 Until then, the Vietminh leaders had calculated that temperance would win them Allied favor.

127 He was charming, expansive and, according to investigators, a danger to the well-being of associates who fell from favor.

127 Wish you will love and make progress everyday!

128 She is doing us a favor by allowing us to double and triple up like this.

129 You owe yourself a favor - know what you should do and what you should not do. Dr T.P.Chia 

130 The judge said his ruling in favor of the news media was subject to change.

131 Second, the Constitution tips the scales in favor of the individual over the state in highly personal matters.

132 Elmire tries to win a favor from Tartuffe by inflaming his lechery and trapping him in a compromising situation.

133 There is, however, one that has found favor among many commentators.

134 If the federal court rules in the environmentalists' favor, Unocal could face penalties in the millions of dollars.

135 Many gourmets favor the use of confit with lentils or fava bean dishes as well.

136 Government policy should not undermine free broadcasting in favor of pay services offered by cable, phone and satellite companies.

137 The proposed law would upset that balance in favor of property owners.

138 The enemy, too, was confident despite the heavy odds in our favor.

139 Reengineering, it seems, like the Cultural Revolution before it, has suddenly fallen out of favor with those in power.

140 No longer will the path to advancement be assured by currying favor with a few influential bosses.

141 Some City Council members favor saving money through attrition of older officers.

142 In 1994, the Globe editorialized in favor of a new one.

143 Kronthal had done Lewie a favor by agreeing to join the mortgage depart-ment.

144 At last report it was before the same court arguing in favor of the obvious discrimination it opposed last year.

145 In that system, things were rigged in favor of the haves.

146 He could rule entirely in favor of the government, and let all the rules stand.

147 Younger children favor expiatory punishment; older children favor punishment by reciprocity.

148 The researcher may actually expect that the null hypothesis is faulty and should be rejected in favor of the alternative H1.

149 Your letter of recommendation swung the balance in his favor.

150 Your stock could lose favor with WalJ Street and take a big slide.

151 We are in favor of abortion rights and reproductive freedom in greater numbers than men.

152 He loses all his worldly goods because a law suit is not decided in his favor.

153 He was apparently out of favor with the judges, some of whom had dropped subtle hints that Galindo should move on.

154 Then came the Framework Agreement, which again shunned free-market solutions in favor of further discrimination, steep restrictions and inefficiencies.

155 The Tinker test would favor the students as long as there was no substantial or material disruption of schooling.

156 Murray agreed to write the preface to Baker's book, as a favor to his old friend.

157 The departure of the outspoken Blinder is viewed as a setback for those in favor of lowering interest rates.

158 The pain of her divorce infects her art, and she falls out of favor.

159 Additionally, she found favor with him by establishing other houses of prayer throughout his kingdom.

160 Time you better go back home.-Mrs Calder, can I ask you a favor?

161 To get elected, even incumbents feel obliged to run against the government and in favor of cutting their own authority.

162 A recent example is the termination of the B-1 bomber in favor of the cruise missile.

163 I remember arguing in favor of a swank restaurant for our first night in town.

164 Young, who in 1973 voted in favor of the original Endangered Species Act, contends it has been a failure.

165 Left-wing politicians are in favor of a slower conversion to capitalism.

166 If not, maybe that Miami Dolphin could do him a big favor, call himself something else.

167 Republicans were slow to take alarm at the gender gap because it used to work in their favor.

168 The most desirable on-line capability was voting in elections, with half the sample in favor.

169 Some favor the interstate highway model, with government construction, ownership, and maintenance.

170 Now and then, as a favor to highly placed people, Papa performed operations.

171 Even corporate bonds, which in particular started the year out of favor among money managers, had a good year.

172 Canine, on the other hand, was strongly in favor of making an example of Petersen.

173 Most of the large programs in existence at the present time tend to favor institutional settings.

174 If an animal wants help from another, he could promise to return the favor in the future.

175 But they seem to be the exception rather than the rule and falling from favor as well.

176 Such a position is not just a correction of Kant but a fundamental rejection in favor of another and more adequate criterion.

177 Against the Dow average, the score is 37 to 30 in favor of the pros.

178 Life is in favor of those who are blessed with emotional intelligence, self-restraint, prudence, and positive behavior. Dr T.P.Chia 

179 The poor have generally been in favor of greater equality.

180 Fearless until now, I suddenly remembered the reason why pressure cookers had fallen out of favor.

181 He ruled in favor of the party for a large amount of damages.

182 Proper chilling of ocean catches and shipment by air favor the availability of fresh ocean fish in large urban markets.

183 Bormann followed the simple principle of always remaining in the closest proximity to the source of all grace and favor.

184 Some who supported Dole from the start believe they were passed over in favor of Wilson supporters, he said.

185 All this has been pared away in favor of ideas and a spare, urgent prose style.

186 New loans now typically come from large Wall Street investment houses and real estate investment trusts that favor large builders.

187 Television news directors and producers are well aware of this fascination, and almost universally favor the idea of televising actual trials.

188 He shook hands with me, with Clarisa and even with Janir in his carrier, which immediately won my favor.

189 Californians overwhelmingly favor the educational reforms that the state has embraced over the last few years, according to a new study.

190 Forbes recently spoke in favor of a balanced-budget amendment, but his columns have lambasted the idea.

191 The late Friday Night Service is gaining in favor throughout all the denominations of Jewry.

192 In return for their favor he acted so atrociously that no poet ever tried to explain his conduct.

193 But reject her he finally will, in favor of a woman in her twenties.

194 Anyway, Jimmy had phoned me a few weeks earlier out of nowhere and asked if I could do him a favor.

195 Carter-appointed judges ruled in favor of the defendant in 40 percent of the cases, the study found.

196 Opinion seemed to be moving in favor of the president's accusers.

197 When stock prices are volatile, investors often flee the market in favor of less risky money-market mutual funds.

198 In the Northern California wine country at harvest time, we favor soaked grapevines added to the coals for our fuel source.

199 Some economists attribute much of the rising wage inequality in this country to the shift in favor of the most skilled workers.

200 These serve pretty well everywhere, though languages differ in the ones they favor.

201 They did it with defensive pressure that changed the pace of the game in their favor in the second half.

202 Wherever politicians seek public favor, though, they quickly find that popularity has its price.

203 He renounces all possibility of a happy life in favor of a solitary one dedicated to work.

204 The promoter was desperate, so I did him a favor.

205 The bottom line: That guy on the street asking for spare change is actually doing you a favor.

206 Cardoso passed his first and toughest hurdle when the lower house voted in favor of the measure two weeks ago.

207 Even in the field of education, however, support is skewed in favor of foreign students.

208 All were closed, five with settlements in favor of the patients, and the average payment was $ 66, 944.

209 For some reason this is being passed over for some lesser things... please vote in favor of it.

210 The black students wanted to present different, additional arguments from those in the Texas brief in favor of affirmative action.

211 Conventional wisdom did not favor retrofitting to coal use boilers originally designed for oil or natural gas.

212 These fresh, naturally sweet flavors are also in favor among the cocktail hour set.

213 The collector of customs was deposed in favor of a more accommodating administrator.

214 If some families favor expressing anger through icy silence, others prefer a more fiery style, whether through word or deed.

215 Preferential interest rates also favor commercial over subsistence farming in many countries.

216 Sacrifice is the surrender of that which you value in favor of which you dont. Ayn Rand 

217 It is certainly better than any horse race, or any other gambling, when the odds are never in your favor.

218 They must build her a great temple near the town and so win back the favor of her heart.

219 Royal favor ceased to be an essential condition for forming the Government.

220 Personally devoted to Santa Anna, Marquez was waiting only for an auspicious moment to pronounce in his favor.

221 But the balance of power appears tipped in his favor.

222 The distribution of marketable wealth among the population is skewed in favor of a minority.

223 When Charles I came to the throne, Calvert resigned, but he did not lose favor.

224 Nationalist politics often favor local companies over outside media giants, skewing competition for new licenses.

225 Walsh was asking Kleindienst to do a favor for his client.

226 In the last five years, some federal judges have ruled in their favor.

227 A poll last month indicated that 70 percent of Arizonans favor a state law to halt cockfight gambling.

228 Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had argued in parliament in favor of a constitutional reform government.

229 But, with the metronome quality of these rulings, one or the other is always out of favor.

230 President Kim took the wrong course in favor of big business, ignoring the needs of the majority of the people.

231 Apart from the economics of the situation, it was not a tactic that would win favor at the polls.

232 Investors can sell shares in the companies they dislike, and hold on to stock in the ones they favor.

233 The massive deinstitutionalization of mental patients in favor of community-based treatment during the 1970s was a perfect example.

234 It was a well-kept secret that the old system was biased in favor of residential customers.

235 When people do read longer works, they primarily favor high-drama novels that get a steel grip on their attention.

236 Democrats favor providing for food stamps and Supplemental Security Income.

237 The government could impose restrictions on trade, grant monopolies to some industries, or favor others with protective laws.

238 He is in favor of drastic cuts in social spending in order to balance the budget.

239 The President has been accused of developing policies in favor of a small elite.

240 This time, it was Reyna returning the favor to Wegerle.

241 Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favor. She imagines herself not only certain of accomplishing every adventure, but of obtaining those rewards which the accomplishment may deserve. She is not easily persuaded to believe that the force of merit can be resisted by obstinacy and avarice, or its luster darkened by envy and malignity. Samuel Johnson 

242 This new evidence may tilt the balance of opinion in his favor.

243 The players have voted in favor, but now the owners are fighting and the needed votes were not there Wednesday.

244 Economic necessity or opportunity often forces them to make decisions that favor a particular constituency over its counterparts.

245 A poll of 700 female registered voters found that 56% favor full abortion rights.

246 Independents tend to favor Forbes over Dole and could vote in either the Republican or Democratic primaries.

247 The creative ones turned their backs on conspicuous consumption and decided in favor of a simpler, personalized lifestyle.

248 So if you have yet to try one of these fabled creations, do yourself a favor and make a date.

249 In school, Crowell stood out as the girl who eschewed the blandness of fashion in favor of personal style.

250 Undecided voters split 49 percent in favor of abortion rights, 41 percent opposed.

251 League sources said the suit was filed and then withdrawn in favor of the arbitration hearing.

252 She thanked him incoherently, as if for a favor.

253 His ideas at first grudgingly accepted, finally won favor.

254 I'm petite, so I favor shorter tops.

255 To seek or gain favor by fawning or flattery.

256 The king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable.

257 He tried to insinuate himself into the boss's favor.

258 The solidity of the evidence worked in his favor.

259 Another law will gerrymander parliament in its favor.

260 The new tax law seems to favor low - income families.

261 As women the world favor the LV bags, the Standing Orders have to break new moves.

262 They also favor the natural and contemporary floral bouquet that are fashionable and modish.

263 At present cannot favor whether can win, full color reelection 31.

264 They also actually moved the outfield fences in and out to favor their own guys.

265 He was obsequious to his superiors, but he didn't get any favor.

266 By Your favor do good to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem.

267 That is an argument not only in favor of abortion, but also for the therapeutic cloning.

268 Why the incoming President's advance exhortation in favor of the decision?

269 They oppose communism, purge those who hold different views, hinder progress and favor retrogression.

270 The grand duke was delighted and bestowed the favor of the court on the prodigy.

271 Here, three Santas forego their sleighs in favor of an underground commute.

272 Mom asked a favor to leave office early to take Zitta from summer school.

273 At the end of the first period the game was 6 to 4 in our favor.

274 Could you please do me a favor ----- please get our visas ready before the time of departure.

275 It was a Christmas when shoppers passed by expensive silks in favor of more practical gifts.

276 Gomez says she is in favor of health insurance reform.

277 The project was finally abandoned in favor of ICBM development.

278 But it was obvious that the dress,(http://) bonnet and muff found no favor with her.

279 The Ptolemaic hypothesis discarded in favor of a completely new hypothesis bases on different assumptions.

280 Called upon to point the way people live a favor.

281 Ask a co - worker for a favor, expect a good response: September 11.

282 Women demonstrate their social status, job, taste, favor and soon.

283 Dad was not in favor of spending time on books made a rough and slipshod way.

284 Bestowing favor on a dubious sycophant often lead to the downfall of dynasties.

285 An economic theory in favor of laissez free market, and gold standard.

286 Still US treasury secretary Henry Paulson is reportedly in favor of creating the superfund.

287 This one offers a maneuverable and spin friendly feel that will favor aggressive all court players.

288 The smart money begins to bid for out - of - favor stocks, which at temptingly low bargain prices.

289 Low temperature and mannitol pretreatment favor the maintaining of microspore activity.

290 A case of hair drier is provided to demonstrate that green modular design favor environmental protection.

291 Mrs. Morel and Annie almost contested with Miriam who should listen best and win his favor.

292 The verdict of the jury was in favor of the mobster.

293 I heard a forcible argument in favor of the new policy.

294 To save money, we favor renting office space rather than buying it.

295 This These products are used for pain, favor fever, colds and sleeplessness.

296 I want to redecorate my bedroom, David. Can you do me a favor?

297 She refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor.

298 Schumpeter derived from this analysis a lasting bias in favor of big business.

299 Do yourself a favor and learn how to effectively unwind.