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-favoured

adjective

  1. (in combination) having an appearance (as specified)

    ill-favoured

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Big chunks will go to favoured departments, with suggestions of an extra £30 billion for the NHS over three years.

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Massive chunks will go to favoured departments, suggestions of an extra £30bn for the NHS today.

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In the past, complaints have focused on the fact that the award has historically favoured attacking midfielders and forwards over more defensive players.

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He wrote at the time that it was the "instinct" of policy makers to use the "stick" of enforcement and fines to convince people to self-isolate, rather than the "carrot" of financial support favoured by the government's science advisers.

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In England and Wales, a ban on "zombie-style" knives and machetes was introduced last September, making it illegal to own, make, transport or sell a wide range of "statement" knives favoured by criminal gangs.

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