favourable comment

collocation in English

meaningsoffavourableandcomment

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favourable
adjective
uk
/ˈfeɪ.vər.ə.bəl/us
/ˈfeɪ.vɚ.ə.bəl/
showing that you like or approve of someone ...
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comment
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒm.ent/us
/ˈkɑː.ment/
something that you say or write that expresses ...
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(Definition offavourableandcommentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffavourable comment

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This has attractedfavourablecomment, not only from the firm concerned, and indeed not only from the industry, but from industry generally.
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The visit is receiving muchfavourablecommentand seems to be heralding a thaw in the cold war.
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Recently, 1 have seen veryfavourablecommenton the hostels for wives which have been established at certain military garrisons.
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The quality has been the subject of mostfavourablecommentby the people who have bought them, and they have been sold at competitive prices.
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I hope to have somefavourablecommentwhen she replies.
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On the other hand, there are two features which deserve somefavourablecomment.
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A draft has been published, and has receivedfavourablecomment.
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I seem to remember that at that time a good deal offavourablecommentwas made about our having envisaged these trends.
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The speech received a considerable amount of thoughtful andfavourablecomment.
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That is a prison which has attracted the mostfavourablecomment.
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Indeed, there was muchfavourablecommentupon our proposals.
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That demonstration of open government helped to show finders that the system is indeed fair and it has receivedfavourablecommentin the metal-detecting press.
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Many other speakers in another place picked out specific passages in the document forfavourablecomment.
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I do not know whether that was afavourablecommentor otherwise.
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They contributed about a dozen papers, and a sizeable exhibit which attracted considerablefavourablecomment.
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This is the moment for my lastfavourablecomment.
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The timing of the publication meant that the report was subsumed by the general election campaign in terms of media interest, althoughfavourablecommentwas received from the specialist press.
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There had been nofavourablecomment.
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Annalists carefully recorded the occasion, relating its nature, those attending the royal visitor, and any favourable comments, promises, or gifts bestowed upon the house.
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Those are the ones which always receive the most favourable comments from my well-informed friends.
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