favourable vote
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffavourableandvote
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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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vote
noun
uk/vəʊt/us/voʊt/
the act of showing your choice or opinion in an election or meeting by writing an X on an official piece of paper or putting your ...
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(Definition offavourableandvotefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffavourable vote
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The resolution received 35 favourable votes, 18 against; and there were 28 abstentions.
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It received 84 favourable votes, 21 against and 25 abstentions.
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This is a quality report, although not entirely irreproachable and has gained afavourablevotefrom our group.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It may be that afavourablevotewould be obtained but it is hardly likely that the exercise would he worth it.
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I remember what happened after the session was over and after thatfavourablevote.
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By introducing such amendments, the report distances itself in qualitative terms from the initial proposal and therefore deserves ourfavourablevote.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The need to hold a ballot may also encourage employers to improve their workers' conditions in an attempt to secure afavourablevote.
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If this amendment received afavourablevote, we could not vote for the report thus amended.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
If the directors want to make political contributions they will be free to do so without seeking permission and getting afavourablevotefrom their shareholders.
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Hansard archive
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The resolution received 35 favourable votes, 18 against; and there were 28 abstentions.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It received 84 favourable votes, 21 against and 25 abstentions.
From
Wikipedia
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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