Though they once favored dealing with state regulators, many multinational corporations now would prefer the oversight of a single federal agency.

An interesting physical artifact of the order is the number of communal cemetery plots once favored by the group.

So the country's residents have taken up the kind of analysis once favored by Kremlinologists to determine what the royal family is really thinking.

On closer inspection, many people who once favored the Commons have turned against it.

He once favored his nephew, Elbert; then changed his opinion.

They also brought back Beykoz glassware, once favored by the sultans.

Tyler Heron, a former member of the tribal council who once favored casinos, doubts the government could manage the money.

As for the death penalty, he once favored it as "a substantive tool of crime control."

Once favored in the Olympic final, he pulled up after only 80 meters.

The street's name refers to a long-renowned shop that sold tobacco and those long pipes once favored by Chinese.