Presaging or likely to bring good luck.
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Government officials said the move was to capitalise on favourable market conditions.
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Mr Bawden said weather conditions today were much more favourable than yesterday.
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For this all to work, Irish economic conditions need to remain favourable.
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Activists were not surprised by the experts' favourable view of Canada, however.
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However the plan did not receive a favourable response from the public.
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Admittedly, the initial conditions for containing generalised inflation today are extraordinarily favourable.
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A few patients in favourable prognostic categories survive longer than 5 years.
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Each made what terms he could; in general the conditions were favourable.
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Jakarta rallied last week, helped by a set of favourable economic data.
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Economically it will lose favourable access to by far its biggest market.
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Conditions have been less favourable for sowing rapeseed in France and Britain.
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He was attracting a good deal of attention, none of it favourable.
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The one subject treated with continued micafungin had a favourable global response.
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They are also accused of receiving highly-favourable government contracts during Zuma's presidency.
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New Zealand has the most favourable conditions, and Ontario the least favourable.
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Fourth-quarter profit was also higher than expected due to favourable tax effects.
