favor
favour [favor, -USA].
Any favours librarians receive from vendors will be minimal.
a favor
in favour
The success of the project was demonstrated by a vote of more than 4 to 1 in favour.
a favor de
in favour of
A good example is the British Catalogue of Music Classification which abandons expressiveness in favour of allocating brief notation to the most common concepts.
a favor de la decisión personal sobre el aborto
pro-choice
This site is for those who have an interest in discussion of the social, legal and ethical aspects of abortion from a pro-choice perspective.
a favor de la esclavitud
pro-slavery
The slavery issue was used to unite patriot fervour under a pro-slavery position.
a favor de la raza negra
pro-black [problack]
Experience sensitized counselees to the limitations of white counselors, suggesting they became pro-black rather than anti-white.
a favor de la vida humano
pro-life
Another growing group in this annual pro-life event is women who are stepping up to proclaim their regret for their own abortions.
a favor y en contra
pro and con
To provoke discussion, strong statements, both pro and con, are given.
a + Posesivo + favor
in + Posesivo + favour
to + Posesivo + credit
A further point in its favour was that the International Labour Office used it, with small variations.
This publication identifies those organisations which have been 'patent active', with 10 or more patents to their credit in the last 12 years.
argumentar a favor de
put + the case for
present + case for
make + a case for
A more moderate approach is found in the writings of Olding, who puts the case for multiple entry very concisely in a short pamphlet.
An MP, a barrister, and a financial consultant present the case for charging Value Added Tax (VAT) on books.
This point-by-point evaluation makes a fairly convincing case for the public access online catalogue.
argumentos a favor o en contra
arguments for (and/or) against
They can bring into relief differing conditions in member countries and they often lend weight to arguments for or against various policy options.
colmar de favores
heap (up) + favours on/upon
Domitian had been arbitrary and high-handed, and had heaped favours on the soldiery while humiliating the senate.
conceder un favor
bestow + favour
The questionnaire was trying to determine whether users thought library services were a favour bestowed by the authorities, or a community right.
decir a favor de
say in + favour of
What can be said in favor of ISBD is that it represents an international agreement; but an agreement on inadequate rules is worse than a disagreement.
declarar a favor de
testify (to/of)
It is also commonly believed that the origins of the public library movement testify to the power of popular democracy in this country.
declararse a favor de
come out in + favour of
He is the most senior politician to come out in favour of building a third runway at Heathrow airport.
devolución de un favor
repayment of debt
My efforts in producing this document can be only a small and indirect repayment of the debt I owe to those developers who produced the software described here.
devolver un favor
return + a favour
People tend to return favours, so the more you give, the more you are able to get back.
dicho sea a su favor
to + Posesivo + credit
To their credit, they created an ambitious programme to maximise the digital opportunities and advantages.
en favor de
in favour of
A good example is the British Catalogue of Music Classification which abandons expressiveness in favour of allocating brief notation to the most common concepts.
estar a favor (de)
be in favour (of)
The pity is that more people are actually in favour of libraries than actually use them.
estar a favor de
be for
The position at the time, as I remember (I was for it), was that it is better to have one code with footnotes permitting differences.
estar a favor de una idea
favour + idea
Half the respondents favoured the idea when it was explained; the rest opposed it, one of the main reasons given being that there was a lack of neighbour agreement.
estar a favor o en contra
be for or against
However, whether you are for or against, and even if no cash actually changes hands, the whole process of assessing how much your information costs you to provide, who uses it and how, will give you a useful view of supply and demand.
estar completamente a favor de
be all for
I think she was subliminally, perhaps, touching on a point that has not been brought up, namely, quality control in cooperative cataloging, which we're all for.
estar totalmente a favor de
be all for
I think she was subliminally, perhaps, touching on a point that has not been brought up, namely, quality control in cooperative cataloging, which we're all for.
favor sexual
sexual favour
However, as with some recent controversies about sexual harassment, it is uncertain whether Dewey's behaviour was pressure for sexual favours or attempted gallantry.
ganarse el favor de
win + the favour of
The Celts were notorious for the bloody rituals with which they tried to win the favor of their gods.
hablar a favor de
speak up for
Many people voiced fears that volunteers would be used to take over paid jobs from the workforce, but others spoke up for volunteers saying that in many cases they had created extra jobs for the permanent staff.
hablar en favor de
put + a word in for
This also means that you almost have to know someone who can put a word in for you or have a well-known name in order to reasonably quickly rise to the top.
hacer un favor
put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + misery
Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.
hacer un favor a Alguien
do + Nombre + a favour
By eating slugs and leatherjackets the centipedes are certainly doing the gardener a favour.
hacer un flaco favor
do + a disservice
do + more harm than good
I think that Mr. Scilken's point was that there's so much material on the traditional three-by-five card that it's less useful, that it's distracting, in fact, and does a disservice to the public library.
Antidepressant drugs do more harm than good, and even cause the deaths of elderly patients, say researchers.
hay que decir a su favor que
to + Posesivo + credit
To their credit, they created an ambitious programme to maximise the digital opportunities and advantages.
los argumentos a favor de
the case for
The case for independent economic regulation of European airports is clear.
perder el favor de
lose + popularity with
This kind of large-scale recasting will have to be done slowly if the scheme is not to lose its popularity with librarians who have large collections already classified.
ponerse a favor de
come out in + favour of
He is the most senior politician to come out in favour of building a third runway at Heathrow airport.
por favor
please
Please turn to frame 48 and read the paragraphs on exhaustivity in indexing again.
por favor, responda
RSVP [R.S.V.P.]
The initials RSVP at the end of a formal invitation stand for a French phrase, 'réspondez, s'il vous plaît,' which means 'please reply'.
predispuesto a favor de
disposed for
No one comes into the world already disposed for or against words in print.
presentar argumentos a favor
make + a case for
This point-by-point evaluation makes a fairly convincing case for the public access online catalogue.
presentar argumentos a favor de
present + arguments in favour of
This article presents arguments in favour of traditional methods of stock circulation, theft detection, and catalogue storage.
presentar evidencia a favor de
present + case for
An MP, a barrister, and a financial consultant present the case for charging Value Added Tax (VAT) on books.
probabilidades a favor de
odds in favour of
If the author was known but not the title the odds in favour of a positive response were two to one = Si el autor era conocido pero no el título las probabilidades a favor de una respuesta positiva eran de dos a una.
pronunciarse a favor o en contra de Algo
take + sides
The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
punto a favor
asset
The efficient analysis of professional and technical documents is an asset in many spheres of activity.
puntos a favor [Expresión usada generalmente en plural]
brownie points
Dudes who 'call' themselves feminists are almost always after brownie points - it's fucking embarrassing.
romper una lanzar en favor de
stick up for
He states that he has always admired Woody Allen, explaining that when he first saw his films he was happy to see that someone was sticking up for the little guy.
saldo a favor
credit balance
Bank accounts may have a credit balance where the bank owes money to the customer; or a debit balance where the customer owes the bank money.
tiempo + estar a favor de Alguien
time + be + on + Posesivo + side
The article is entitled 'Time is not on our side: the challenge of preserving digital materials'.
trato de favor
preferential treatment
So what can you do if you're viewed as an employee who has benefited from preferential treatment?.
viento a favor
tailwind
It also happens that a crosswind causes a much larger deflection than does a headwind or tailwind of the same speed.
