1.   Wycliffe thought they would be pretty high, so probability favoured a link.

2.   French President Jacques Chirac told Romanian students here that he favoured stronger links between their two countries but declined to promise greater access to France for studying.

3.   Ikeda has said he favours developing links between the two countries and with the European Union in general.

4.   The premier favoured closer links with Moscow and had opposed the privatisation of land.

5.   Like the president it favours closer links with Moscow.

6.   Like the left, he favours closer links with Moscow.

7.   The board of Framatome was believed to favour a link with Alcatel Alsthom rather than a merger with GEC-Alsthom.

8.   The left is prepared to cooperate with Kuchma on certain policy matters, and like the president it favours closer links with Moscow.