Gartner - a tech consultancy - said the fact Windows RT offered Microsoft's Office software suite, would act in its favour, but might not be enough to compensate for other "missing" software.

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It duly got one, with all but one African country voting in its favour.

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But, Italy has other points in its favour, including its recent record of doing the right thing.

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The toy was popular with teenagers in the late-1980s, but fell out of favour after complaints that it lost its ability to retain its shape over time, .

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But travelling asset-light has not always worked in its favour.

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The major American manufacturer Lockheed Martin was the first to use the high thrusting (635 newtons) Leros-1b on its telecoms platforms, but the engine has also found favour at the US space agency down the years.

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Originally, Halo's multiplayer options were somewhat undervalued in favour of its compelling single-player story, but today they maintain its appeal.

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The Royal Brompton in London brought its own judicial review in November 2011 but the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the NHS process in April 2012.

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But the government has since changed its mind and now says there is an economic case in favour of an exemption in Wales.

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But there will always be countries that find the technology attractive enough to make them willing to rearrange energy markets in its favour.

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