However, the negotiations did not take the favourable turn which the First Consul had expected; and, notwithstanding all the address of Lucien, the communication was not heard without much uneasiness.

After three months in Egypt, Mehmed Kamil Pasha decided to wait a favourable turn of fortune in his native Cyprus.

It will surely, therefore, be advisable to delay our union--to delay it till appearances are more promising--till affairs have taken a more favourable turn.

As requested, I had told no one where I was going; for I could see that the matter demanded utmost privacy, even allowing for its most favourable turns.

Perceiving me to be silent and tranquil, my Attendants believed my delirium to have abated, and that my malady had taken a favourable turn.

Under his successor Khan Kardam, the war took a favourable turn after the great victory in the battle of Marcelae in 792.

This favourable turn was first evident in Wales, and then in the Northern Region, and was largely due to special measures for the worst-hit steel closure areas.

Their valour was a decisive factor behind the favourable turn of events on October 28.

On the arrival of the prince and his friend they both fall in love with her, but the prince's suit is seconded by the disguised Fidamira, and soon takes a favourable turn.

But perhaps his illness has only just taken a favourable turn, and it's too late for him to come out, for it's very damp and there's a heavy dew.