Sentence examples for a considerable minority from inspiring English sources

Although Syria's ruler, Bashar Assad matches Muammar Qaddafi in brutality, he has heavier weapons, a bevy of powerful friends abroad and a considerable minority of supporters at home.

Eastwood also noted that a considerable minority of respondents said decriminalising other recreational drugs would lead them to cut back on their alcohol intake: 27% of survey respondents said they would drink less if possession of drugs carried no penalty.

A considerable minority of Jews saved themselves from expulsion by baptism, thus adding strength and numbers to the Marranos, but the mass of Spanish Jews refused conversion and went into exile.

As Keane (2011) concludes, however, there exists a controversy over the responsiveness of labor supply to changes in wages and taxes: even though (at least for males) most economists believe labor supply elasticities are small, a considerable minority of studies finds large values.

A considerable minority preferred hospital (35%).

A considerable minority of those who died, however, were largely healthy.

With a considerable Coptic minority, it is the seat of a Coptic bishop.

An anti-Lithuanian and anti-Ukrainian slogan ran too, under the banner: "from the cradle to the grave, Polish is Vilnius and Polish is Lviv" – a reference to the fact that the two cities, now capitals of the respective countries, used to lie in Poland's borders between 1918 and 1939, with a considerable Polish minority living there today.

An anti-Lithuanian and anti-Ukrainian slogan ran too, under the banner: "from the cradle to the grave, Polish is Vilnius and Polish is Lviv" – a reference to the fact that the two cities, now major ones of the respective countries, used to lie in Poland's borders between 1918 and 1939, with a considerable Polish minority living there today.

"I was concerned that it was not excluded because of the considerable minority population and the railroad's belief that as a result of the minority populations they would not speak up for themselves," he said.

Akhmīm has a considerable Coptic Christian minority.