Sentence examples for a decent majority from inspiring English sources

Labour leads the Tories in the polls by a healthy margin eight percentage points according to the latest Populus survey and the government has a decent majority.

The issue on which he has been defeated was in some ways a one-off, but that should be of no comfort.The government has a decent majority.

While much of his life has been striving towards the top job, now that he's there he may find it easier than, say, being Leader of the Opposition, even without a decent majority.

Lab 43.9%, Con 36.4%, LD 15.9%, Green 1.5%, Ukip 1.2% As with the Tories in the north, Labour needs to break through in the south to win a decent majority.

In a news conference today, Mr. Schröder expressed confidence that the measure would pass with a decent majority, despite opposition from some 35 legislators from the ruling coalition, which has a majority of only 16 votes.

Meanwhile he may spend much energy holding his party together; a jumble of former leftist politicians, bankers and bureaucrats, it is sorely divided.If neither party wins a decent majority in the election, there may be more of this complexity, with both looking to bolster themselves with support from smaller parties or breakaway factions of each other.

We are  rapidly approaching a tipping point, where the decent majority must make a choice between militancy, in the face of ruthless exploitation of their loyalty, and meek surrender to market forces.

What's less often aired is the fact that no man has led the Conservatives to a decent electoral majority for more than half a century (under a system that is deliberately geared towards generating large majorities).

That they're all 18-wheeler Travis Bickles, just waiting to "pull a Michael Green" and explode all over the decent majority.

When a government has a "decent" working majority it doesn't need to listen.

This is the sort of constituency the opposition should be targeting if it feels it can win a decent working majority.