Sentence examples for a diminished majority from inspiring English sources

The party seems certain to have a diminished majority, and it may even be forced into a coalition, when all the results are tallied.

Mr Cameron scraped through with a diminished majority of 24.

Prime Minister John Howard's conservative Government won re-election today in Australia, claiming a mandate to reform the nation's tax system despite a diminished majority in Parliament, national news media said.

Despite having presided over the country's longest recession since the 1930s and owing partly to the Labour Party's overconfidence, the Conservatives won their fourth consecutive election in April 1992, albeit with a diminished majority of 21 in Parliament.

Facing a hostile House with subpoena power and a diminished majority in the Senate, he will have to figure out the right blend of conciliation and confrontation to reassert authority and avoid defeat in 2012.

A flat-out repeal of the health care law would face a steep hurdle in the Senate, where Democrats still cling to a diminished majority, and would most certainly be vetoed by President Obama.

Having led the African National Congress (ANC) to a slightly diminished majority in last month's elections, the 72-year-old South African president is said to be exhausted.

Brownlee campaigned vigorously during the 1930 election, and was re-elected with a slightly diminished majority.

Since CMC replaces face-to-face and verbal communication, it diminishes majority influence in an individualistic culture, but the researchers did not observe the same change in a collectivistic culture.

The process involved is as follows: On failure, if any, in above cases regarding over_sampling rate, under-sampling based on clustering [40] can be planned to diminish majority classes.

The PSOE was reelected in 1986 and 1989, but with diminishing majorities.