Sentence examples for a handful of delegates from inspiring English sources

A quick show of hands revealed that only a handful of delegates currently export and no more than a dozen were looking to start trading internationally.

Only a handful of delegates at the conference will be entitled to attend Saturday's meeting at the group's Manchester headquarters.

"But Ohio is wide open, and I think any of the top four candidates could come in here and sneak away with a handful of delegates".

Can Senator Barack Obama, who is just a handful of delegates shy of claiming the Democratic nomination, really wrap this thing up in a week?

Then the only job for the parties in other states is to conscript a handful of delegates to a state convention and ratify the inevitable choice.

After the Concacaf meeting, a handful of delegates were asked what they thought of the human rights allegations levelled against Sheikh Salman.

Mr. Edwards said he planned to campaign in every state, but his associates say he will probably campaign more in a handful of delegate-rich states like New York, Ohio, Georgia, California and Minnesota.

Until then, there are a just a handful of delegate-heavy contests, including Indiana, Oregon and Kentucky. .

"This is a $10 million taxpayer-funded meaningless beauty contest by Republican secretary of state, Sam Reed, that will pick a handful of Republican delegates at a price of about $526,000 per delegate," Mr. Steele said.

When the roll was called, the Colorado holdouts were joined by a handful of Kucinich delegates from Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Minnesota,North Carolina, Oregon and Washington -- a smattering in a hall where many of the 4,000 delegates had originally supported other candidates.

There are only a handful of independent delegates, like Mr. Yao, who win positions by directly appealing to voters.