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Some of that money was federal funds managed by nonprofit agencies, but a large majority was private.

The senior United Nations official in the region today painted a devastating picture of the Palestinian economy under Israeli siege in which a large majority was "scrambling to survive" on less than $2 a day and despair was fueling ever greater extremism.

A large majority was female, and most had a life partner.

Cases were widely dispersed across Britain, though a large majority were female.

More than 10,000 hedge funds are registered worldwide, and a large majority are small and anonymous.

Under-employment continues to rise and, where jobs are being created, a large majority are in low-paid sectors, exacerbating falls in living standards.

But even those who survived surgery — and they're a majority, in some cases a large majority — weren't out of the woods.

In his speech at the straw poll he said that "the American people now, by a large majority, are saying we have been overseas too long.

Of 500 children directly affected in three factory raids examined in the report in which 900 adult immigrants were arrested, a large majority were United States citizens younger than 10.

A study by bird of prey experts has estimated that only 1% of the naturally occurring number of hen harriers are successfully breeding on the UK's grouse moors, because a large majority are poisoned, shot or disturbed to protect stocks.

But a large majority were sympathetic to the principle of performance pay for teachers.