Sentence examples for a majority of nations from inspiring English sources

But the French announcement was also a blow to Israel, whose diplomats have been working feverishly to try to ensure what they call a "moral majority" in the United Nations vote, meaning that even if a majority of nations voted in favor of the Palestinian bid, the major world powers would not.

When that effort failed, Israel focused on ensuring what it called a "moral majority" in the vote, meaning that even if a majority of nations voted in favor of the Palestinian bid, the major world powers and most European countries would not.

A majority of nations believe that nuclear weapons are unacceptable and must be prohibited.

Unlike a majority of nations in the OECD, Australia's inequality during the global financial crisis (GFC) actually decreased.

KAL points out that in a majority of nations, cartoonists cannot draw their own head of state for fear of political and often physical reprisal.

The election by a majority of nations to add Syria to the Security Council (news article, Oct. 9) speaks volumes for the hypocrisy that the United Nations espouses.

A majority of nation-states are unitary systems.

With the U.S. poised to become a majority of-color nation in the coming years, the backward racists are outnumbered and will be outvoted through a process of attrition.

But European Union diplomats said a majority of European nations — including Germany, France, Britain and Italy — planned to recognize Kosovo, regardless of dissenters.

A majority of Arab nations remain fragile polities where loyalty is prized above ability, and the patriarchal family is the strongest state institution.

Instead, senior Serbian officials have backed the idea of E.U.-mediated talks with Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in February 2008 with the firm backing of the United States and a majority of E.U. nations.