Sentence examples for a majority of representatives from inspiring English sources

Fehr called Miller "the owners' adversary" and said the panel was filled with a majority of representatives of ownership.

Some systems, like the Italian, require a government to fall whenever a majority of representatives votes "no confidence" — leading to notorious episodes of instability.

Boris Yeltsin was able to secure approval for his prime ministerial appointees despite the fact that his backers did not hold a majority in the State Duma and a majority of representatives were often hostile to his government.

I'm filing a discharge petition to force a vote on the legislation to save Net Neutrality, and we just need to get a majority of Representatives to sign it.

Under the rules of the House, a bill must be brought to the House Floor for a vote if a majority of Representatives sign a discharge petition demanding it.

A majority of the representatives in state government were "chosen" in elections where they were the only real option on the ballot.

While Sinn Féin, the political wing of the IRA, immediately called for a referendum on Irish unity on Friday, under peace process rules this can only happen if a majority of political representatives of both communities (pro-British Protestant unionists and pro-Irish Catholic nationalists) in Northern Ireland demand it.

A majority of the representatives are viewed as pro-Beijing.

But he says that this requirement of consent is satisfied when a majority of the representatives of property holders consent to the regulation and taxation of property (Locke, 1690, sec. 140).

But the McKay Commission backed the principle that UK-wide legislation with a "distinct" impact on England should have the consent of a majority of English representatives and English MPs should have "new and additional ways to assert their interests".

Moreover, it is backed by a majority of Senators, Representatives, and the American people.