Sentence examples for a majority of the speakers from inspiring English sources

A majority of the speakers and moderators were women and people of color, according to Netroots organizers, a statistic that drew a standing ovation.

A majority of the speakers came to the daylong hearing to denounce a proposed natural gas pipeline that would cross the Hudson River and wend its way through Westchester County.

The meeting ended up being shortened by a day and a half with no notice, and a majority of the speakers never showed up.

With the Home Hub, a majority of the speaker still faces back, but the raised display affords the ability to blast some of that sound forward.

The norm of the "Hastert Rule" -- that is, only sending bills to the floor that have the backing of a majority of the speaker's party -- is strong enough that if Boehner violates it in this critical moment, he could lose his job.

A majority of the population are Russian speakers and voted "Yes" in the March referendum, supporting Russia and President Putin.

The other solution to this accent-based conundrum is vividly on display in Fred Zinneman's sterling adaptation of The Day of the Jackal, in which a majority of the characters are French speakers.

While Ms. Pelosi should easily win the backing of a majority of her fellow Democrats in a closed-door vote this month to gain the nomination, a much more intriguing vote will take place Jan . 3 when she must garner the support of a majority of the House to regain the speaker's gavel.

Though co-sponsored by a majority of the City Council, the Council speaker and Peter F. Vallone Jr., the Public Safety Committee chairman, have yet to schedule a hearing or put it to a vote.

On Wednesday, 157 House Democrats — a majority of the party — signed a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposing the tax.

"Half the population of Kiev are Russian speakers and a majority of the elderly still have respect for Lenin," Karasyov said in an interview.