Sentence examples for a much smaller majority from inspiring English sources
The Commons passed it by a large majority; the Lords, intimidated by popular rioting, passed it, too, but by a much smaller majority.
If the opinion surveys are right, he will be returned to office in the election today with a much smaller majority, a decline ascribed to the broad sense of disaffection stemming from his handling of the war in Iraq.
With a much smaller majority since 2005, and the prospect of an even closer election next time, Labour's dependence on its MPs in Scotland (who currently number 39) to pass laws that apply only in England will surely increase.The quantity of Scottish ministers in Mr Blair's cabinet is also a growing presentational problem for the government.
Instead, they say, he often deferred on legislative strategy to the Democratic leaders — Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who will no longer command a majority in the coming House, and the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, who will have a much smaller majority in January — and to his since-departed White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, a former congressman.
A proposed ban on semi-automatic guns, however, earns a much smaller majority of support.
By a much smaller majority (8 to 6), they decided against interim warning labels for products containing synthetic color additives.
Under a situation where many users opt out of being tracked, other companies, like Google, may take a much smaller hit because the vast majority of its revenue comes through search ads that would not be affected by a do-not-track mechanism.
The noninvasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD) for single-gene disorders has attracted less interest because it represents a much smaller market opportunity and in the majority of cases has to be provided on disease-specific basis.
Data from the National Immunization Survey of Teens suggests that while a majority of teens are up to date on Tdap (81.2 percent in 2010) and a smaller majority are current on MCV4 (62.7 percent in 2010), a much smaller number has received all three doses of the HPV vaccine (32 percent).
Regarding anaemia, iron/folic acid (red colour tablets or vitamins) supplementation was stated by the majority of survey women as being protective, while a much smaller percentage of women mentioned nutrition as an important factor.
The vast majority of military children attend local public schools, with a much smaller percentage attending Defense Department schools and an even smaller percentage attending private schools or home schooling, the National Military Family Association estimates.
