The phrase "a plurality of only" is not standard and may cause confusion in written English.
It could be used in contexts discussing a limited number of items or options, but it is generally unclear.
Example: "In this survey, we found a plurality of only three respondents favored option A."
Alternatives: "a limited number of" or "only a few of".
They contain a plurality of ideas, which only by the later Vedanta-schools were tried to reconcile.
If the theory that a party should be bound to nominate a candidate who won only a plurality of primary votes but less than a majority had any validity, there would of course not be any reason for holding a convention at all.
By contrast, in the probability-mixing model, the cell responds to a plurality of stimuli as if only one of the stimuli were present.
The two are expected to face an uphill fight, but under old corporate rules they could have survived as directors with only a plurality of the vote since negative votes were merely registered as votes withheld from ratification.
Although Lincoln won only a plurality of the popular vote, his victory in the electoral college was decisive: Lincoln had 180 and his opponents added together had only 123.
Under the rules in many states, if the winning candidate in a given Congressional district secures only a plurality of its votes, then he must share the district's delegates with the second-place finisher.
Although the NP won only a plurality of votes, its victory signified a new Afrikaner unity that resulted from 30 years of intense ideological labour and institution building by ethnic nationalists intent on capturing the South African state.
That only a plurality of Republicans were willing to acknowledge the president was born in America is nothing short of astounding, considering the preponderance of evidence that confirms his Hawaiian birth.
Alternatively, if the Conservatives were to win only a plurality of seats in Commons and garner, say, 35% of the national vote, it would not be correct to suggest that the electorate collectively voted for a hung parliament.
But there is one striking similarity: the two democracies allow for the distinct probability of selecting national leaders who win only a plurality of the popular vote nationwide; and even the possibility of winning office with less than a plurality when coming in second !
