Sentence examples for a significant majority was from inspiring English sources

Schneider would not give the breakdown of the votes for visors, but he said a significant majority was in favor.

A significant majority was aware of the hazards associated with smoking.

In our study, conducted in the northeastern part of Poland on a group of 110 patients with TBE, a significant majority was co-infected with Borrelia species (30/110; 27 %), much less with A. phagocytophilum (12/110; 10.9 %) and with Babesia spp. (1/110; 0.9 %).

"Whereas a generation ago, the vast majority of them were Jewish, today, a significant majority are of Indian, and in particular, Gujarati origin.

Among these genes, a significant majority were up-regulated in the rosR mutant, suggesting that RosR functions in R. leguminosarum bv.

Among the genes in question, a significant majority were up-regulated in the rosR mutant (63.22 %), whereas 36.78 % were down-regulated (Fig.  1a), suggesting that RosR functions mainly as a negative regulator of gene transcription in this bacterium.

The significant majority was having varied work experience ranging from 1 to 10 years and 61.1% respondents were married and 67.9% were living either in joint or extended families.

Of these, the significant majority were from the single-agent group (67%).

A significant majority (75%) were from the displaced Syrian population, followed by respondents from Lebanon (21%) and the remaining from Palestine or another country (Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4).

Overall only 16% of deliveries were assisted by health professionals, while a significant majority (78%) was attended by traditional birth attendants.

The effect of IBA on tactile sensitivity was assessed using ANOVA and a binomial analysis was used to determine whether a significant majority of panelists were able to detect the stimuli under each treatment condition.