Sentence examples for a significant vote. from inspiring English sources

"Ukip is in a good position and will continue, with my full support to attract a significant vote.

Barbara Stymiest, who chairs BlackBerry's board, called this "a significant vote of confidence in BlackBerry and its future".

If Lucent succeeds in selling the preferred stock, the transaction would translate into a significant vote of confidence in the company's future.

Still, such a significant vote against James and Lachlan Murdoch could eventually affect the future makeup of the company, analysts said.

Such a system awards seats in disproportionate numbers to bigger parties while penalizing smaller parties that amass a significant vote share but few seats.

The shareholder predicted there will be a significant vote against the revised pay package, and against remuneration committee chairman Jane Lighting, a former chief executive of broadcaster Five and of Flextech.

Those men represent a significant voting block in a country which is still 62% white.

This was well before his state had enough Jewish retirees to fill early-bird restaurants for dinner and constitute a significant voting bloc.

He follows a long line of New York mayors who have made occasional trips to Israel in good times and bad, securing ties with Jews, who make up a significant voting bloc in municipal elections.

Almost 20percentt of Israel's 6.8 million citizens are Arabs (a group distinct from the Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip), and a significant voting bloc that has made a difference in past races.

Equally, while additional steps could be taken to educate retail investors on their information and voting rights, it is open to question whether individuals are likely to engage with the companies in which they have invested to a sufficient extent to allow them to constitute a significant voting bloc.