Sentence examples for a slim major from inspiring English sources

"I am really sorry to hear that," I told the Marines' executive officer, a slim major.

That 10percentt drop should be a major concern, as should the fact that a slim majority of Americans understand how important vaccinations are.

A slim majority is in favour.

This yielded a slim majority.

The scenario in which Romney has a slim Senate majority and passes major legislation through reconciliation seems likely to lead to a backlash that would endanger any substantial reforms long before they're implemented.

But Mitterrand surprised the pollsters by scoring a slim victory the first major victory for the left in three decades.

The House Republicans portrayed their ability to keep a narrow though slimmer majority as a major victory over a determined Democratic effort to regain the control of the House.

Five hundred pages into "The Goldfinch" — and at 784 pages, it's not a slim read — Theo is asked some major questions by one of the book's minor characters, a Russian chauffeur called Guyri: "First question: does God have sense of humor?

While many college athletes must work their way through undergrad and into the minors before getting a slim chance of playing in the majors, Ryan was an exception and attended community college before being drafted onto his first team, the New York Mets, reports Business Insider.

On May 2, he defeated Mr. Livingstone by a slim margin, in what amounted to a major defeat for the Labor Party.

Organizers behind Monday's platform acknowledged that many parts had a slim chance of being taken on by major political parties or candidates.