Sentence examples for because of a lopsided from inspiring English sources

Not out of evil or malice, or not mainly, but because of a lopsided mixture of extraordinary cleverness, extraordinary greed, extraordinary proliferation of our own kind, and a biologically built-in short-sightedness.

The opposition, which is led by a former deputy prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim, won the popular vote in the May 5 election but failed to take control of Parliament because of a lopsided electoral system that gives a stronger voice to rural areas, where the governing party is strongest.

The "three-legged stool" of retirement — that is, pensions, savings and Social Security — has already become more of a lopsided two-legged stool, because pensions have been waning for years.

In "Don't Stop Dean" (column, Dec. 24), William Safire says he fears the results of a lopsided Bush victory in 2004 because "landslides lead to tyrannous majorities and big trouble".

That sets up the prospect, should Mr. de Blasio win, of a lopsided swearing-in ceremony.

Some are intended to reverse the momentum of a lopsided game.

If anything, all those commemorative bets will only make Smarty Jones more of a lopsided favorite.

Man would now have to cope with the unpredictability of a lopsided globe.

They also worry that without opposition involvement, Burundi could become more of a lopsided state, with few checks on power.

The result would look sort of like a lopsided ice-cream cone.

Because of the lopsided numbers, Senator Norris argues that this would not be a surrender, a sort of "we're going out of business" declaration that can be achieved legally by a city referendum.