Sentence examples for but by a majority from inspiring English sources

A fax arrived, stating that the hearing would be held not by the bipartisan committee but by a "majority task force" -- for Republicans only.

But by a majority of five to four they upheld the December 12th deadline (then only two hours away), rather than extending it to December 18th when the electoral college actually meets.In this section The accidental president A peace process for Kashmir?

The jury concluded unanimously that Mr Duggan was armed - a man has already gone to prison for supplying the gun - but by a majority they decided he threw the firearm away as police surrounded him.

Winner-take-all, combined with the current partisan geography and rising polarization (especially on the right), has produced a system in which the House of Representatives is controlled not by a majority of voters, not even by a majority of seats, but by a majority of a majority of seats.

In this way, an essential oil is defined not only by its major compounds, but rather by a majority of all its compounds (Zouari [2013]).

Last month Alliston was acquitted of manslaughter but convicted by a majority verdict of wanton and furious driving, an offence falling under an act from 1861.

At the time, it was widely viewed as a prerequisite for passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a controversial 12-nation trade pact negotiated by then-President Barack Obama but opposed by a majority of House Democrats.

At the time, it was widely viewed as a prerequisite for passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a controversial 12-nation trade pact negotiated by then-President Barack Obama but opposed by a majority of House Democrats.

Today, as in the past 4 decades, protecting our air and water and ensuring the health of our families enjoys strong support not only from elected officials but also by a majority of Americans regardless of party affiliation.

But by 1987, a majority of Republicans opposed a third deal, even though only 37 percent of the reductions came from tax increases.

The Rae-Taylor theorem rests on an implicit equal-stakes assumption, i.e., di = 1 for every i ∈ N. Brighouse and Fleurbaey show that when stakes are allowed to vary across voters, total utility is maximized not by majority rule, but by a weighted majority rule, where each individual i's voting weight wi is proportional to his or her stake di.