Sentence examples for by a thin majority from inspiring English sources
Berlin and Paris voiced dismay over Sunday's Swiss referendum, which decided by a thin majority to introduce quotas for migrants from the EU, scrapping a longstanding agreement with Brussels guaranteeing freedom of movement.
Backed by the nationalist Sinn Fein and other left-leaning and centrist parties, plus a small number of progressive unionists on the right, the devolved Northern Ireland Assembly voted by a thin majority to legalise gay marriage.
Backed by the nationalist Sinn Fein and other left-leaning and centrist parties, plus a small number of progressive unionists on the right, the devolved Northern Ireland Assembly voted by a thin majority to legalize gay marriage.
On the other hand, the Prime Minister can govern by decree, avoiding parliamentary niggles if a thin majority is eroded by illness or lack of warning, but he must have the President's counter-signature to make his edicts law.
At the end of last year, a thin majority of Talecris common stock was owned by Cerberus-Plasma Holdings, which also held all management rights to the company.
A thin majority is not always an obstacle to wielding power.
Parliament, where the center-left has a thin majority, will then hold a vote of confidence.
Still, there are probably enough old-line voters to guarantee James a thin majority".
With a thin majority in the new parliament, he cannot afford to offend important interest groups.
Democrats, buoyed by the coming retirement of Senator Olympia J. Snowe, Republican of Maine, are beginning to believe that they may be able to retain a thin majority in the Senate if one or two races go their way.
