Sentence examples for by an increased majority from inspiring English sources
They retained control in the 2008 local elections by an increased majority and in the 2010 local elections.
Congress did not override the veto, but it passed the bill again in May 1928 by an increased majority; again, Coolidge vetoed it.
UN monitors will be posted at its border with Pakistan to ensure that no military supplies get through.China charged yet another Chinese-born American, Wu Jianmin, with spying.Zimbabwe's favourite party?ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe's ruling party, won a by-election at Bindura with an increased majority.
Labour's number one target seat in the West Midlands has been held by the Conservatives with an increased majority.
Labour has held its parliamentary seat in Wythenshawe and Sale East, with an increased majority - after a by-election prompted by the death of the former MP Paul Goggins.
Mr. Howard, 62, who took a hard-line stance against illegal immigration and emphasized his support for the American-led war against terrorism, won with an increased majority, according to counts by election officials and computer projections by news media analysts.
For almost half his lifetime from 1912 to 1950 he was derided, mistrusted, reviled, and even hated by an increasing majority of his fellow Afrikaners.
Buoyed by a vastly increased majority — Republicans now hold 247 House seats — highly gerrymandered districts and the rise of an intricately coordinated web of conservative media, the new right has had a significant impact on public policy and the ways of Washington.
And as the economy grows, so too do the spoils of graft, as the scale of the 2G scandal shows.Mr Singh may also have been emboldened by his party's increased majority after last year's general elections, which brought the Congress coalition to a second term in power.
