Sentence examples for firm majority from inspiring English sources

And he has a firm majority in public opinion.

Mr. Berlusconi's government has already won a record number of 36 confidence votes in Parliament, a move that tests the government's strength and requires a firm majority.

Mr Essebsi's secular-conservative Nidaa Tounes Party and its three conservative allies, including the Islamist Ennahda Party, hold a firm majority in the Tunisian parliament.

Lacking a firm majority in the Congress, he could neither enact his own programs nor resist the contradictory pressures of his supporters and opponents.

The conservative opposition immediately said it would try to block the measure in the upper house, where the government does not have a firm majority.

While a firm majority of European respondents -- 64percentt -- last year favored a strong American presence in the world, that number dropped to 45percentthis yearar.

After the press began scrutinizing Cohen's accounts, a man listed as Demeter Direct's C.E.O., Mark Ko, told CNN that he served as an intermediary and translator in Cohen's dealings with an aviation firm, majority-owned by South Korea's government, called Korea Aerospace Industries.

In some cases the public has been divided (Newtown and Virginia Tech); in others, firm majorities say these are isolated acts (Tucson and Aurora).

Republicans won firm majorities in both houses of the State Legislature, and in January California became the first state to endorse Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

Tweedy, Browne, a Manhattan firm majority-owned by the publicly traded Affiliated Managers Group, is a sleepy place.

Ally, a firm majority-owned by taxpayers and formerly known as GMAC, services about $400 billion in home mortgages, data show.