Sentence examples for for a wide majority from inspiring English sources

The time to recovery appeared to be between 24 and 48 hours and complete for a wide majority of the patients.

Also in 1999, Mr. Franks voted with a wide majority for a law outlawing physician-assisted suicide, a measure aimed at overturning the Oregon law that allows the practice within strict guidelines.

The Sharon government issued no official response to the human chain demonstration, but a senior government official said "a demonstration does not create a majority, and Mr. Sharon enjoys a wide majority among Israelis for his disengagement plan".

While a wide majority support the law's requirement for companies with 50 or more employees to provide health care, just 34percentt favor the requirement for all Americans to be insured.

The Senate committee passed the provision by voice vote after a wide majority of Democrats and Republicans on the committee expressed support for it.

Passage by a wide majority in the Senate seemed assured.

His prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, is an ideological ally who has a wide majority in the National Assembly.

"All the national polls show a wide majority of Americans support the public option," Mr. Reid said.

The Faculty Senate voted by a wide majority to allow R.O.T.C. back.

By contrast, a wide majority of liberal Democrats favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally.

A wide majority of MEPs endorsed the whole report, while a narrow majority (342 votes to 326, with 19 abstentions) rejected an amendment calling for a general phaseout of bottom trawling after 2 years.