Sentence examples for gain a majority on from inspiring English sources

It would take Weyerhaeuser two annual meetings to gain a majority on the board.

In addition to Sanders' victory, it appeared that his allies were going to gain a majority on the 13-member Board of Aldermen.

Acknowledging his misdeeds for the first time, Moreno explained that he sought money from an FBI informant so that he could gain a majority on the City Council and stop what he saw as Santa Ana's moral decline.

"The full significance of this for Labour lies in the fact that it must win 27 seats in the south to gain a majority of one on a uniform national swing," he wrote in a blog post for the New Statesman.

Representative Henry Bonilla, a Republican, faces a runoff on Dec. 12 after failing to gain a majority of votes on Election Day.

The British pound touched its lowest level since May on Monday after a poll showed no party was on track to gain a majority of seats in Parliament, stoking fears of inaction.

Despite warnings from within the G.O.P., Republicans lost their unity and grip on messaging, allowing the Democrats to gain a majority of congressional seats.

Parliament was prorogued on 1 July 1852 as the Tories could not govern for long as a minority; Disraeli hoped that they would gain a majority of about 40.

When Democrats gained control of the Senate after the 2006 midterm elections, they gained a majority of seats on the committee and set the course for the production of the final reports.

But Republicans are on their way to gaining a majority on the agency's five-member board.

Months later they had gained a majority on three beaches at the expense of microscopic marine worms and other tiny creatures.