Sentence examples for joint majority from inspiring English sources

As prime minister he presided over a coalition government with the more rightwing, business-orientated Liberals, commanding a joint majority of 155 in a 212-member parliament.

Some people seemed to thoroughly enjoy what they saw and heard, while others cringed and suggested that everybody's favourite mild-mannered chef - and Norwich's joint majority shareholder - might have been fuelled by a certain amount of liquid refreshment.

The worst feeling for me when you've lost is going in to see Delia [Smith, the club's joint majority shareholder] and her mum and [husband] Michael Wynn Jones, and people who are supporting you and putting faith in you.

"We're absolutely delighted to confirm that Ed Balls is the new Chairman of Norwich City," the joint majority shareholders Delia Smith and Michael Wynn Jones told the football club's news outlet.

But to see it written down in black and white confirms again what a leg-up West Ham's joint majority owners, David Gold and David Sullivan, and canny vice-chair Karren Brady (rumoured to have got a sizeable bonus for landing the deal) have received.

With the two parties holding a joint majority of around 80 over the Tories in the second chamber, the amendment is likely to succeed and will force MPs to debate and vote on the issue for a second time when the bill returns to the Commons.

The spending comes after the Carrow Road side, who finished 11th last season, announced they will become externally debt free,  with joint-majority shareholder Delia Smith the only creditor to the club.

The Coalition can win 31 seats at best in the Senate, which would leaves it five votes short of a joint sitting majority.

The franchise to run the expanded Thameslink rail network has been awarded to Govia Thameslink, a joint venture majority-owned by Go-Ahead.

When asked 'tell me about your mesifa, marapo le ditokololo' (muscles, bones, and joints), the majority of participants exclaimed, botlhoko, botlhoko!, implicating whole-body pains with their initial responses and gestures.

Unilateral hip disease was reported by 32%, a further 13% reported bilateral hip disease without involvement of other joints, but the majority (54.6%) had involvement of other joints, and many had undergone previous surgery on other joints (mostly the other hip or the knees).