Sentence examples for keep a majority from inspiring English sources

The government is happy to sell shares in banks but wants to keep a majority stake.

Republicans are likely to keep a majority on those committees, Mr. Lott said.

The news release said that Mr. Harman intended to "keep a majority of Newsweek's very talented staff".

It says it will keep a majority stake in France Télécom.Spot the differenceMost French voters think there is little difference between right and left.

BGL is likely to keep a majority stake, giving investors the chance to buy between 25 and 49 per cent of the business.

So Mr Sharon, to keep a majority, will either have to team up with the Labour opposition or even face an election.

Chinese leaders have long said that the Dalai Lama ruled over a feudal system that kept a majority of Tibetans enslaved.

Starting in the 1980's, it spun out numerous businesses into separate public subsidiaries, in which it kept a majority stake.

The Impediments With more than 10 million residential pools and 309,000 public pools in the country, what keeps a majority of Americans from enjoying the relief and refreshment of a regular swim?

At present, 22 spin-outs and spin-outs andspin-outs—ofbit their parent (see chart), including three that are not yet publicly traded.Although Thermo keeps a majority stake in each spin-orbititheires them far more freedom than a conventional subsidiary.

Typically the studio provides the initial funding and keeps a majority of the shares, while offering a meaningful minority to the founding team.