Sentence examples for majority as possible from inspiring English sources

Labour whips are desperately trying to win as large a majority as possible for the measure despite widespread hostility among the party's MPs.

In July, as the Tories began to warn that unpleasant economic medicine would have to be swallowed, Philip Hammond, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, told the Guardian that his party needed as big a majority as possible to ensure it could take the kind of tough decisions necessary to put the public finances in order.

And going forward, the game of campaigning is still very much the same -- both parties have the chance to pitch their policy ideas and philosophical preferences to as large a majority as possible, with the goal of scooping up that median-voter-plus-one and notching an electoral victory.

This was to find some conclusions which the members of the committee, or as large a majority as possible, would sign, and not bother about finding defensible reasons for them.

We need to commit to withdrawing our troops, or at least the great majority, as soon as possible and within a year.

Even though they remain short of the 60 needed to cut off filibusters, the Democrats are aiming to keep their majority as large as possible next year when, for the first time since 1994, they have control of Congress and the White House.

Such sentiments, reflected in opinion polls nationally, are fueling the Democrats' belief that they can oust Mr. Sununu and run competitively in up to 10 other states in a quest to push their slim 51 to 49 Senate majority as close as possible to a filibuster-proof 60 seats — a goal they rank second only to Senator Barack Obama's winning the White House.

The old White House was characterized by Rahm's war-room-like approach to pushing the Obama agenda through a Congress with big Democratic majorities as fast as possible.

Mr Brown also has a reputation for being thin-skinned, too reliant on a small group of trusted advisers, and too inclined to reward cronies and punish enemies.Whatever their differences, though, Mr Brown is certain to do his best to secure as large a majority as is possible for Mr Blair.

Republicans will try to keep Democratic-leaning minority voters concentrated in as few majority-minority districts as possible.

Like a politician, she is careful not to tie herself down in the future, instructing her clerks to write majority opinions as narrowly as possible.