Sentence examples for majority backing for from inspiring English sources

Major British Cycling poll shows majority backing for more bike routes even if it means longer commutes for drivers.

They formalised their agreement to provide majority backing for a Socialist-led government on Tuesday just before the vote.

Several officials said internal polls of the rank and file also showed solid majority backing for Mr. Gore.

But Israeli political analysts said tonight that it was far from certain that there was majority backing for dissolving the house.

And last week, after intense lobbying by the union, the Manhattan members of the City Council failed to give the museum majority backing for the zoning variance it needs for its more than $600 million renovation and expansion project.

Financed mostly by right-wing Christian groups, including the wealthy Mormon Church, supporters of Proposition 8 have made robust efforts to secure majority backing for a 15-word amendment which states: "Only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognised in California".

Last month shareholders at Verizon and Blockbuster became the first in America to give majority backing to resolutions calling for an advisory shareholder vote on executive pay.

Opinion polls suggest a majority backing on both sides for a two-state solution to the conflict, but the details of any agreement will be crucial in determining the outcome of any plebiscites.

Majority backing among member states is sufficient for the directive to pass, but voting is weighted.

For example, although many key provisions of the Obama health-care bill had majority backing across the country, overall support for the plan was less than 50percentt.

Mr Murphy, a former secretary of state for Scotland, has won majority backing among Scottish Labour MPs, MEPs and MSPs.