Sentence examples for majority could prevail from inspiring English sources

He was negotiating with Shariatmadari for some kind of convocation where the majority could prevail.

Despite the defeat, advocates of a ban said they might seek to introduce another bill under terms where a simple majority could prevail.

The slender 2010 Tory majority of 1,951 in Corby means that Labour could prevail on a tiny swing of 2%, about half of what it would need to overtake the Tories in the nationwide popular vote.

Bravado could prevail over brains.

The victor could prevail by 100 votes.

A clear, bipartisan majority, with a wide range of individual views on ratification, deemed this issue sufficiently important to delay a vote until cooler heads -- and more thorough consideration -- could prevail.

But where man failed, only nature could prevail.

No ballerina could prevail against such daft distractions.

After traveling the state on a closely watched tour, he told friends that he could prevail but feared that an ugly campaign would leave the winner drained of cash and vulnerable to a Republican challenger at a time when the Democratic Party's filibuster-proof majority in the United States Senate has evaporated.

And the government would have to be certain it could prevail.

If the appraiser doesn't, the other side could prevail — without any negotiation.