Sentence examples for majority favoured from inspiring English sources

A clear majority favoured the recognition of civil partnerships.

A majority favoured the first approach, which is what the Fed is now doing.Why?

Among women, a majority favoured the Scarecrow (37 per cent as opposed to 36percentnt for the Tin Man).

The majority favoured keeping him and, much more significantly, the word inside the club is that McCarthy's position has never merited discussion.

A Harris poll in 1996 found a majority in favour of a wholesale return to selective education; an ICM poll in the same year found a majority favoured comprehensive schools.

A majority favoured the European Commission's proposal to open talks next year with five countries Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Estonia as well as Cyprus, which has already been invited.

That said, in all countries a majority favours keeping it.

A majority favours a tax rise as long as it weighs on upper-income earners, according to a recent poll.

The ambiguous balance between Scottishness and Britishness that From the Line reveals – often in the work of the same poet – is evident in opinion polls which continue to indicate that no clear majority favours either side, with significant numbers undecided.

Throughout Latin America and in Europe clear majorities favoured allowing the termination of pregnancies in some circumstances.

In a poll published by the Economist on November 8 showing how other countries would vote in the US election, huge majorities favoured Clinton.