Sentence examples for majority given from inspiring English sources

But, even so, both parties could end up short of a majority, given how fragmented the British vote is becoming.

And although these awards carry the magazine's name they are very much your awards, with the majority given to places voted for by our readers.

But the Tories, second in 2005 with a 33% share of the vote, will fancy their chances of overturning the 5,459 majority given the government's current problems.

Mr. Steinberg rejected what he called an "artificial symmetry" between the peace opponents in Israel and among the Palestinians, saying 15percentt of the Israeli public opposed a deal on ideological grounds whereas the percentage was much higher among Palestinians — possibly the majority, given the strength of Hamas.

Bridget Welsh, an associate professor at Singapore Management University who follows Malaysian electoral politics, said that whoever wins is likely to have a weak majority given that the race is so close, but that a narrow victory would leave Mr. Najib in a particularly tenuous position.

Even modest success there could help him cobble together a majority, given his strength elsewhere.

In June, 2011, the conservative majority gave Walker the major legal victory he sought, upholding the new Wisconsin law that embodied "the Walker agenda".

The Clinton campaign hit a major milestone last week by achieving 1 million donors, with the majority giving $100 or less.

The unexpected Tory majority gave writers plenty to chew over in their election postmortems.

London Labour's programme for the voiceless majority gives a chance of real change.

J. Dennis Hastert, who succeeded Mr. Gingrich as speaker, said he "gave us a majority, gave us a vision".