Sentence examples for majority of islanders from inspiring English sources

Nevertheless, the vast majority of islanders describe him as a decent man who has advocated passionately on behalf of islanders his entire term.

Senator Bailhache said he felt the majority of islanders wanted the headland to be returned to nature.

Despite a well-designed institutional structure to facilitate local participation, local knowledge about the CB-MPA is found to be low and resource access and influence on decision-making in the programme is negligible for the majority of islanders.

According to the French, however, King Teuruarii and his chiefs had personally petitioned Governor Lacascade to take over the islands, largely contrary to the desire of the majority of the islanders.

A large majority of the islanders are likely to reaffirm their ties to Britain and rebuff Argentina's call for talks on sovereignty.

Congress is the only body with power to grant statehood, but many past presidents, including Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, have supported Puerto Rican statehood if that's what the majority of the islanders wanted.

Two styles of Hachijō-daiko emerged and have been popularized among residents: an older tradition based on a historical account, and a newer tradition influenced by mainland groups and practiced by the majority of the islanders.

While the majority of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Asian Pacific Islander youth had type 1 diabetes, older Asian, Pacific Islander, and Asian Pacific Islander youth (aged 10 19 years) have an incidence of type 2 diabetes almost double that of type 1 diabetes.

The majority of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Asian Pacific Islander youth had type 1 diabetes.

Majorities of Asian-Pacific IslAmericansricans (72percentt) and Native Americans (56percentt) also expressed support for marriage equality.

Many of the district island states are controlled by a small group of islanders.