Sentence examples for majority of two from inspiring English sources

That would achieve a majority of two.

There the Conservatives won 19 seats and an overall majority of two.

A majority of one was sufficient for acquittal, but a majority of two was necessary for conviction.

Last month the MDC's national council decided by a slim majority of two votes to run in the election.

In the senate, where seats are allocated differently, Mr Prodi has a majority of two - 158 to 156 - with one independent.

In the Senate, where the G.O.P. has a narrow majority of two, only eight Republican senators are up for reëlection, so the political map is more favorable.

But even as Kosovo's president, Fatmir Sejdiu, on Sunday praised the historic document before a low-key ceremony here in the capital, the introduction of the Constitution threatened to unleash tensions in a place where the international community is already struggling to maintain a fragile peace between the country's ethnic Albanian majority of two million and its more than 100,000 Serbs.

Even bosses' club the Institute of Directors has joined in, backing Labour's manifesto proposal to introduce a "Cadbury rule" so hostile takeovers can only go through on a "super-majority" of two thirds of shareholders in the target.

In 1996 John Paul issued a set of rules governing papal elections, one of which provided that under certain circumstances the traditionally required majority of two-thirds plus one could be replaced by a simple majority.

The majority of two-domain foci (10,834, 80.7%) consisted of two genes, 93.6% of which comprised a classic HK-RR pair.

Previously, a candidate had to secure a majority of two-thirds to be elected pope (two-thirds plus one vote if the number of cardinals does not divide by three).