Sentence examples for majority there was from inspiring English sources

Russian President Vladimir Putin then sent troops to Crimea, claiming that the ethnic Russian majority there was in danger from the opposition politicians who took power in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital.

By February 1974 his majority there was 11,000.

But, with a strong Democratic majority, there was a new question to consider.

However, since the MDC commanded a slim parliamentary majority, there was the possibility of a raft of legislative reform.

Among the newly empowered Shiite majority, there was an eruption of joy, and volleys of celebratory gunfire from pistols and automatic weapons.

After the judge read a charge on Sunday urging the minority to reconsider the views of the majority, there was a "gradual change" in the position of those in the minority, the, juror said.

Mr Huhne's majority there is just 3,864.

succeeded in establishing that, in general, the means used to settle Jews in Palestine and create a Jewish majority there were illegitimate" (xxiv).

If there is no such majority there is no impeachment," Guarnieri said.

"Home is a place for young people where, for the majority, there is safety and security.

With such a narrow majority, there are, of course, limits to Democratic power.