Sentence examples for majority was needed from inspiring English sources

A simple majority was needed for election.

The treaty has been Barack Obama's main foreign policy achievement but he had been struggling against Republican opposition in the Senate, where a two-thirds majority was needed for ratification.

Before the passage of a constitutional amendment, a two-thirds majority was needed, and Mr. Hun Sen, who describes himself as a strongman, was nevertheless forced to bargain with other parties to form a government.

Only a simple majority was needed to pass the motion at the synod's meeting in York, but any final vote on moves to introduce female bishops will require the usual two-thirds majority in each of the synod's three houses: bishops, clergy and laity.

A two-thirds majority was needed.

But, because of the highly cautious structures of the established Church, a two-thirds majority was needed in all three houses of its General Synod to effect change.

A majority is needed in both houses to govern.

(Under California law, a two-thirds majority is needed to raise taxes).

Politicians with a spine and a majority are needed to fix it.

An absolute majority is needed to pass constitution-altering bills and the suspension of standing or sessional orders without notice.

A two-thirds majority is needed to override a veto — 290 votes if all 435 representatives are voting.