Sentence examples for majority was set from inspiring English sources

The Moral Majority was set up as an ecumenical organization for conservative Catholics, Mormons, and Orthodox Jews as well as Protestants ("reverse ecumenism," Weyrich called it) — though Falwell never had much success in organizing the clergy from these other faiths.

Then, too, the Moral Majority was set up in a sophisticated fashion as three organizations: the Moral Majority, Inc., a legislative lobby; the Moral Majority Foundation, an educational group; and the Moral Majority political-action committee.

Ms. DeLay Garcia said Texans for a Republican Majority was set up in 2002 using as a model Mr. DeLay's political action committee in Washington, Americans for a Republican Majority, which had been successful in increasing the Republican representation.

Mostar, a town where Bosniaks constituted a slight majority, was set as the capital.

-- In 1179, the College of Cardinals was given the exclusive right to choose a new pope, and a two-thirds majority was set as the threshold for a winning vote (later changed to two-thirds plus one).

Sitcom locations may vary, but the vast majority are set in contemporary times.

That share is below two-thirds now, and the white majority is set to become a minority by 2044.

Take a look at swimming's long-course world records (i.e. those for a 50m Olympic pool) and the overwhelming majority were set in 2009.

Of the 15 articles, the majority were set in high-income countries (n = 9).

It would also add some weight to the grumpy judgments this country issues when national majorities are set aside in places like Yugoslavia.

A debate on a competing debt-ceiling plan, crafted by Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, was set to begin yesterday evening and run into the early hours of today.