Sentence examples for majority were executed from inspiring English sources
The overwhelming majority were executed after military clashes ended and opposition fighters had retreated, it said.
In Leningrad, nearly 7,000 people were rounded up; a vast majority were executed within 10 days.
Based on interviews with survivors and video evidence, HRW found that "the overwhelming majority" were executed after the military clashes had ended and the opposition fighters had retreated.
Cloth is fragile and perishes easily, and this work is one of the best preserved of the few surviving examples of the technique from the period; the majority extant today were executed on wood using oil or egg tempera.
The overwhelming majority of the victims were executed after military clashes ended and opposition fighters had retreated, HRW said.
"The majority of these people were executed for violation of Chinese laws during the invasion of China by imperialists and colonialists, or were killed for bullying Chinese people during the Opium War or the invasion by the eight allied powers," the spokesman, Sun Yuxi, said today at a Foreign Ministry news conference.
The majority of the tasks were executed effectively, whereas task efficiency and satisfaction varied.
Did he believe that if he were executed, the majority of Iraqis would see him as a martyr?
The majority received prison sentences although several hundred were executed.
