Sentence examples for majority while the from inspiring English sources

Until recently, those who wanted gun control were a silent majority, while the the N.R.A., was a powerful lobby in Washington, Ms. Labella said.

The toddlers and chimpanzees tended to follow the behavior of the majority, while the orangutans seemed to choose a hole at random.

We cannot run a two-party democracy in which one party can pass legislation with a 51-vote majority, while the other needs a 60-vote supermajority.

According to Pomfret's town attorney, John D. Boland of Boland, St. Onge & Brouillard in Woodstock, "the first question passed by a very substantial majority, while the second question failed by almost the same number of votes.

Control of both houses of the State Legislature hangs in the balance, and the 80-seat General Assembly is widely expected to shift to a Democratic majority, while the 40-member Senate is too close to call.

Either Mr Maliki or the INA headed the poll in the provinces where there is a Shia majority, while the Kurds voted for Kurdish parties within the area ruled by the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Their tone should offend every teacher, veteran, civil servant, and every North Dakotan that believes in the founding principle that we are governed by the will of the majority while preserving the rights of the minority".

In the Senate, Democrats cling to a 50-49 majority, while in the House there are 222 Republicans and 221 Democrats.

With that amount of acreage, 1% can encompass a lot of honey, so don't get upset when I acknowledge the crapulence of the majority while focusing on the minority.

As a result, the historic counties of Londonderry, Fermanagh, and Tyrone now have marked Catholic majorities, while the traditional concentration of Protestants in the eastern reaches has increased.

This is consistent with the findings of recent political science and social psychology: individuals in the minority of their group tend to shift their views toward the majority, while members of the majority become more extreme in their views.