Sentence examples for majority with only from inspiring English sources

The most recent debate over extending unemployment benefits, for example, took so long in part because the death of Senator Robert Byrd, a Democrat from West Virginia, left the majority with only 59 votes for cloture.

The moment looks ideal.In 1997, the Liberals won a slim majority with only 38% of the vote, taking 101 seats in Ontario largely because two conservative parties split the right-wing vote.

Many are struck by the overall genetic similarities, leading some to claim that both Britain and Ireland have been inhabited for thousands of years by a single people that have remained in the majority, with only minor additions from later invaders like Celts, Romans, Angles, Saxons, Vikings and Normans.

In the ASTARTE survey, the Norwegian tourists however form the majority, with only six tourists from other origins.

A tally of dinosaurs published 3 years ago (Wang and Dodson 2006) recognized 527 genera, the vast majority with only a single species.

There were 453 (53.6%) records of smoking cessation referral offers that were declined by the majority, with only 189 (22.4%) referrals made.

The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party powered home with a massive majority, though with only 31% of votes cast.

His new majority, secured with only 39.6% of the vote, allows him to press on with some useful measures, such as a cut in corporate tax.

The vast majority die, with only one (in humans) or several (in rodents) making it all the way to the uterus, a process called ovulation.

Clinically, patients presented with varying degrees of kidney insufficiency, and the majority presented with only minimal proteinuria in contrast to AL and AA, which often present with nephrotic-range proteinuria.

He missed the absolute majority of votes (with "only" about 48%), but who's counting?