Sentence examples for need majority from inspiring English sources

"We don't need majority ownership to work with the banks," he said, arguing that federal agencies have enough supervisory power to nurse banks back to full health.

(Approval can require just a board vote, or may also need majority support from the homeowners -- it depends on state rules and the goal of the assessment).

History has proven minorities need majority group leaders on their side to see change.

First of all, you need majority agreement by the affected parties in order to even have a plan to present.

The Tories don't need majorities of Chinese or Indian voters to stay in government, he told me, just a steadily increasing share of the Asian-Canadian vote.

They should be able to do so again when the vote to ratify comes to the floor, probably sometime early next year (remember, they only need majorities).

For a democratic union of two countries to survive, it needs majority support in both countries.

Foreign Minister Antonio Segni, 70, a Catholic conservative, received 354 votes, 92 short of a needed majority.

The leading challenger, Marc Ravalomanana, fell short of the needed majority, and a runoff was scheduled between him and the incumbent, Didier Ratsiraka.

The government got 96 votes of the 195 deputies present in the 200-seat legislature, two short of a needed majority.

But at 12 50 this morning, the Senate voted 22-12 vote for the override, falling two votes shy of the needed majority.