Sentence examples for over a majority of from inspiring English sources
Citing the growing popularity of the militant Islamic group Hamas, Mr. Shaath said that Hamas "might even take over a majority of the Parliament".
A consortium of prominent investment funds has amassed a 21percentt stake in CNet and is seeking to oust the company's directors and take over a majority of its board, according to people briefed on the proposal.
In recent years, the American military has been relocating from bases near the demilitarized zone to new posts farther south, leaving South Korean troops to take over a majority of the responsibility along the front.
In January, Jana and another activist investor, Sandell Asset Management, announced that they had amassed a 21percentt stake in CNEt and were seeking to oust the company's directors and take over a majority of its board.
Thanks to a quirk in Illumina's bylaws, Roche is also seeking shareholder approval to claim two additional seats on the board, effectively taking over a majority of director positions.
Recovery School District -- a state-run district that manages Louisiana's low-performing schools -- took over a majority of New Orleans's public schools after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Since then, the government has started an investigation into the bank and is now planning to take over Grameen — a majority of whose shares are owned by its borrowers — and break it up into 19 regional lenders.
Last week, it was announced that the deal for Comcast to take over a majority share of NBC Universal will go through; it's a thirty-billion-dollar deal, with much at stake.
Kohl's, which also missed forecasts, said that though the company had "improved performance" over Thanksgiving weekend, "a majority of our planned incremental marketing investment is in December," meaning lots of promotions.
Over time, a majority of respondents started to consider their condition as normal because they thought that it was possible to manage their disease with medication and lifestyle modification.
Last month, Liberty told the Federal Communications Commission that it intended to take over Sirius by buying a majority of its shares.
