Sentence examples for overwhelmingly for a from inspiring English sources

Nearly a decade ago, Missourians voted overwhelmingly for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, and there is no sign of a serious effort to overturn that anytime soon.

A year later the citizens of Laguna Beach voted overwhelmingly for a $20-million 20-millionre to bondland along Laguna Canyon Road and far into the hills.

Bulgaria's parliament responded by voting overwhelmingly for a fracking moratorium.

In November, Premont residents voted overwhelmingly for a property tax increase to support the schools.

5.59pm BST Delegates have voted overwhelmingly for a "reference back" for the online pornography motion.

See articleVoters in Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian enclave within Azerbaijan, opted overwhelmingly for a constitution declaring their own sovereignty.

Now the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for an ambitious proposal to prevent overfishing.

People voted overwhelmingly for an independent state of South Sudan, and this was confirmed on 9 July 2011.

They point to a UN organised plebiscite in 1970 in which the Shia majority voted overwhelmingly for an independent Bahrain.

Of an estimated 60,000 registered Muslim voters in the state, 86 percent turned out and voted overwhelmingly for Jim Webb, a Democrat running for the Senate who subsequently won the election, according to data collected by the committee.

Participants in Sunday's ballot ― only about 43percentt of eligible voters ― opted overwhelmingly for independence, a result that was expected since residents who favor remaining part of Spain mainly boycotted the referendum.