Sentence examples for prefer a majority from inspiring English sources

Asked if he would prefer a majority government over a coalition, regardless of which party won, he said: "With a majority government at least you have direction so, in that sense, yes".

In 1985 the National Consumer Council published a survey showing that only 15% of respondents felt that the Law Society should be investigating complaints, and only 5% felt that if an independent body was created it should contain a solicitor majority, with 36% wanting equal representation of solicitors and lay people and 55% preferring a majority of lay people.

Polls suggest a hung Parliament is likely after 7 May, and Mr Harris-Quinney, whose comments were first reported in the Daily Telegraph, said he would prefer a Conservative majority.

Although neuronal cells prefer a nanostructured surface, the majority of flexible microprobes have a flat surface.

I would prefer a system where the majority party were more empowered to govern and more readily able to translate its campaign promises into political action and policy.

Thus, the majority prefer a greater responsibility and an active role by the regulator with regard to gathering information but not a stricter approach with regard to imposing measures for the state regulator.

Previous work has considered the time-costs for decisions where groups adopt the action preferred by a single despot, or the action preferred by a majority of group members [4].

In Canada, a poll in 2014 showed that, if there were to be a change in the constitution, the majority would prefer "a Canadian-born person chosen by Canadians" as head of state, although no such change looks imminent.

Despite the fact that 34%% of the sample would prefer a train with a driver, majority of the respondents within this group still rated driverless trains as "Very Good" (4 %) or "Good" (16 %).

Among the top two preferred colour schemes, chosen by 89.1% of respondents, the red map (Figure 5A) was preferred by a majority 59.3% of scientists, and the diverging map (Figure 5C) was preferred by a majority 64.3% of stakeholders (Pearson χ 2 = 5.072, df = 1, α = 0.024).

As a result, meeting minutes show, draft bills that are preferred by a majority of lawmakers are sometimes killed by the corporate members at the table.