Sentence examples for proper majority from inspiring English sources

Campbell, like Blair, was constantly preoccupied with the knowledge that Labour had been elected with a proper majority just twice before in its history – in 1945 and 1966 – and on both occasions had gone down to defeat at the following election through the absence of a sustaining strategy and an ability to manage the media.

"Way I see it is that she knows she's going to win, and by getting a proper majority now she'll be best placed to take us out of the EU," Anthony says.

In Rome proper, the majority of citizens suffered the consequences of living in a nation that had its eyes invariably trained on the far horizon.

Even after being forced by the German FA to open up their membership structure in order to get a licence for the first division, RB Leipzig only have 17 members proper – the majority of whom are either employees or associates of Red Bull.

The episode had real effects, even so.In this section Prodi resurrected for now Where the past is another country The Spanish centrifuge The third man A cool peace Correction: Sweden's decision Reprints Related items Italy: Pasta and friesFeb 22nd 2007Most obviously, it shattered Mr Prodi's blithe optimism that he could survive indefinitely without a proper working majority in the upper house.

But for the majority, proper precautions are impractical and unrealistic.

Reform slowly won the day: the establishment of the Society for the Discharge and Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts in 1773 hugely improved the situation, ensuring that charity reached its proper destination: a majority of prisoners now left after a short stay.

Second, it is a scholarly refutation to show that this is not just an overwhelming number of Muslims outnumbering the minority, but that this majority has proper basis for their claim while Da'esh does not have such proper basis.

This distinction between a proper and an improper majority typifies the fundamental philosophy of the Federalist papers; republican institutions, including the principle of majority rule, were not considered good in themselves but were good because they constituted the best means for the pursuit of justice and the preservation of liberty.

Proper Assessment The overwhelming majority of people with TMJ symptoms are women.

At one point, a renegade section of fans tried to get a Mexican Wave going as Toulon's engine stalled a little in the second half, but it was admirably quelled by the majority of proper fans there to see and cheer the rugby, whatever its quality.