Sentence examples for tenuous minority from inspiring English sources

She has led a tenuous minority government since her parliamentary majority was diminished in a disappointing 2010 election.

Ms. Gillard has led a tenuous minority government since her parliamentary majority was diminished in a disappointing 2010 election.

Ms. Gillard, Australia's first female prime minister, has led a tenuous minority Labor Party government since a disappointing election in 2010, in which her parliamentary majority was severely diminished.

Mr. Rudd's return saw an immediate bounce in the polls for Labor, which has led a tenuous minority government since its poor showing in the last federal elections in 2010.

Ms. Gillard, Australia's first female prime minister, ousted Mr. Rudd in a 2010 party coup and has led a tenuous minority government since her parliamentary majority was reduced in an election later that year.

In 2014, before he headed a tenuous minority government propped up by the Green party, Horgan questioned whether the dam was constitutional.

Victory blindness often prevents us from seeing how tenuous our wins are and how all minorities must continue to fight for their rights because the political winds can shift very quickly.

His political situation at home is tenuous, with his cabinet reduced to a parliamentary minority.

It's a tenuous hold on power and so in a minority government it's pretty common practice to govern with "cautious cooperation".

So far, it seems like old style affirmative action that often gave preferences to racial and ethnic minorities in competitive situations is on tenuous grounds.

After Beijing, where the connection between the games and the host city was so tenuous it was virtually unnoticeable, this compact, beautiful city has embraced the games unambiguously (give or take a small – very small – minority of anti-games protestors).