Sentence examples for the greater majority from inspiring English sources

"the greater majority" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to refer to the larger portion of a group or population. For example, "The greater majority of students at our school voted 'yes' on the school referendum."

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By far the greater majority of full-length films are fiction films.

Even though I had this apartment, I was constantly living with the frustration of earning my fortnightly income and seeing the greater majority of it disappear a day or two later".

He received the following reply: "We have received a large volume of correspondence as a result of this program and the greater majority of it has been favorable," it began.

"That is not so: investigations by the committee have shown that various items are stolen in by far the greater majority of cases, and, in those cases where nothing is taken, there is almost always a logical explanation, such as that the attackers had to leave quickly because help arrived".

Pressed on the bombing of a Serb TV station in which several civilians were killed, Mr Shea said: "The television station was attacked because it was not the BBC or CNN, it was being used to push out propaganda and to create a climate of hatred in which the persecution of Albanians could be accepted as normal by the greater majority of the Serb population".

The greater majority of commentary seems to begin with a conclusion and then find supporting evidence.

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The great majority are rejected.

The great majority was derivative".

We are the great majority, the 80%!

The great majority, 82percentt, have traditional automatics.

The great majority of casualties are civilians.

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