Sentence examples for to securing a majority from inspiring English sources

Labour had been hoping the Tories could be pinned back to 280 or 290, enough to block Cameron's path to securing a majority for a Tory Queen's speech.

The fact that the anti-immigrant Progress Party appears to hold the key to securing a majority in Parliament has caused unease in Norway because Anders Behring Breivik, a far-right militant who massacred 77 people in 2011, was once among the party's members.

Ken Clarke's customs union proposal came closest to securing a majority, losing by eight votes - 271 to 265.

The customs union proposal put forward by Ken Clarke came closest to securing a majority, failing by just three votes.

But both failed to secure a majority to the 87-seat assembly, forcing the negotiations.

But they might hope to call on two minority parties to secure a majority.

At a pinch, he might be able to secure a majority through an incongruous deal with the leftish New Democrats.

It sends out the message that there is not much moral hazard in being unable to secure a majority.

Brazil and India have expressed scepticism about military action but their votes are not needed to secure a majority.

IT IS an emphatic victory, even if the ruling party has failed, again, to secure a majority in parliament.

In order to secure a majority, he argues, the Islamists need to form alliances with secular movements.