Sentence examples for were virtually the popular from inspiring English sources

They were virtually the popular media face of gay liberation.

Their true meaning is virtually the opposite.

Through most of the campaign, the C.D.U. held a large lead, but the Social Democrats closed the gap, and on Election Night the two parties were virtually tied in the popular vote.

The fact that Miliband's party and the Tories are virtually tied once the popular vote is translated into seats, is primarily driven by the Scottish National party and the 50 seats they would take in Scotland.

Deliver us from ourselves.' Litany of the Lost by Siegfried Sassoon (first published in the Observer) Masses of Korean people are angered over the fact that the American Military Government is showing favouritism towards the extreme right wing party and is virtually pushing aside the popular movements which are grouped on the left.

Scientists already knew that those subtypes were virtually eradicated once vaccination became popular, and that others arose to take their place.

But Big Bill Broonzy has been virtually forgotten by the popular culture he helped shape...

Popular works could be printed and reprinted until the block became so worn that the impressions were virtually unreadable.

The findings were virtually unanimous.

The bookshelves were virtually empty.

It came out of the blue, in the sense that MacDonald had been virtually silent on the subject of popular music for several years before its publication.