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Mrs Kelly herself, who represents Manchester's Bolton West constituency with a modest majority of around 2,000, could face a similar fate at the next general election.Opponents of the scheme and the Conservatives want a referendum before the cordons go up.

The prime minister, who has a modest majority, will move to entrench the Tories' position by pressing ahead with radical boundary changes to overcome what is seen as a bias in favour of Labour.

A modest majority (52percentt) believes that the detainees the United States is holding at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are being treated fairly.

Republicans continue to maintain a modest majority in the Florida state Senate.

The welfare state commanded a modest majority of popular support back when it was exclusively for Swedes.

It was, said Emily Maitlis, the "Basildon moment", recalling that key result in 1992 which helped put John Major back into Downing Street with a modest working majority in the teeth of poll ratings which had consistently pointed the other way.

In an email to senior managers today, Thompson said: "The directors and I discussed this very carefully before concluding it was not appropriate to award an increase in pay or award a bonus this year to the senior managers of the organisation – but that we should continue with a modest pay review for the majority of the BBC's employees.

For even a modest working majority, they must double their number of seats.

It follows their purchase last May of a majority stake in the Hong Kong fair, which started with a modest 80 galleries in 2008 and quickly grew to the largest event of its kind in Asia.

In our study, there was a trend of increased Treg frequency observed in a majority of subjects after DC-HIV peptide vaccination, with a modest median increase of 30% in the 12 subjects.

Duggan, a former hospital executive and county prosecutor with a modest, roll-up-your-sleeves persona, was elected four months later, becoming the majority-black city's first white mayor in 40 years.