Sentence examples for with a slight majority from inspiring English sources

It has a population of 236,000, with a slight majority of Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims).

But a walkout by a disgruntled group of Jewish Social-Democrats, the Bund, left Lenin with a slight majority.

In Egypt's first democratic elections ever, held in June , 2012 following Mubarak's ouster and a period of transitional military rule, Morsi won office with a slight majority.

The climax came after the general elections of 1967, when the PLP, under the leadership of Lynden Pindling, was able to form a government with a slight majority.

Mr. Bendixen cited a poll by his own agency in April showing that Cuban-Americans had increasingly moderated their views toward Cuba, with a slight majority in favor of letting Americans travel there.

Distribution of the types of shock on presentation was also quite balanced, with a slight majority of patients presenting with hypovolemic shock (35.9%).

Five years ago, a quarter of the district's children were black; now, with blacks a slight majority, many people worry that the district could tip too far.

Gillard has to show her substance, and demonstrate, even with such a slight majority, that her party is about more than the pursuit of power.

Although previous prime ministers have managed to govern with such a slight majority, the assessment is that Netanyahu lacks the personal and political skills to hold such a coalition together.

Various sources estimate that there are between 3.5 and 4.5 million Arabs in America, with Christians a slight majority over Muslims.

In fact, within the general population, a slight majority of patients with major depression may fall below the split point in the current study of five episodes, given that the median number of lifetime depressive episodes is four (Judd, 1997).