Sentences with phrase «if at least a majority»

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Although not every school that's in the Big Ten is in the Midwest, the majority of the schools are, and chances are if you went to one of them, your allegiance to at least one of the school's sports teams is pretty strong.

I think in a vast majority of cases if you are going to live in a house at least 2 years it almost always make more sense to buy.

Also, if a majority of the Board is comprised of persons other than (i) persons for whose election proxies were solicited by the Board; or (ii) persons who were appointed by the Board to fill vacancies caused by death or resignation or to fill newly - created directorships («Board Change»), unless the Committee or Board determines otherwise prior to such Board Change, then participants immediately prior to the Board Change who cease to be employees or non-employee directors within six months after such Board Change for any reason other than death or permanent disability generally have their (i) options and stock appreciation rights become immediately exercisable and to the extent not canceled or cashed out, generally have at least six months to exercise such awards; (ii) restrictions with respect to restricted stock and RSRs lapse and generally shares are delivered; and (iii) performance shares and performance units pay out pro rata based on performance through the end of the last calendar quarter before the time the participant ceased to be an employee.

If at least 25 % of all your spending is confined to the quarterly categories, the Discover it ® — Cashback Match ™ will actually have a better return on your spend than a majority of cash back credit cards.

For example, some companies are yet to budge on Trump's requests to bring production back into the U.S. Apple CEO, Tim Cook said that there is a lack of workers with the required skills in the U.S. Not only that, but if the majority of production comes back into the U.S., the cost of its products will rise by at least 100 %.

The SSE Holdings LLC Agreement may be amended with the consent of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding LLC Interests; provided that if the managing member holds greater than 33 % of the LLC Interests, then it may be amended with the consent of the managing member together with holders of at least 50 % of the outstanding LLC Interests, excluding LLC Interests held by the managing member.

If the majority of Muslims were moderate, then some of them... at least one of them... would stand up and say, «This guy is an idiot.

If I started a secular club, and offered all the attractions that are offered at any mega-church, only without the religious teaching and preaching, and I, as club leader, made sure the members knew that I expect them to pay at least 10 % of their income to the club, and I was getting very, very wealthy as a result, I bet the vast majority of Christians who abstain from thinking badly about Benny Hinn, Jerry Falwell, Joyce Meyer, etc, would have no problem at all criticizing me, just because I am not a servant of the Lord.

In all, 11 of the league's 14 teams returned a vast majority of last year's passing yards, nine returned at least half of their rushing yards (10 if you include Missouri with the return from injury of Henry Josey), and eight returned at least half of their offensive line starts.

If we're relatively healthy and Case Keenum starts the majority of the season, my guess is that the Broncos will have to get to.500, or at least 7 - 9ish for Vance to have a good chance to be retained.

Just think about it: if you were trying to balance a very tight budget in an operation which lives or dies based on how well students accept your food, and if many (sometimes, the vast majority) of those students came from homes in which nutritionally balanced, home cooked meals are far from the norm, and if the food industry was bombarding those kids with almost $ 2 billion a year in advertising promoting junk food and fast food, and if you had no money of your own for nutrition education to even begin to counter those messages, and if some of those kids also had the option of going off campus to a 7 - 11 or grabbing a donut and chips from a PTA fundraising table set up down the hall, wouldn't you, too, be at least a tiny bit tempted to ramp up the white flour pasta, pizza and fries and ditch the tasteless, low - sodium green beans?

Firstly that they see this as an opportunity to increase their majority at the expense of Labour and UKIP both of which are now in rather awkward positions and secondly that the current leadership has inherited a bit of an awkward position themselves in that they are committed to a process which is both diplomatically and politically potentially very difficult and dangerous and if it all goes horribly wrong they are really out on a limb so if they get a fresh mandate they can at least blame the voters.

If Kaminsky wins, on paper at least, Republicans lose their majority in the State Senate.

But if the Tories do not have a majority they might not be able to pass the necessary legislation without support from at least one of the bigger parties.

But he says if Felder gives the Democratic Party the majority, at least then the bills could be brought to the Senate floor for an up or down vote.

«If he [Mr Brown] wants to defend that [42 days] he should put someone up against me and on the basis of the opinion polls he should at least be able to dent my majority if not defeat me,» Mr Davis argueIf he [Mr Brown] wants to defend that [42 days] he should put someone up against me and on the basis of the opinion polls he should at least be able to dent my majority if not defeat me,» Mr Davis argueif not defeat me,» Mr Davis argued.

So there is no reminder that at least if only for a short time Puerto Ricans or a Latino from Puerto Rico for a short time had the title of Senate Majority Leader.

If Cuomo vetoes the lines, a federal judge will get to draw them, which would produce a result (whatever it is) that will make lots of lawmakers and interest groups unhappy, but which will at the very least ensure that the lines are not tailored to insulate incumbents and majority parties from the vicissitudes of democracy.

Yes, as head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Israel presided over his party's drubbing last month, but if the new Republican majority dismantles Obamacare, at least he can remind us that laughter is the best medicine.

These seats - Labour - held constituencies the Tories need to take if they want a workable majority - need a swing of at least three to seven per cent for them to go blue.

I asked if the governor himself would exact retribution from Senate Republicans by coming out against them in 2012, or, at the very least, openly pushing to help the Democrats reclaim the majority — a move that got former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in hot water when he took office in 2009 with the GOP still in power.

The key principle, which the Liberal Democrat leader has set out for at least a year now, was repeated in an interview in The Independent 10 days ago: «If a party with no majority has the strongest mandate, we accept the principle that that party has the right to govern either on its own or to reach out to others.»

Cameron's plans will apply if he wins an overall parliamentary majority — with at least 326 seats — or if the Tories are substantially the biggest party in the House of Commons.

What is certainly true is that he would not want to plough on if the Tories had won a thumping majority or even a narrow one: he would go immediately, or at least set a date for his departure.

If the bipartisan commission does not approve the new maps with at least two votes from the minority party, the state Congress would draw a new 10 - year map approved with one - third minority party support or a four - year map with only majority party support.

If the bills were to pass, he'd need the support of at least some of the members of the majority GOP Senate conference.

If one had a Royal Charter at all, it should be underpinned by a statutory clause requiring at least a two - thirds majority in Parliament before any changes could be made to the charter.

If Conservatives could get a majority of cross-bench peers to block changes to the electoral system, then it would at least impede the introduction of AV + for General Elections.

It's also worth noting that the small chance of getting in now will be even smaller next time if, as seems likely, the proportion of women is increased further before the next election in two years: although the parliamentary party settled on a quota of 31.5 % women, there was in fact a majority (of 139 to 107) for at least 40 %.

It will be surprising if her party's lead over Labour is not increased by at least 30 seats, which will probably ensure a Commons majority of about 90 — a solid foundation for the 2022 election, which will probably be fought in new constituencies likely to boost the Tory lead over Labour by at least another 20 seats despite the reduction by 50 in the number of MPs.

«You can be at a table with all the legislative leaders representing their conferences and if you're out voted by the governor and the two majorities, well that's fine, that's democracy, but at least have both those people, whoever they are in the room to present their conferences reactions to the executive budget.»

«Universal credit will ensure that the vast majority of children will be lifted out of poverty if at least one parent works 35 hours a week at the minimum wage — or 24 hours if they are a lone parent,» he added.

The Republican primary will hand out three delegates per district (plus 14 more for the statewide winner), but the math is more complicated: A candidate who pulls in more than 50 percent of the vote in a given district will take all three; if the winner gets less than a majority, one delegate will go to the column of the second - place finisher, as long as that candidate receives at least 20 percent of that district's vote.

Admittedly, many people would benefit from an increased intake of fiber, at least if they're in the majority who are consuming a diet high in refined carbohydrates and trans and saturated fats, also known as the Standard American diet (SAD).

The majority, however, fall in the middle: 31 % said they wouldn't normally hook up with someone on date one but would consider it if they had a great connection, 22.4 % didn't care much either way, and 18.6 % would prefer their date is at least a mild success first.

Match.com's recent Singles in America study found that 90 % of online daters are looking for a long - term relationship, and if you talk to the majority of online daters, at least those over 25, they are frustrated because they want to find someone special sooner rather than later.

If you're the one who asked for the date, it's an unspoken rule that you're also the one who plans the date — or at least does the majority of the prep work (Yelping restaurants, Googling fun stuff to do in the area, checking to see if you have a Groupon coupon for the batting cage) to ensure that you and your date have the best time possiblIf you're the one who asked for the date, it's an unspoken rule that you're also the one who plans the date — or at least does the majority of the prep work (Yelping restaurants, Googling fun stuff to do in the area, checking to see if you have a Groupon coupon for the batting cage) to ensure that you and your date have the best time possiblif you have a Groupon coupon for the batting cage) to ensure that you and your date have the best time possible.

Whilst the majority of the women at the event were in their late twenties or thirties, the average age of the men was at least late forties, if not fifties.

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Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, who has shot the majority of Spielberg's films since Schindler's List in 1993, appears to be working if not entirely with real light sources, then at least some incredible simulacrum thereof.

You'd think that the futuristic and militaristic invasions right in the city streets would gather at least a few spectators, if not the majority of the inhabitants of the entire city.

That means some of the available pixels go to black bars, but the majority are still devoted to the feature presentation, which if no threat to Pixar at least looks polished and respectable enough.

Finally, in contrast to the 1960s and 1970s, the vast majority of today's college students (66 percent) already work at least part - time, even if they don't receive FWS.

«But if you have a set of countries that exhibit a set of desirable traits like high performance, then you can from those countries abstract a set of principles that seem to hold in all of those countries, or at least the majority,» says Schmidt.

If nothing else, that big majorities of both parties in Congress felt the need to greatly ease federal force in elementary and secondary education — at least overt federal force — is a powerful testament to the breadth of the public backlash against federally driven standardization, testing, and «accountability.»

If you have a website, offer a free copy of one of your titles to new email subscribers — this will bring in the majority of your new readers but be prepared to lose at least half of them over the short term.

If these aspects, or at least a majority, are present, then premium financing may present a viable solution that offers a large amount of life insurance at a minimal cost.

However, I think it is possible to beat the market if you are DIFFERENT from everyone else (or at least from the vast majority of market participants).

Effective October 28, the fund is changing its principal investment strategy from investing «a majority» of its assets outside the US to investing «at least 40 %» internationally, less if markets get ugly.