Sentences with phrase «achieve another majority on»

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As none of the parties were able to achieve an absolute majority at the elections, the selection for the speakers could provide some clues as to what discussions have been going on behind closed doors.

In his first interview since Macron was elected, the outgoing Finance Minister said that Macron could achieve a majority despite stiff competition from right - wing politicians when the country goes to the polls once again for its parliamentary elections on June 11 and 18.

A great many of our contemporaries, perhaps the majority, still regard the technico - cultural knitting together of human society as a sort of para-biological epi - phenomenon very inferior in organic value to other combinations achieved on the molecular or cellular scale by the forces of Life.

The vast majority of married couples can, on their own, achieve more satisfying relatedness, providing they are willing to pay the price of self - investment and mutual effort over an extended period.

On Monday, it said its offer was unconditional as it raised its bid to $ 9.20 a share, subject to achieving majority control, from the earlier $ 9 - a-share bid.

On Monday, Saputo raised its bid to $ 9.20 a share, subject to achieving majority control, from its earlier $ 9 - a-share bid and declared its offer unconditional.

The vast majority of fans want Wenger gone because they have not come to terms with the effect the oil money had on the natural pecking order and because he is a victim of his over achieving in his early years leading to unwarranted expectations.

The vast majority of patients conceive on their first or second attempt, and it is extremely unusual for patients to exceed three cycles before achieving success.

The enormous 338 majority achieved on second reading was even described as a «triumph» by Nick Clegg in an email to supporters.

«Until we achieve unity and stand up for women, immigrants, and the most vulnerable New Yorkers, all talk about a majority is nothing more than meaningless rhetoric on the part of failed leadership,» Giove said.

My worry is that it would collapse before it achieved anything concrete on electoral reform, particularly given the additional problems of getting a Lords majority and the ambivalence of the PLP on this issue.

Hanging on in power by a thread through a delicate agreement with the DUP, the party must broaden its electoral appeal in order to achieve the healthy parliamentary majority it so dearly craves.

«However, we substantially cut Labour's majority and achieved a 13 per cent increase in our share of the vote and a 5 per cent swing against an entirely negative campaign on local issues from the Labour Party.»

He chaired a six - week conference in 1976 in Geneva on what was then Rhodesia, which failed to make progress on achieving majority rule for what is now Zimbabwe.

«The voters sent a clear message on election night that they want the Senate led by a Democratic majority,» a spokesman for the Senate Democrats, Mike Murphy, said, adding, «We look forward to working with Governor Cuomo to achieve the progressive agenda he has laid out.»

So, after clinging on for a full five years Major goes to the polls, Smith wins with ease, presiding over a Labour majority of 150, an even bigger margin of victory than that achieved by Clement Attlee after World War II.

On 8 May 2015, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Croydon South, and with a majority of over 17,000; the highest achieved in the constituency for over 20 years.

Klein — who has previously pointed out that the agreement to form a new coalition was contingent on Democrats achieving a full majority — also insisted there was no chance his conference would return to the mainline fold.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R - Nassau County, said in a statement following the news conference today with the legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo that a three - way agreement had been achieved, but differences remain on a expiration date and «minor technical issues.»

The speaker said yesterday that there's a «long way to go» to achieve the Tier 6 reform Cuomo is seeking, but a number of his majority conference members (quoted without attribution by the DN) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos have said they believe a deal will be reached on pension reform before the end of the legislative majority conference members (quoted without attribution by the DN) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos have said they believe a deal will be reached on pension reform before the end of the legislative Majority Leader Dean Skelos have said they believe a deal will be reached on pension reform before the end of the legislative session.

The Irish parliamentary system broadly works on a simple majority system, where the Taoiseach is elected by the Dáil when they achieve 50 % + 1 of the votes in favour of their nomination.

Morgan managed to win enough seats to form a Labour - only administration (the election was held under proportional representation, and Labour won 30 of the 60 seats in the Assembly and the overall majority was achieved when Dafydd Elis - Thomas AM was elected Presiding Officer of the Assembly) and named his cabinet on 9 May.

Fifth straight on - time budget achieved Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie today announced an agreement on the 2015 - 16 State Budget.

John Berenger, the chairman of the Divide NYS Caucus, wrote in an email news release on Monday he wanted to see an end to the concentration of power by the state's top three elected officials — the governor, Assembly speaker and Senate majority leader — and hopes the convention is the best way to achieve that.

«Until we achieve unity and stand up for women, immigrants, and the most vulnerable New Yorkers, all talk about a majority is nothing more than meaningless rhetoric on the part of failed leadership.»

Ed Miliband has been put on notice that Labour faces a major battle if it is to secure an overall parliamentary majority next year after the local elections showed that the party is struggling to achieve the sort of breakthrough that would signal a Westminster victory.

Back to the bigger picture now though, and the Guardian's political team reports that Ed Miliband has been put on notice that Labour faces a major battle if it is to secure an overall parliamentary majority next year after the local election showed that the party is struggling to achieve the sort of breakthrough that would signal a Westminster victory.

On the floor of our own NYS Senate, a Republican majority has put its personal beliefs before the rights of women by blocking the proposed Reproductive Health Act since 2013, as well as blocking the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act in 2016 and opposing the Achieve Pay Equity Law.

Looking beyond the 2030 timescale of the SDGs, scenario analysis highlights that continuation of past and current trends in drivers of change will inhibit the contribution of the region to the widespread achievement of the SDGs, while scenarios which focus on achieving a balanced supply of nature's contributions to people and incorporate a diversity of values are more likely to contribute to achieving the majority of the SDGs.

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the leading cause of leukemia mortality in the United States.1 Curative treatment involves intensive induction chemotherapy, before proceeding to either consolidation chemotherapy or allogeneic stem cell transplantation based on the patient's risk for relapse.2 This approach has been employed for > 4 decades and, although most individuals achieve complete remissions with front - line therapy, 3 the majority of patients ultimately relapse with drug - resistant disease, and overall survival rates remain disappointingly poor.4 The limited ability of many patients to tolerate the intense chemotherapy - based treatments, in particular hematological toxicity, further contributes to the poor outcomes noted in this disease.

The majority of the fitness industry is blanketed by images of «perfect» bodies, putting pressure on people to achieve them,» says Roggemann.

If you ask a dozen people on the street this question, the majority of the ones you ask will probably say that adequate physical activity, a healthy diet, and sufficient sleep are the keys to achieving good health.

Although the majority of people achieve high levels of success with weight loss on the 80/10/10 raw vegan diet, there is a small percentage of people who can not release weight on a high carb and low fat, raw vegan diet.

Living the majority of your life overweight is bound to have a psychological effect on how you view yourself and your abilities to achieve your weight loss goals.

The popular majorities — those who are forced to survive on wage labor, sometimes known as the 99 percent — are never able to win great substantial victories for democracy, but are forced to accept incremental steps towards achieving some small victories in the areas of progressive taxation, health care, universal education, retirement pensions, and environmental and consumer protections and civil rights.

What happens when schools focus the majority of their efforts on boosting low - achieving kids to proficiency?

Post residential, the majority of Key Stage 2 and secondary students were proud of what they achieved on the trip (82 per cent and 91 per cent respectively) and these views were maintained in the long - term follow - up surveys (83 per cent and 79 per cent).

The overwhelming majority of states provide schools with few incentives to focus on their high - achieving students.

Much depends on the few states that will be able to reach beyond the immediate challenges they face, forge a new consensus on broadly shared prosperity as their state goal, and redesign their whole education system so the vast majority of their students can reach the standards they will need to reach to achieve that goal.

A 2005 report completed by the Education Commission of the States found no studies on the majority of recruitment strategies that have been employed by states and districts.28 These data are essential to ensure that states, districts, and teacher preparation programs are forming necessary partnerships to successfully recruit high - achieving, diverse candidates.

The summative grades achieved for each pupil are reported to parents, but it is clear from the low scores on two questions that the majority of pupils are not skilled in using case study examples to support their answers.

A majority of those schools offer special programs focused on math, science and technology, or a selective program for higher - achieving students.

Refusing to recognize a parents inalienable right to protect their children from a testing scheme designed to fail the vast majority of Connecticut's public school children, Blumenthal and Murphy both voted NO on Senate Amendment 2162 to Senate Amendment 2089 to S. 1177 (Every Child Achieves Act of 2015).

More recently, PAA released a proposal on how authentic school - level improvement efforts can be achieved through local school councils made up of majority parent membership.

With a majority of drive time spent on the freeway, the ATS Coupe achieved an average of 25.4 mpg fuel economy, near the middle of its 21 mpg city and 30 mpg highway range.

I believe that historical (superior) rates of return on equities will be hard to achieve after the majority of boomers have retired and are sellers of equities to a less populous and less wealthy segment of society.

The fame of her early stain paintings and her identification with transparent, fragile hues notwithstanding, the majority of Frankenthaler's most achieved later works - that is, those made from the 1970's on - derive at least part of their expressiveness from the way their luminous (or dark and smoldering) color shifts from brushy, transparent washes to declarative, superimposed strokes.

But Democrats are hoping to achieve much more, as the clock winds down on their large majorities in Congress.

Statoil — which is operator and majority owner with a 75 % interest in the project together with Masdar, Abu Dhabi's renewable energy company, which holds the remaining 25 % — signed the NKr2bn ($ 236m) final investment decision in 2015, with the stated expectation of achieving a per - megawatt cost reduction as great as 70 % compared to Hywind 1, switched on in 2009.

They have to hope that dealing with that increased demand can be achieved by spending a corresponding amount of less time on each file because the vast majority of litigators are already working 50 + hour weeks.