Sentences with phrase «against the majority»

Yet another example of a group voting against the majority of their interests solely based on a social issue.

The vote against the majority can soothe the soul as the only form of protest which he has left.

If it were politics, our government wouldn't even allow parents the choice to move to other districts «for the great schools» if it went against majority vote.

We also represent minority shareholders in claims against majority shareholders and corporate and partnership management.

If that is true, then there are no logical grounds upon which an individual or a minority can claim rights against the majority.

This is a large check against the majority: in any given election, they could lose.

Apparently, working for free goes against the majority's thinking.

He even went so far as to upset his Republican counterpart, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, by voting against the majority leader's wife, Elaine Chao, a relatively uncontroversial pick to run Trump's Department of Transportation.

Justice Holmes argued against the majority opinion by adding two adjectives to his test: «imminent» and «forthwith» as a better indicator of violation and called the leaflets «poor and puny anonymities,» and that any charge should be «the most nominal punishment» based on their radical views (Lewis 29).

i don't have a problem with technology, but when it's designed in ways that works against the majority of people, I oppose it.

«On the basis of the promising preclinical results here, improving outcomes for this deadly malignancy could be achieved simply by supplementing existing therapies that work well against the majority of tumor cells with agents that sensitize the CA125 - negative cells to carboplatin.»

The vaccine is reasonably effective, preventing infection in about 4 out of 5 vaccinated cats that are exposed to the same subtype of the virus, and this is part of the problem; while the vaccine protects against the majority of strains found in North American cats, it is ineffective against strains found in Europe.

«This easy accessibility gives you a competitive advantage against the majority of other job seekers because most members don't upgrade to Premium.»

Mr Darling said he favoured a long leadership contest so the party could determine not only who would take it forward but what it should be arguing for against a majority Tory government.

Unfortunately, when it comes to looks, the deck is often stacked against the majority of men and women alike — namely the «normals,» or those don't resemble models or movie stars.

Bhakta recommends that entrepreneurs put into the contract that if a minority shareholder brings a lawsuit against a majority shareholders, that the company pays the legal fees.

The next post will offer some more detailed thoughts on why it has become necessary to campaign against the majority of money managers and what has gone wrong.

It is the Christian Church, which must raise her voice even against the majority of a people, when tyrants want to seduce whole countries.

You shouldn't let the actions of a few ppl make you prejudice against the majority.

This includes the right to hold beliefs that run against majority opinion, such as those of minority religions, cults and even discriminatory groups like white supremacists.

This certainty in knowing God's one, true way generates the courage to stand against the majority and endure any suffering.

I know he wants to play in the middle, but quite frankly, he is not cut out to play in the middle alone against the majority of the Premier League.

Assuming Arsenal fans gather a massive protest in UK specifically LONDON, against the majority share holder Satan K. And in favor of Usmanov, do you think it will make any effect?????? Just a taught.

Let's face facts, Sanchez could score headers against the majority of teams in this league if that opportunity was presented to him.

Fifty non-English MPs are less than half as likely to be decisive against a majority from England than are a hundred.

Russo said the «very serious» charges brought against the majority leader by AG Andrew Cuomo «compromise Senator Espada's ability to serve in the State Senate, and once again show Democrats aren't serious about cleaning up the corruption in Albany.»

Most notably, Abrams v. United States (1919) was a turning point when Justice Holmes dissented against the majority opinion which charged four radicals with the Espionage Act, which made it a crime to publish «abusive language» about the Constitution or the armed forces (Lewis 28).

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The federal complaint against Majority Leader Dean Skelos paints a riveting and, at times, pathetic picture of a father using his political clout to help his son make a living.

West Virginia Senate hopeful Don Blankenship is intensifying his offensive against Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, calling him «Cocaine Mitch» in a new TV ad released just more than a week until the Republican primary.

«In other words, our education system is currently set up in such a way as to discriminate against the majority of children within it.

To this end, they have called on the national executives of the party to intervene quickly and stop their regional chairman from taking unilateral decisions which are undoubtedly against majority of the current polling station executives.

«Labour is lucky, save in the 1981 deputy leadership contest, that it has never elected a leader or deputy in the modern era against the majority wishes of ordinary party members.

«The allegations against Majority Leader Skelos continue the trend of downstate politicians thinking they adhere to different rules than the rest of us.

Rosa and a group of five other Regents, the majority of whom are relatively new to the board — Judith Chin, Judith Johnson, Cashin, Ouderkirk and Catherine Collins — are known as the «renegades,» often voting against the majority on key issues such as the teacher evaluations.

In conclusion, the antibodies characterized herein show promise for development as broadly reactive therapeutic agents against the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, as well as against the majority of H1N1 and H5N1 influenza strains.

This year will not be any different: there have already been backlashes against the majority of Best Picture nominees, including people calling Three Billboards sympathetic towards racists and racists calling Get Out racist.

He emits fireballs against the majority of self - published books — branding the majority of them as «terrible» and «unutterably rubbish» — and further adds that «they do not enhance anything in this world.»

In July 2005, Ian Crawford and Heidi Nadel secured a verdict of $ 2.73 Million from a Middlesex County jury on behalf of our clients, minority shareholders in a closely held corporation, on claims of breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty against the majority shareholders.

The Grand Prix mode — which takes players through ten rounds against the majority of the game's cast — offers a great way to engage in single - player focused combat that still offers quite a challenge with the AI - controlled characters.

The continuing hurt, vulnerability, anger and rage expressed in Native American tribes and African American communities in the United States against the majority white population can be understood as both cry for justice in the present, and a echo of generational trauma that was endured for nearly 300 years on our nation's shores.

Minority shareholders remained without access to a buyout remedy under Texas law, which resulted in minority owners pursuing traditional claims against majority owners, as well as seeking relief under more novel causes of action.

Chalke is going against the majority of UK evangelical opinion.

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