Sentences with phrase «at least the largest party»

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Police think at least two shooters fired through the hedges from the backyard into a «large house party,» according to the statement.

«Even though mining companies have large corporate procurement structures in place, comprising strict rules for tenders and requiring at least three tendering parties per project, with little engagement between the companies involved, technology is still sold person - to - person and not through a tender.»

If the party rejects the true believers, they risk driving them into a new party which will, at least for the next election, leave the Democrats as the largest party with other votes split.

This yummy recipe is ideal for entertaining visitors at any tea party, as the mixture makes at least fourteen extra large cupcakes or much more smaller ones.

But I get out to my friend's house at least once a month (big green egg style smoker, can't think of the brand off the top of my head) and my aunt's a few times a year (electric, i know not traditional, but super easy and consistent for large parties) and I typically man the smoker while at either location.

And Derek Draper and Damian McBride have been creating it in large quantities, and they're by no means the first or the most obvious examples, given the loans - for - peerages scandal, various bits of chicanery around the Iraq war and subsequent investigations (e.g. David Kelly), ministerial expense fraud (or at least it would be fraud if you or I tried the same thing on our tax returns), pretty much anything to do with Peter Mandelson and the various leaks, briefings and spin cycles that have characterised the Labour party for the last fifteen years.

Oddly, support remains strong — at least 60 percent in every region and party — for Cuomo's plan to build the nation's largest convention center — at no cost to the taxpayers — at Aqueduct in Queens.

To reach the 260 MPs required for minority status as the largest party, the party therefore needs at least 80 brand new MPs.

As such, in elections where a large portion of electorate isn't terribly inspired by either candidates, and mostly votes for «lesser of two evils» in current FPTP, the two major party candidates just might accrue enough down - votes that a 3rd party candidate who isn't nearly as disliked will, on balance, win over both of them (or at the very least, acquire more than the abysmal 4 % combined popular vote and 0 electoral vote like 2016 US presidential elections, despite 3rd party candidates combined likely being preferred by 40 % of electorate, as a low bound).

In the latest polls Wilders's PVV is the largest party, or at least running neck - and - neck with the Rutte's VVD, while the SP is struggling a bit — and has become less populist.

In fact, the most compelling reason for this practice is that the party with the most seats can survive confidence votes so long as the smaller party (or parties) simply abstain from confidence votes, whereas a governing party without a plurality in the House needs at least one other party to vote with it at all times (assuming the largest party will always vote no confidence, but that is almost certain to occur when they are denied the opportunity to govern).

But in the first quarter of the cycle, at least, the dominance of these two sectors is notable: 1199SEIU, which gave the party $ 255,000 and the governor $ 60,000 and Ronald Perelman ($ 36,000 and $ 138,203) are the only two of the 15 largest donors to these committees to not fall neatly into one of these categories.

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Mili E has no deficit reduction strategy and it is unclear whether he can construct an agenda that might appeal in the swing seats he needs to at least make Labour the largest party.

The Erie County Conservative Party, which has the largest share of the weighted vote, is leaning toward, Corwin, too — at least that's what Chairman Ralph Lorigo told me.

Ukip will have a major say in at least 53 of these based on its share of the vote in 2010 (i.e. the party's vote share is larger than the majority in that marginal).

Naturally, the ghosts of those who have met an untimely end while tubing loom large in Vang Vieng, prompting many to call for the party to end — at least in its current guise.

However, this API update means that — for now, at least — post scheduling is something only larger organizations will be able to take advantage of, as many smaller businesses don't necessarily use a third - party software program for working with Instagram.

Whether you opt for a «traditional» model, a revised edition with a smaller or larger screen in tow, or even a hands - free camera featuring built - in Alexa assistance, Amazon will try to elevate your home automation experience with various third - party accessories or at least combinations of different Echo devices.

Now, however, large numbers of people are interested in buying ASICMiner hardware but are turned off by the fact that the only way to by them at first was through forum - based auctions, and so the move to selling through a normal website, at least through third - party resellers, is very welcome.