Sentences with phrase «by an overwhelming majority»

But I was not elected by the overwhelming majority of the Ghanaian people to complain.

The motion was supported by an overwhelming majority, in which both party members and unions voted 70 % in favor of the motion.

Figure 3 shows these grades, along with the grade chosen by the overwhelming majority of teachers involved in this experimental grading session.

The council voted in favour of the measures by an overwhelming majority, and the proposal will now be put forward for consideration by the government.

The move was sanctioned by an overwhelming majority of bitcoin users, developers and miners as it allowed faster transactions.

This is not about the merits about the paid - sick days referendum recently passed by an overwhelming majority of Milwaukee voters.

This woman is a complete oddity and will be rejected by the overwhelming majority of blacks.

Under the default rule applicable to virtually every corporation in the United States, however, corporate directors are elected through a standard that guarantees that a director could be elected with even a single affirmative vote, even if that director's candidacy is opposed by the overwhelming majority of shareholders.

... This commitment to the idea of homework in the abstract is accepted by the overwhelming majority of schools — public and private, elementary and secondary.»

Unite's Policy Conference sent a very clear message to rebel Labour MPs yesterday by voting by an overwhelming majority to support a rule change to the Labour Party rulebook to reintroduce mandatory reselection of MPs before each general election.

«Nevertheless, because the citizens of my district voted me back into office last November by an overwhelming majority, I feel obligated to serve out this session of the Assembly.

On July 1 — 2002 — he was elected President of the Sergeants Benevolent Association by an overwhelming majority of its members.

The Oregon Senate passed the bill by an overwhelming majority vote of 27 to 2 on June 19.

«He was elected by an overwhelming majority of Labour members - this is about defending Labour party democracy.

«U.S. global power, as presently conceived by the overwhelming majority of the U.S. establishment, is unsustainable... The empire can no longer raise enough taxes or soldiers, it is increasingly indebted, and key vassal states are no longer reliable... The result is that the empire can no longer pay for enough of the professional troops it needs to fulfill its self - assumed imperial tasks.»

«We call our brothers and sisters in Christ to discontinue the display of the Confederate battle flag as a sign of solidarity of the whole Body of Christ, including our African - American brothers and sisters,» states Resolution 7, passed today by an overwhelming majority of messengers to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).

In May, the British people affirmed by an overwhelming majority and with their usual good sense that first past the post is the best way of running our democracy, and put to rest schemes of playing with the rules for a generation.

SIlver was re-elected earlier this month by an overwhelming majority of members.

On the Scotland Bill, reasonable amendments backed by the overwhelming majority of Scottish MPs have been voted down.

«The people of Queens and the Bronx have elected Joe Crowley to represent them in Congress by an overwhelming majority each and every time his name has appeared on the ballot,» Chaudhuri said in a statement.

The Fordham University law professor has emerged as a leading irritant to the governor, and her presence on the ballot threatens Cuomo's plan to win a second term by an overwhelming majority.

The BBC's business editor is attacked by the overwhelming majority of commenters for giving so much focus to this political story - or non-story, as some suggest.

The bill passed the Senate by an overwhelming majority, and has been sent to the Assembly where it is carried by Assemblyman Michael Benedetto.

A source at the venue of the party endorsement told the Nigeria Politics Online that only the Rivers state chapter of the party first raised an objection to the endorsement but was overruled by the overwhelming majority of the party men and women who were there.

But Corbyn has come under huge pressure from the resignations, which will pitch politicians against Labour party members who elected Corbyn by an overwhelming majority in a battle for the heart of the party.

He lamented that, after stating that the president must not be deceived into thinking he would win the 2016 election by an overwhelming majority; some close allies to the presidency targeted and victimized him.

Mr. Donovan has won his post as Staten Island prosecutor by overwhelming majorities every four years since 2003, though he lost his 2010 bid to become state attorney general to Democrat Eric Schneiderman.

Orange County Legislature votes to allow Kiryas Joel referendum to «secede» from Monroe BY KATHY KAHN By overwhelming majority, the Orange County Legislature last week agreed to allow the Town of Monroe to put a referendum on its November 7 ballot to create an all - Satmar Hasidic town.

Although cities themselves first appeared some 5,500 years ago, they were small and surrounded by an overwhelming majority of rural people; moreover, they relapsed easily to village or small - town status.

Both Duesberg and his hypothesis were roundly condemned by the overwhelming majority of AIDS researchers, many of whom had been his friends.

Anti-OPSB sentiment was running so high that the legislature quickly approved the plan by an overwhelming majority.

We have all endured a million speeches along the lines of «charter schools [or vouchers] are well and good for the kids who attend them but they» re no solution to the problems of public school systems that will forever be attended by the overwhelming majority of kids.»

All of these modifications are part of the Expanding American Homeownership Act which passed the House last year by an overwhelming majority.

Dow added: «The creation of Brand USA was a bipartisan effort led by Republicans that passed both chambers by overwhelming majorities.

I would like to think that from here on, updates will be limited and changes will be calculated (basically: bug fixes, and balance adjustments that have been carefully debated and agreed upon by the overwhelming majority of the community), as opposed to experimental, unnecessary, and sometimes seriously stupid.

Among the thousands of RPGs which populate the genre, there is a general consensus which is followed by an overwhelming majority of them all, being turn - based combat.

«At the end of the day, all decisions — including those the resigning members dissent from — have been approved by overwhelming majorities of the board,» he said.

They constantly reinforce a culture of collegiality by creating a collective vision, bought into by the overwhelming majority of the partners, especially the more influential partners, that emphasizes the firm's overriding mission to provide its clients with a consistently outstanding work product and client service that within the firm's culture promotes a civil, enjoyable and challenging work environment for the attorneys and staff.

In Wichita, Kansas, Jeff Kennedy, Managing Partner of Martin Pringle (37 lawyers), says that «we tend toward business casual dress, which is the style that has been adopted by an overwhelming majority of clients.»

There's plenty here to get HTC fans to buy a U Ultra purely for its great design, strong performance and big display — but those sales will be overshadowed by the overwhelming majority of people who will go for the better overall phones on offer from big - name companies at the same price or less.

When the question was called, Mr Fettes's motion was defeated by an overwhelming majority of the «boots - on - the - ground» members in attendance.

The «sellers of Canada» as you describe them, currently «choose» Realtors who are members of organized real estate by an overwhelming majority, vs the «Give me your money now, before I give you a couple of signs and some documents that are available for free on the internet, together with some over-the-phone generic advice mid negotiations between you and the buyer, if there ever is one in your case.»

Statistical data that proves you are respected by the overwhelming majority of buyers and / or sellers you've represented is the ultimate form of social proof.

It is for that reason that Boris Johnson's views on community relations are rejected by the overwhelming majority of ethnic minority communities in London.

In a press release issued Thursday in opposition to the creation of the Women's Equality Party line, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino said «the provisions in that bill are opposed by an overwhelming majority of New Yorkers.»

While this faulty paper has never been retracted, it is now no longer quoted as evidence by the IPCC — nor accepted by the overwhelming majority of IPCC scientists: Most if not all warming of the early 20th century is due to natural, not human causes.