Sentences with phrase «claimed small majorities»

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(At this point, it's also worth noting that Facebook's claims about the effectiveness of Free Basics as a development tool in India are highly debatable — the vast majority of those who took up the offer were existing Internet users who wanted some free data, and it seems a very small number of genuinely new users actually graduated to the world of paid - for Internet access.

Yes, when it comes to things like percentages of «Christians» as a majority of Americans the tent is extended as large as it can get, but in other issues the t.itle «Christian» seems to be claimed by a very small group of fundamentalists who have great conviction that Mormons, Catholics, mainstream protestants and orthodox aren't really Christians like they are and thus doomed to the same hellish fate that other non-Christians are.

So where I disagree with Larison is his claim that «Conservatives actually know very well that they do not speak for a majority in this country, and they are also well aware that changes that would allow for more direct, plebiscitary democracy, whether in presidential elections or in passing legislation, would work to the detriment of their smaller states and their overall political interests.»

By a majority of five to two, judges of the European Court of Human Rights supported the claim of Nadia Eweida, a BA check - in clerk who was sent home in November 2006 for refusing to remove a small silver crucifix, that this was a violation of her rights.

Despite claiming two English titles, in 1921 and 1960, Burnley have spent the majority of the past 40 years in the lower divisions and they continue to operate with the smallest budget in the Premier League.

According to the Reuters report, Amazon claims that «while small in number, these reviews threaten to undermine the trust that customers, and the vast majority of sellers and manufacturers, place in Amazon, thereby tarnishing Amazon's brand.»

Expanding the label claim for DEFENSOR provides veterinarians with a rabies vaccine that they can use on the majority of their small and large animal patients without having to stock multiple products,» said Shelley Stanford, DVM, group director, Companion Animal Division Veterinary Professional Services at Zoetis.

While a majority of the graphics are indeed nice, the small details can look low - production for such a AAA game that EA claims Medal of Honor to be.

Although Superior Court judges may sit in the Small Claims Court, the vast majority of cases are, in fact, heard by lawyers who serve as part - time deputy judges.

The trial judge rejected the vast majority of claims advanced by the plaintiff and awarded the plaintiff a small percentage of the amounts that he claimed.

If a Claimant is unable to obtain a No Win, No Fee agreement from a solicitor, and does not have Legal Expenses Insurance and does not have Trade Union funding but can only afford a small amount of legal advice, then it is advisable that an Employment Solicitor or Barrister prepares the ET1 and Grounds of Claim, given that the majority of Employment claims do not go to trial.

To start a witch hunt on an entire industry on the back of a small number of fraudsters misses a point — what about the large majority of honest claimants who would be forced to soak up prohibitively costly small claims proceedings, or else represent themselves, without the expertise required to develop a convincing case for the court?

Similarly, the majority of landlord and tenant matters can not be commenced in Small Claims Court in Ontario, but only in the respective provincial landlord and tenant tribunals.

You can report a claim 24 - hours a day with the majority of their smaller claims paid within 48 hours.

In a business where we know that a small percentage of the practitioners conduct the vast majority of the business, the aforesaid claim has literally zero value, without more context.