Sentences with phrase «described as a minority»

Some might be content alone, but these could easily be described as a minority.

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This memo also details the legal structure of SCL and CA — the former being described as a «minority owner» of CA.

There are certainly areas of desperation, including unemployment among minority youth and individuals with disabilities, but at the current unemployment rate of 4.6 %, my impression is that the «jobs crisis» in this country is actually better described as an income crisis, because wages and salaries as a share of total income remain near record lows.

The House of Commons later unanimously approved a Motion tabled by Christian and Conservative MP Fiona Bruce, describing the slaughter of these minorities as a genocide and calling for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

He here offers a persuasive practical, as well as unabashedly moral, argument that personal merit and competition are in the short and long term interests of minorities, drawing on his own rise from poverty, which he describes as an escape from «the liberal plantation.»

[3] He described the idea that a fetus is a person from the moment of conception as a «minority dogma» by which the majority of Americans was being «tyrannized.»

I won't shut up to appease a vocal and rude minority, neither will I engage them except to describe them as they are... trolls.

In her first public address since a bloody military crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority that has been described as «a textbook example of ethnic cleansing» by the United Nations, Aung San Suu Kyi didn't criticise the army and said she did not «fear international scrutiny».

ADF described Christians living in India as an «ill - treated minority», adding there are reports of religious minorities in some parts of the country suffering violence on a «daily» basis.

In particular, it is a response to the threat against the family represented by secular society's accelerating movement towards accepting what were, only a generation ago, simply demands by a small minority of activists for the legalisation of what they insist on describing as homosexual «marriage».

Any opponents of the 4th place mantra are described as a tiny minority with private agendas and big egos.

The Dutch national anthem was also booed by a minority of England fans, an act described as «unacceptable» by England manager Gareth Southgate.

In global terms, breastfeeding is normal, whereas because only 8 % of the world's babies are born in countries where bottle - feeding is the cultural norm [10] some might describe bottle - feeding as a «traditional harmful practice of the minority,» as set out in the Innocenti Declaration [11].

Some Members of the Minority walked out of the chamber following what they described as a bias posture of the Speaker towards the Majority.

Osei Kyei - Mensah - Bonsu, Minority Leader in Parliament, had described President Mahama, as desperate to remain in office after the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections, therefore, has resorted to sharing cash to buy votes.

But according to the House Minority Whip's office, some 280,000 people voted online or via text on the particular measure they'd like to see deleted from the federal budget, in what Cantor's new media guy described as «the most direct use of technology to establish a more direct democracy in the history of the federal legislature.»

Minority in Parliament has passed a scathingly damning verdict on President Akufo - Addo's maiden State of the Nation Address, describing it as «high on platitudes and short of substance.»

He was elected to the BMHA Board of Commissioners in 2006, by a constituency that Mascia describes as 90 percent minority.

The Minority in Parliament have also waded in and described the suggestions as an incompetent way of redeeming a campaign promise and a clear show of a lack of ideas by government.

As described in this question and answer, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer claims that on Friday he offered a deal to President Trump that would have averted the government shutdown, included DACA,...

The staffer, identified in the indictment as «Fundraiser 2,» was described as a Senate Majority PAC fundraiser who had worked for Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.

The Minority in Parliament have described as unconstitutional the processes leading to the ratification of the Ghana - US Defence Cooperation Agreement.

She and her colleagues on the minority side described the loan as «Pad loan».

This idea did not go down well with several Ghanaians including the Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa who described the comment as «undiplomatic», while others deem it divisive and have since called for his dismissal.

Speaking on the Floor of Parliament, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, criticized the government over its communication of what he described as a «sensitive matter.»

The Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs has described as insincere and half - hearted an apology rendered by the under - fire diplomat George Ayisi Boateng.

She quickly recovered however, describing her vote as a response to combination of supporting the enhanced penalties included for killing a police officer and the quandary of the bill presenting an infrequent opportunity for a minority member to get any legislation passed.

The Minority further described Mr. Ayisi's comments as «suicidal,» disgraceful and must be sacked immediately.

Meanwhile, the Minority Spokesperson on Energy and Mines, K.T. Hammond, who has described the payments as «criminal» is advocating for the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) to probe the matter.

According to the Minority, turning a blind eye on the issue will mean that Akufo - Addo endorses such comments which have been described as «bigotry.»

The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has described the President's State of Nation Address as «State of Promises» after the President's delivery in parliament today [Thursday].

The Minority in Parliament Tuesday charged president Akufo - Addo to end what they described as the increasing culture of «impunity and lawlessness» being witnessed in the country.

A federal jury in Brooklyn found that the Emigrant Savings Bank had discriminated against eight minority homeowners by purposefully marketing to them subprime mortgages with what were described as predatory interest rates of as much as 18 percent a year.

The minority in Parliament said the President's address was filled with half - truths, with the acting NPP Chairman Freddie Blay also describing it as disappointing.

Earlier, Minority Leader, Osei Kyei - Mensah - Bonsu described late MP who served as a Minister of State at the Presidency as calm but hardworking man who was always focused in whatever he was doing.

People described as Fulani herdsmen have repeatedly killed minority Christians in the southern flank of Kaduna State.

Mr. Mahama's office, described such claims as only «intended to slander the former President as a way of covering up bad management practices and decisions identified and highlighted by the NDC Minority in Parliament about the country's cocoa sector.»

Following his comment, which the Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa described as reprehensible, and called for his dismissal, many Ghanaians have descended heavily on the diplomat.

Conservative campaigning sought to highlight what they described as the dangers of a minority Labour administration supported by the SNP.

The Majority Leader made these remarks in Parliament on Tuesday after the Minority Leader, Haruna Idrissu, had described the recent burning of trucks and equipment used for sand winning in the Dalun River by soldiers of Operation Vanguard as «extrajudicial» and «excessive».

The Minority in Parliament has taken a swipe at the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia's new appetite for borrowing describing it as shameful because he criticized the Mahama government for same reasons.

The Minority Spokesperson on Constitutional, Parliamentary and Legal Affairs, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has described the donation of GHc 10,000, among others items, to the Attorney General's office by the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana as an insult to Ghanaians.

The Minority in Parliament has described as illegal, government's decision to allow the Scholarship Secretariat to administer funds for the implementation of the free senior high school policy.

In a scathing critique of the Akufo - Addo government's first budget, the Minority in Parliament has described the budget as a manifestation of «monumental deception», especially considering the New Patriotic Party's promises to the education sector.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.) described the House bill as a «wolf in sheep's clothing,» and said the Senate version «has even sharper teeth than the House bill.»

The Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Dr. Athony Akoto Osei, has described as petty, President Mahama's request for the disclosure of the cost of the cedi redenomination exercise undertaken in 2007 by the then NPP administration.

The Majority Chief Whip in Parliament, Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka has described as unnecessary and petty, the Minority in Parliament's accusations against the Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho.

Though he later apologized, the Minority in Parliament and even other government officials demanded his resignation, describing his statements as distasteful.

The Minority in Parliament has described as insulting, government's handling of the BOST fuel contamination saga.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi also had harsh words to say about Weiner on Thursday, describing his actions as «reprehensible» and urging him to «get a clue.»