Sentences with phrase «going against the majority»

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

Chalke is going against the majority of UK evangelical opinion.

Funny how a certain set of fans are almost always going to go against the majority here, regardless of the topic under discussion.

Then you go against the majority of bettors and bet on the -LSB-...]

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.

And it goes against the majority of Americans that surveys show support government regulation of carbon emissions — yet another thing that the Kochs have dedicated their money to preventing.

Not exact matches

By the early 20th century, bandwagons were commonplace in political campaigns, and «jump on the bandwagon» had become a derogatory term used to describe the social phenomenon of wanting to be part of the majority even when it means going against one's principles or beliefs.

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.

the «rat» is already going against the overwhelming majority that whey they are «rats»

The majority of christians have no idea about their faith or what it is to be christian, you see them spout nonsense from a bible they have never read and judge or even hate others who do not believe their beliefs, all the while not knowing they are going against its teachings.

While it was correct the last time (I wasn't alive then), it is not correct this time since it completely goes against the wishes of the majority of the country.

/ / it is not correct this time since it completely goes against the wishes of the majority of the country.

A whole religion should not be blamed for the actions of one individual who went against everything the vast majority of that religion stands for.

Obama may have wanted to go to war with Syria but specifically asked congress for their take and listened when the voting majority was against it... do you see the distinction?

The Roman Catholic church seemed to be moving in this direction, until Pope Paul VI issued the encyclical Humanae Vitae in 1968, in which he went against the advice of the majority of those on the commission which he had set up to examine the issue.

Majority of you voted for Obama who is pro abortion, pro-everything that goes against your so called ideals and teachings.

Had the Eagles gone for it and missed, the Falcons would have had to go the majority of the field while also going against the wind.

But this slow build up play goes completely against the strength of the majority of our attackers — speed.

In any other instance when a player rebels against the club and coach for whatever reason there is no room for doubt, disciplinary actions must be taken, even when he is your best player...... it could be the case even for SANCHEZ, those words no player is greater than the Club are well understood, the problem in this case is that a growing majority of the Fans are fed up with the Club and Manager, years of frustration, deception nothing changing and doing nothing about it has the great majority of Fans siding with the Player against the Club and Manager...... unfortunately both lost the respect of most ARSENAL fans, there is a revolt brewing YES like every year the difference this year is that losing Sanchez will not go without consequence....

You must have seen Dein arrive at AFC and the improvements, the ambition... the loss of Dein, the old board make a pact not to sell their shares, seen Gazidis hired before Silent Stan bought majority share position, the old board sell for a nice payday and going against their words, AFC asset value increase year after year while Silent Stan is happy to let that continue and media focuses on Wenger.

Reports in Italy which came out yesterday suggest that Serie A giants Parma have now been dissolved after they racked up debts of $ 197 million, with players and staff having gone without pay for the majority of the season and their weekend game against Udinese postponed at the 11th hour.

Chris Wilder named a completely different starting eleven for their Carabao Cup win against Walsall and is likely to go with the majority of the side that performed so well last week.

Having missed a vast majority of the season through injury, the former Manchester United star is fresh and raring to go, and he will need no extra motivation going up against a club that let him go considering him as surplus to requirements.

The Arsenal majority shareholder Stan Kroenke is still happy that he went against the protests from Arsenal fans to remove Wenger, and instead offered him a new two - year contract, and the Silent One is still of the opinion it was the right decision although it was difficult to decide at the time.

Being able to go against Jones for a majority of the game rather than Teague gives him a little bit more of an edge in a game where his production is going to be desperately needed.

Our August triumph over Roma at the Stadio Olimpico was written off by the majority as a fluke because of all the «episodes» that went our way in that match, while the series of encounters we've had against inferior opposition since then have all followed a not - too - dissimilar narrative.

Then, later that season, they went and won by the same scoreline (2 - 1) at Goodison, despite being second best for the majority of the game, thus proving a gulf in quality, finances and even overwhelming odds hasn't daunted David Moyes» thick - skinned squad, who even when not at their best somehow have a knack of getting the job done against their north - west rivals.

All we can do is eliminate unsafe providers but there will always be the fringe that'll go against the rational majority.

This, together with hikes in utility tariffs (electricity and water) has irked the anger of majority of the populace, with some threatening to go on the streets to demonstrate against the government.

The Republican had intended to file suit one month ago, but the Democratic majority county Board of Legislators voted against it, so Astorino is going a different route.

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.

NYSUT and its labor allies are going nuclear over the Senate Democrats» push to pass a charter school bill today, accusing the majority of abandoning its principles to inoculate members against the millions of dollars pro-charter advocates have threatened to spend in the fall elections.

And the MPs who have rebelled against Corbyn's leadership clearly represent a majority within the parliamentary party, whereas the MPs who were expelled and went on to form the National Labour Organisation in 1931 and those who left to form the SDP in 1981 were in the minority.

«I'm going to run against him,» said Dean Skelos, then the Republican Senate majority leader, in an X-rated rant using several anatomical words and functions to describe the governor.

Although the majority of Cameron's strategy is in fact premised on securing EU wide reforms as opposed to UK - specific arrangements, their broad decentralising thrust goes against the prevailing integrationist tendency within the EU.

BY BILL PARRY AND NAEISHA ROSE Despite an anonymous death threat against out gay City Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer, the Sunnyside, Queens, Democrat, the Council's majority leader, went ahead with a November 18 march across the Queensboro Bridge to Trump Tower to rally against the president - elect.

Supporters of a bill to ban discrimination against transgender New Yorkers will continue their legislative push, and criticized Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan for saying Gov. Andrew Cuomo shouldn't have gone around the Legislature.

The three - trustee majority of Hempstead's embattled school board pledged to take a more inclusionary approach going forward and decided against action on a variety of district matters until all five panelists can attend.

The Democratic and Republican presidential candidates are coming to terms with the cold mathematical reality of chasing delegates ahead of their nominating conventions, with front - runners Clinton and Trump driving for challenge - proof majorities against rivals who won't go away.

Had she stayed in office and possibly faced a recall election, she would have gone up against a Republican, thus risking the Democrats» slim one - seat majority in the state Senate.

To accuse a member of the Democratic majority in the Assembly was tantamount to going up against the speaker, the members of the conference and the institution itself, said another former legislative staffer who tried to report sexual harassment by a former assemblymember.

Some Ghanaians had also staged a protest in front of Parliament House to kick against the ratification of the controversial agreement, but the majority caucus went ahead to ratify after the minority staged a walkout.

«If this town board puts this piece of legislation back on the agenda and goes through the process, will you abide by the majority of people that show up in this room either for or against supporting that law to be passed in this town?»

Supervisor Quigley is quoted as saying, «If this town board puts this piece of legislation back on the agenda and goes through the process, will you abide by the majority of people that show up in this room either for or against supporting that law to be passed in this town?»

As Senate Republicans try to maintain control of the House, Latimer said the mentality of winning the seat at all costs is reflective of comments made by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, at a breakfast in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention in July when he assured the audience that Latimer would be going down in his race against Killian.

But legislators like Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari say the sport is «brutal» and goes against the anti-bullying and messages of tolerance.

The problem is that the majority of chocolate out there goes against my own principles of a...

I mean this goes against the vast majority of recent science.

In fact, the vast majority of them completely went against their intention, while the rest showed no effect.

I probably cover Lakewood's morally and fiscally bankrupt schools too often, but this Ocean County school district that enrolls almost entirely Latino and Black low - income students pushes all my education reform buttons: tyranny of the majority (in this case the ultra-Orthodox residents who control the municipal government and the school board); lack of accountability; lack of school choice for poor kids of color but anything goes (at public expense) for children of the ruling class; discrimination against minority special education students.