Sentences with phrase «large majorities supporting»

Paulina Lampsa, international secretary at Pasok, is clear contined austerity alone can not drive reform: «A large majority supports reforms that can guarantee more solid prospects for future generations but is not ready to accept more austerity without growth.»

On the one hand, EdNext finds that the large majority supports annual testing for grades 3 - 8 (69 percent support, 20 percent oppose).

Oakwood, the tragedy is not what's happening in science — things there are just as they should be: the field continues to develop new data and refined analyses, general conclusions have been reached that a very large majority support, based on well - established principles (properties of CO2, thermodynamics, effects of warmer air on evaporation...) and data (measures of CO2 levels, shifts in isotopic composition of atmospheric CO2, temperature records — instrumental and proxy,...).

Not exact matches

Polls show the race is tight and that the large «Together for Yes» block formed by pro-independence parties from the rest of political spectrum will need support from the smaller CUP to secure a 68 - seat majority in Catalonia's 135 - seat parliament.

The UN process could be reformed to allow for ratification when a proposal receives the support of a large majority of countries.

The program has since been matched by Credential Securities Inc., the second - largest seller of ABCP to the general public and, with support from the Facebook gang, Crawford's CCAA plan won support from a majority of affected creditors on April 25.

Our survey shows that a large majority of Canadians support or would accept allocating funding in the 2017 federal budget to a range of clean energy priorities, including:

Similar proposals, also called «Aiming for A,» received well over majority support at a handful of European companies where they were submitted in 2015, due in large part to the fact that in each case the board recommended shareholders vote in favor.

The most stunning change from previous election is the significant drop in support for Alison Redford «s Progressive Conservatives in rural central and southern Alberta rural constituencies, which have given the PCs large majority votes in most elections over the past 40 years.

There's a big difference between buying stocks and ETFs in a market that reverses when the majority of leadership stocks are showing tight price action, versus buying stocks in a sudden market reversal when a large number of former leadership stocks have already lost key support levels and / or their bullish technical patterns have broken down.

The NAE and other evangelical elites, often speaking for churches, have pivoted into a larger menu of political issues, even though lacking unequivocal scriptural and church teaching, and, no less important for Protestants, lacking consensus or even majority support from their own claimed constituencies.

BO's support of abortion / choice however vitiates has Christianity as he is the leader of the Immoral Majority who are now the largest voting bloc in the country.

BO's support of abortion / choice however vitiates his Christianity as he is the leader of the Immoral Majority who are now the largest voting bloc in the country.

Could a single bill be crafted that would do what large majorities of Americans support?

Given the large gaps between plurality support for Trump in the primaries and majority support for him in the general election, evangelicals clearly needed time to warm up to Trump.

4) A slight majority of women (51 percent) and a somewhat larger majority of men (58 percent) support «woman's liberation,» and this support is rising rapidly.

In A.D. 1500, Islam, supported by the Turks and by various peoples of Central Asia; Confucianism, the system on which the Chinese Empire, larger and more populous and apparently more highly civilized than all of Western Europe, was based; Hinduism, the faith of the majority of the peoples of India, a subcontinent more varied racially and probably more populous and wealthier than fifteenth - century Western Europe; and Buddhism, with extensive followings in Southern, Central, and Eastern Asia, all loomed larger in human affairs than did Christianity.

A large majority of Americans continue to support capital punishment.

Neither support the large majority of Americans» viewpoints.

BO's support of abortion however vitiates has Christianity as he is the leader of the Immoral Majority who are now the largest voting block in the country.

That indicates that although they're receiving a majority of public support, there have been several large bets placed on the Tigers.

A large majority of American mothers (75 %) start out by breastfeeding their babies, but one in five, according to Stuebe, is forced to stop early because of a lack of support and too much stress.

However, I was surprised to learn that the large majority of research and experts do not support that claim.

Even though Republicans are in the majority, it's a very slim majority, and they just don't have the votes to make large changes to the Federal budget without Democrats support.

Putin has proved adroit at harnessing nationalist sentiment to support his foreign policy objectives, with polling showing a large majority of Russians support his actions in Ukraine.

Our model now gives a 7 % chance that the Conservatives will be the largest party but could only form a majority with the support of all of the Lib Dems, the DUP and UKIP.

«One year ago today a large majority of Senators, including Democrats and a number of Republicans, came together to support Governor Cuomo's NY SAFE Act — a law that bans assault weapons, protects our first responders and strengthens background checks to prevent criminals and the mentally ill from gaining access to guns,» Wagner said.

Many of that large majority will not vote and of those who do, it is worth noting that in the last two leadership elections they have voted for candidates not supported by the majority of the PLP.

No — the 7 % is for the specific scenario (my caps)» that the Conservatives will be the largest party BUT could only form a majority with the support of all of the Lib Dems, the DUP and UKIP».

Large majorities think many public sector workers should be given pay rises above one per cent, and most Labour voters think their party should support strike action if pay demands are not met, according to my latest poll.

Large majorities of voters continue to support increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour and support the nearly three - year - old Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act.

A majority of New York City residents, suburbanites and upstate dwellers, as well a large swath of voters across all age groups, races and religions showed support for the initiative.

The 1923 general election was fought on the Conservatives» protectionist proposals but, although they got the most votes and remained the largest party, they lost their majority in parliament, necessitating the formation of a government supporting free trade.

When referendums for Scottish and Welsh devolution were held in March 1979 the Welsh devolution referendum saw a large majority vote against, while the Scottish referendum returned a narrow majority in favour without reaching the required threshold of 40 % support.

The small sample (518) backs the 50p tax rate by a large majority and also supports the new allowance for savers, the scrappage scheme for old cars and the increase in alcohol duty.

The Erie County Legislature's majority caucus asked residents to weigh in on the recommended salary increases for elected officials, and a large majority said they do not support raises.

Labour are the single largest party but short of an overall majority and are relying on coalition support to form a government.

Others are so innocuous or enjoy such broad support that they make it to the floor for a vote without any roadblocks, and pass by large majorities.

Even if the party of power - United Russia - fails to achieve an outright majority, the three other main «systemic opposition» parties (the Communists, Just Russia and the Liberal Democratic Party) should secure enough support to ensure the Duma remains, to a large extent, a Kremlin rubber stamp.

Another Rasmussen poll, done statewide after several days of heavy news coverage about the controversial law and its signing, found a large majority of Arizonans still supported it, by a 64 percent to 30 percent margin.

«Governor once again repeats a falsehood - fact is a large majority of assembly dems support mayoral control,» Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie's press aide responded in a Twitter post as the press conference was under way.

Like all winner - take - all voting methods, IRV tends to exaggerate the number of seats won by the largest parties; small parties without majority support in any given constituency are unlikely to earn seats in a legislature, although their supporters will be more likely to be part of the final choice between the two strongest candidates.

He had support from both the Conservative and Labour leadership, however many backbench MPs, particularly those from the Labour Party (who held a large majority in the House at the time), viewed Young as someone who had too recently been a member of his party's front bench team and was thus not sufficiently in touch with ordinary MPs.

The group is also pressing to give chairs more power over their committees and to reform the legislative process so that the speaker can't prevent legislation from making it to the floor when it is supported by a large majority of members.

Greater NYC for Change has long fought for sensible gun safety laws — laws supported by 90 % of Americans and a large majority of NRA members.

«This issue has passed,» she said, given the large Democratic majority in the State Assembly and the presence of a governor who supports same - sex marriage.

Whatever the constitutional convention about the party with the largest number of seats getting first shot at forming a government, the pressure on Clegg to back a Cameron - led administration if the Tories won the largest share of the vote — rather than support a party that had lost its majority — would be intense.

The large majority of UKIP support comes from former / potential tory voters (but I do concede they get a disproportionately large no.

A large majority of New Yorkers are in support of gun control measures in wake of Florida school shooting.

«The desire to have a large majority in support [of the change] was not achieved.