Sentences with phrase «majority by a thread»

After all, they're hanging on to their majority by a thread.

As the demographics of New York shift more and more toward Democrats — and Republicans continue to hang on to their Senate majority by a thread — there's a growing sense that charter supporters need to «cultivate change in the hearts and minds» of the Democratic conference, Brisbane said.

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Hanging on in power by a thread through a delicate agreement with the DUP, the party must broaden its electoral appeal in order to achieve the healthy parliamentary majority it so dearly craves.

As I said yesterday, David Cameron made it perfectly clear during the leadership election that economic stability would be prioritised over unfunded tax cuts, and was subsequently elected by a significant majority of the party membership, so anybody getting their knickers in a twist about him sticking by that policy (the title of this thread is clearly wrong) now is being unreasonable.

Now, with confidant Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) hanging on to his seat by a thread, the Brooklynite is nearing the goal line of his long game.

Another common thread shared by our members is that the vast majority are highly educated.

The following is a selection of 11 compelling works, a great majority of them suspended in air like «NGC 5457,» 2014 (metal, iridescent acrylic, polyester, nylon monofilament, stainless steel thread, adhesive) by Tomas Saraceno (shown above) at Andersen's Contemporary of Denmark.

I have never seen so many junk posts by one person on any other Forum as Renewable Guy has made on this thread and I regularly scan the majority of «Climate» forums on the net.