Sentences with phrase «many fewer seats»

The room was over-crowded with too few seats and many left standing.

Kaplan told CNBC that airfares are lower because the system allows airlines to «hold a few seats for last minute business travelers, who will pay high fares.»

Have some oysters if you dare and sit yourself back down and enjoy an hour or two of guessing which Congressman is sipping a dry martini a few seats from you.»

They would have fewer seats, more luggage space and smaller wheels to further free up interior room because those future everyday cars don't have to be capable of going 200kph.

The centre - left Social Democrats (SPD), Merkel's current coalition partners who were the second - biggest party in the election, have ruled out a repeat of an alliance with her conservatives, who won the vote but were left with fewer seats.

Cars designed to carry just one or two people at a time to work or the shops could therefore be «boxier», with fewer seats and more space for luggage.

This year, Monteiro expects to see more minority board takeovers, where dissidents seek to capture a few seats on a board, not pull off an entire takeover.

The school district's superintendent, a few seats over, couldn't help but smile.

What's interesting is how many fewer seats would be filled if he wasn't there.

Only in the case of council representatives have the dissidents put up alternatives in recent years, winning a few seats.

He sat a few seats ahead of me in my literature class and introduced himself to the class by letting us all know he was afraid of aliens.....

A few seats behind her Elise Etem, the powerful sophomore whose brother had been drafted by the Anaheim Ducks, thought perhaps her cox had lost her mind and brought the tiniest bottle of refreshment in the history of sports.

There should be a few seats going spare too - will we see Button racing a prototype next year?

The bus is crawling toward the airport, across the ice, through the darkness; crawling as Michelle listens to Pat, a few seats away, ridicule her; crawling as Pat rises and takes a seat next to Michelle and tells her that unless something drastic happens, she doesn't think the Lady Vols can win a championship with Michelle as their point guard.

There's still a fair few seats left for the upcoming season, which starts in Hong Kong on 2 December, so if he does well he could well be in line for one of them.

A few seat cushions follow, plus a pop bottle and Cracker Jack boxes.

After purchasing the bus «for a good price,» Darwin took out a few seats and made it into more than just a way to ferry fans.

«We took a few seats out, put in a couch, a stove, have some tables we can use,» he said.

There is indoor and outdoor seating, including a few seats out front and additional seating in the back.

Given the extremely strict and vigorous test circumstances, only a few seats have passed the Plus Test.

This is one comfortable seat that babies love — it has extra padding that few seats will offer.

What's more, the next election will also be fought on new boundaries and 50 fewer seats — unless Theresa May takes advantage of the turmoil in the Labour party and goes for a snap election in the autumn, as many are now expecting.

The first one ask for approval and another ask for few seats in government.

Local government elections don't have any direct impact on each other and there is no consensus way to quantify the fact that an election in a small city, or a city with more seats on its council, may be less important than in a major city, or a seat with fewer seats on its council.

Well, one of the reason why libertarians have few seats in government is because of district issue.

Even if Ukip wins very few seats, it could split the Tory vote and prevent the party securing its own target seats.

Get your tickets fast — initial demand was so high that they had to move us to a larger room, but there are still only a few seats left.

Pitching for every Remainiac vote is low risk for Tim Farron when the immediate aim is for a Parliamentary group able to fit in a nine seat VW Caravelle to upgrade to a mini bus by winning a few seats.

The Conservatives in 2010 got more votes nationally than Labour in 2005... and fewer seats.

The second set of seats (20) are won at a larger regional area using a system called «proportional representation», and is designed to ensure that no party wins either far more or far fewer seats than the share of votes they received.

We won 100 fewer seats than them: our worst election performance in almost three decades.

While this election was only a primary, there are only a few seats that will see competitive general elections.

Indeed, it is entirely possible that the Conservatives could win more votes and gain fewer seats than Labour.

This moves on to the party which got the second most votes, but fewer seats, and is repeated until all of the seats have been filled, sometimes cycling through the parties several times.

With the support of Governor Cuomo, the IDC, a group of 8 Democratic senators, have joined with another Democratic senator, Simcha Felder, to give the Republicans a majority in the Senate — despite the Republicans winning fewer seats.

Best guess might be that Democrats will lose a few seats to Republicans but end up with a smaller lead.

Quite a few seats can be (and have been) retained by MPs who have invested time and resources in their constituencies.

There the range is so wide the model is essentially saying that the Tories could win many more or many fewer seats than they did in 2014.

Until 2010, the electoral system hid the multi-party nature of British politics (smaller parties and independent candidates attracted 30 % of voting intentions but gained very few seats).

But recent public surveys, including these polls, show Democrats could be poised to lose a few seats instead.

Second, the system deals harshly with third parties, discouraging voters from backing them and ensuring that even if they do, those parties will win very few seats.

The second set of seats (11) are won at a «London - wide» level using a system called «proportional representation», and is designed to ensure that no party wins either far more or far fewer seats than the share of votes they received.

While Democrats still expect to pick up a few seats, the National Republican Congressional Committee concluded from the primary results that the majority now ends in California — it's no longer a path there for Democrats.

There are a few seats expected to trickle on even though by this point, no one will pay any attention to them.

That Labour would lose fewer seats under his leadership than under Brown's?

With just a few seats left to declare - the Tories are short of the 326 needed to have a majority.

Labour needs fewer seats than the Conservatives to end up in power after 7th May — the reason involves a mixture of rules and arithmetic.

Still, county Democrats are hoping to regain a few seats by challenging six of the seats currently held by the GOP.

After all, both Brown and Milliband of the New Labour years, got a much lower share and many fewer seats than Corbyn.

Had the 2010 election been fought under the new boundaries, Labour would won 28 fewer seats — while the Tories would have been down only 8.