Sentences with phrase «obtain majority support»

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Because the Unitarian Congregationalists were usually the leaders in the community and appeared to stand for a more common - sense and liberal position, they had little difficulty in obtaining the support of the majority in the parish and so gained control of the church property.

Senate Majority PAC, a Democratic super PAC that supports Democratic Senate candidates, will prohibit federally registered lobbyists from working for the organization, according to a memo obtained by CQ Roll Call.

The Erie County Legislature's Majority Caucus sponsored a resolution at Thursday's session in support of proposal that would eliminate fees charged to veterans and / or their next of kin to obtain archived records.

Similarly, the majority of gun owners (67 percent) also support allowing cities to sue licensed gun dealers when the gun dealer's sales practices allow criminals to obtain guns and requiring a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison for a person convicted of knowingly selling a gun to someone who can not legally have one (71 percent).

Adhering to these traditional concepts the US Department of Agriculture has concluded that diets, which reduce calories, will result in effective weight loss independent of the macronutrient composition, which is considered less important, even irrelevant.14 In contrast with these views, the majority of ad - libitum studies demonstrate that subjects who follow a low - carbohydrate diet lose more weight during the first 3 — 6 months compared with those who follow balanced diets.15, 16, 17 One hypothesis is that the use of energy from proteins in VLCKD is an «expensive» process for the body and so can lead to a «waste of calories», and therefore increased weight loss compared with other «less - expensive» diets.13, 18, 19 The average human body requires 60 — 65 g of glucose per day, and during the first phase of a diet very low in carbohydrates this is partially (16 %) obtained from glycerol, with the major part derived via gluconeogenesis from proteins of either dietary or tissue origin.12 The energy cost of gluconeogenesis has been confirmed in several studies7 and it has been calculated at ∼ 400 — 600 Kcal / day (due to both endogenous and food source proteins.18 Despite this, there is no direct experimental evidence to support this intriguing hypothesis; on the contrary, a recent study reported that there were no changes in resting energy expenditure after a VLCKD.20 A simpler, perhaps more likely, explanation for improved weight loss is a possible appetite - suppressant action of ketosis.

In 2007, Ashley's parents reported on their blog:»... the overwhelming majority of those who took the time to visit Ashley's blog (the only way to obtain our email address) and see her photos were in support.

Child support obligations will generally end when a child has reached the provincial age of majority but can extend to when the child has obtained some form of post-secondary education.

This same technology can create several other support services, which together, would solve «the unaffordable legal services problem»: the majority of population can not obtain legal services at reasonable cost.