Sentences with phrase «relatively small majority»

Her replacement will be defending a relatively small majority of 1,421.

Now let us consider what happens, in a democracy, and how a relatively small majority can control decision making.

Not exact matches

In some verticals like coffee and tea, the proportion driven by the «vital few» was higher and in the 80 percent plus range, and in some verticals like retail it was slightly lower, but the principle of the vital few remained remarkably consistent across all verticals: A relatively smaller percentage of customers drove the vast majority of visits and thus revenue for these small businesses.

The majority of ingredients used in baked goods — like baking soda, baking powder, yeast, and, yes, flour — have a relatively short shelf life, so if you don't fire up the oven frequently, purchase them in small quantities so they don't sit in your cupboard, quietly going rancid.

«For 10 years the vast majority of people have seen no increase in their standard of living at all, while a relatively small number of people have become incredibly rich.

«The Stimulus included a relatively small piece of money that became the «Race to the Top» fund, $ 4.35 billion, and the Obama administration said the way we're going to use this money is we're going to say, «If you want to compete for part of this money, you must adopt standards that are common to a number of states and you get the most points if a majority of states have adopted those standards,»» said McClusky.

The results show that the relatively small nation of Gabon has the majority (almost 60 percent) of the remaining forest elephants.

In a small phase I and II clinical trial, Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues elsewhere found that the high - fat, low - carbohydrate ketogenic diet was a safe and effective treatment option for the majority of adults experiencing a relatively rare, often fatal and always severe form of epilepsy marked by prolonged seizures that require medically induced comas to prevent them from further damaging the body and the brain.

The vast majority of them (42/52) are common, with MAF > 1 % and relatively small effects on risk.

This would feel of greater use if your fighters spread out more during the battle, however — your party hug close to you the majority of time, and even then the maps are relatively small (especially compared to Hyrule Warriors).

«The charter school industry has targeted our relatively small urban district with an over-saturation of charters that causes a financial drain, without concern for the impact on the majority of students who will continue to attend the public schools.»

Countless studies show that when you're selling a product (like your book), you earn the majority of your income from a relatively small percentage of your total customers.

Making books available for library lending is an obligation which comes with the rights granted under copyright law, and is limited in very important ways which mean that it has relatively little effect on authors» earning power, and for the vast majority of them it makes up a very small proportion of their total income, so the zero - sum effect doesn't really kick in.

Given the relatively small number of home inspectors and controversies involving them, the majority of law firms understandably have little or no acquaintance with home inspection law, regulations, and Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors decisions and precedent, or with the three national Standards of Practice adopted in Kentucky and interpretations of them.

However, TAVF is far less diversified than the vast majority of mutual funds, measured both by the Fund's willingness to concentrate the bulk of its monies in a relatively few issues, as well as the relatively small number of issues owned.

There is a relatively small percentage of close loans with scores below that mark, but the vast majority had scores of 600 or higher.

The vast majority of dogs live up to our unreasonable expectations, but those who can't often pay for relatively small injuries with their lives.

The area is relatively small so the majority can be covered by foot, though after a long day of walking, the bus service operating around Lyall Harbour may seem like the best option.

I also know that the majority of economic models indicates relatively small net economic damage in 2100 (1 - 5 % of global GDP), with a large fraction of that damage, in some modells virtually all the damage, concentrated in tropical nations.

Keep in mind that the overwhelming majority of greenhouse gases have been, and continue to be, emitted by the massive fossil fuel consumption of a tiny percentage of the Earth's human population, most of them in countries with low rates of population growth — and that the overwhelming majority of human beings on the Earth, particularly those in countries with relatively high rates of population growth, generate only a small amount of greenhouse gases.

But we are in Iowa and while our city does have some relatively small homes in the older historic section, the majority of it is much newer and has larger homes and there is a rather large sq ft requirement here for new construction... way too large for reason.

The majority of the winter warming is associated with changes in sea ice cover even though the sea ice declines at this time of the year are relatively small.

On all counts, the majority of companies were found wanting, with the relatively smaller companies performing less well than the bigger concerns.

And since a relatively small number of models - the Ford Crown Victoria, variants of Ford's F - Series trucks, etc. — comprise the majority of fleet vehicles, it'll minimize R&D costs.

Moreover, the vast majority of US - based cloud computing providers — from Salesforce to 37signals to Google — have no interest in taking on the large expense of establishing a Canadian data center to satisfy the needs of a relatively small market.

In this regard, it should be a matter of significant concern that only a very small proportion of articling positions are available in practise contexts that serve so - called «poverty law» clients and «everyday legal needs», while the vast majority of articling positions are situated in firms that serve the legal needs of relatively more advantaged individuals, corporations and organizations.

For example, when a minority house elected by a relatively tiny fraction (i.e. comprising an even smaller minority) of voters can implement legislative changes in part because the majority senses the weariness of voters regarding elections, I prefer that there remain an opportunity for earlier defeat.

The vast majority of bitcoin trading volume has traditionally been handled by a relatively small number of exchanges.

Aside from various solutions that revolve around varying Bitcoin's blocksize, there are solutions that move the majority of Bitcoin transactions off - chain so that more transactions can be done while still having relatively small blocks.

The majority of participants reported that government supported or subsidized mediation is available where they practice, with a relatively small minority indicating that only private mediators are available in their jurisdiction.