Sentences with phrase «says at least a majority»

Cobey says at least a majority of the board members for public charters should be North Carolina residents, but he argued that some expertise could be provided by residents of other states with charter schools.

Not exact matches

Vancouver - based Goldcorp is a favourite among analysts, with the majority saying it's at least a buy.

Of the dozens of CEOs Inc. contacted for this story, the majority said they were either «all done» with necessary Y2K upgrades or at least on schedule.

The majority also say it's important for them to be able to travel at least once a year (68 per cent), shop for the things they want (62 per cent), and go out for lunch or dinner a few times a week (53 per cent).

Indeed, the majority of executives at companies across verticals surveyed by Deloitte said they have at least some knowledge of blockchain technology.

For example, some companies are yet to budge on Trump's requests to bring production back into the U.S. Apple CEO, Tim Cook said that there is a lack of workers with the required skills in the U.S. Not only that, but if the majority of production comes back into the U.S., the cost of its products will rise by at least 100 %.

However, the vast majority of its borrowers have personal credit scores of at least 500, Kabbage says.

Tom Angell, of the pro-marijuana legalization group Marijuana Majority, said in an email that «while most of our federal gains to date have been through amendments attached to much broader spending bills, I'm hopeful that with the growing number of states changing their laws these stand - alone bills [like Garrett's] will get enough traction to at least finally start getting hearings.»

If the majority of Muslims were moderate, then some of them... at least one of them... would stand up and say, «This guy is an idiot.

At least they practice some self control in their religion which is more that can be said for the majority of Americans.

You said, «In the meantime, the overwhelming majority of Joes like me will serve this country because it is worth working for, fighting for and dying for as many have done, at least for now.»

It would be safe to say that the majority of Atheists have no issue with you believing whatever you would like to believe, however the majority of religious based folks expect others to obey or at the least acknowledge something that can not be proven without faith.

I think for the majority of believers who sub.scribe to any particular faith, an ecu.minical service can be a dis.app.ointing thing... Not to say it isn't right for those who believe that all religions point the same way or something similar, but at least as a Christian I can say an ecu.min.ical service is not a place to go for a sermon.

The first thing out of the talking heads mouths was «Many Americans are worried about their own safety...» Let me tell you, the majority of us, at least the majority of me, are saying, we are with our parisian brothers right now, and are devastated at the loss of lives.

«I think one of the things, at least in my experience in my seven years in the Senate with the majority or the co-majority for two of the years, where we've been successful is that we've always put government first,» Gallican said.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, a Syracuse - area Republican who is mulling a challenge to Cuomo next fall, recently said it's «premature» to suggest the IDC would sever its power - sharing deal with the GOP and re-join — or at least realign — with the regular, mainline Democrats, despite the fact that both sides initially signaled a willingness to do so.

Sources have said that at least two leaders meetings between Majority Leader John Flanagan, Cuomo and Heastie have been held, but not publicly disclosed.

But he says if Felder gives the Democratic Party the majority, at least then the bills could be brought to the Senate floor for an up or down vote.

Here's Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos complaining to reporters after the NYSAC conference in Colonie today about the timing of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget, which the Long Island Republican said is at least a «month behind schedule.»

Green says that Cuomo will win re-election with, at best, 52 percent of the vote, a bare majority that would represent a humiliation to the governor, who is known to want to win by at least the landslide 64 percent margin won by his father, Mario Cuomo, in his first bid for re-election in 1986.

It has moved away from its paramilitary past, and accepted the position of Northern Ireland as part of the UK (at least until the majority in Northern Ireland say otherwise).

REPUBLICANS TRY TO TURN THE TABLES: «It's pretty clear to me, at least at this point, that neither the Senate Democratic Majority nor the president of the United States have any interest whatsoever in entering into any discussions about how to resolve this impasse,» said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous said today that the GOP conference has not changed its opposition to the so - called millionaire's tax, despite Sen. John Bonacic's intention to introduce a bill that would extend the temporary PIT increase for those making at least $ 1 million a year.

Overall, a majority of voters statewide — 56 % — say they've seen at least one television ad for Paterson.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said earlier today that he expects at least some of the Senate Democrats drawn together would be «uncoupled» in the new drafts.

At the same time, a narrow majority of folks say they're at least somewhat, or even very confident, that Governor Cuomo can solve the subway slidAt the same time, a narrow majority of folks say they're at least somewhat, or even very confident, that Governor Cuomo can solve the subway slidat least somewhat, or even very confident, that Governor Cuomo can solve the subway slide.

After a closed door meeting with Cuomo Friday, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos emerged to say that there would be no vote at least until Monday.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- After a closed door meeting with Governor Andrew Cuomo Friday, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos emerged to say that there would be no vote at least until Monday.

«As a Caucus, we would have liked County Executive Poloncarz to have had at least a portion of this list ready sooner but to ensure there is no further delay, we have called the special legislative session this week to get the necessary resolutions approved and projects underway,» said Majority Leader Lorigo.

Ukip will have a major say in at least 53 of these based on its share of the vote in 2010 (i.e. the party's vote share is larger than the majority in that marginal).

Labour didn't hold the majority of its 2010 vote, we lost at least 1.5 m of it, to with stories or Ukip, maybe more, and yes we did get back ex libDem votes, all those Billybragg types at the guardian who voted libDem last time, to see their party in coalition with the Tories, So saying that labour never lost votes to Ukip is daft, we did and the libdem vote only stabilized it,

Others say at least some «saw the writing on the wall» that the Republicans could lose the majority in next year's elections.

«I think it's a perfectly reasonable speculation to suggest that ultimately a great majority of cancers will be found to have at least one drug - targetable mutation, and this could lead to new avenues for individualized therapy,» he said.

I'd say for the majority of the second half of 2016, I was wearing at least one or two, second - hand items per outfit, so for this one, I opted for layering a floral blouse underneath the dress.

The majority, however, fall in the middle: 31 % said they wouldn't normally hook up with someone on date one but would consider it if they had a great connection, 22.4 % didn't care much either way, and 18.6 % would prefer their date is at least a mild success first.

However, given that the subject is, to say the least, touchy, the fact that this film was even made is worthy of at least some kudos to Maher for having the guts to potentially offend the vast majority of people in the country, and perhaps the world, with his expression of doubt in their beliefs and his own belief that, though many individuals have found great benefit from the ancient scriptures, religion ultimately does more harm than good when looking at it in its totality from a global historical scale.

From the dichotomous twin poles of the Lumière Brothers and Georges Méliès to the perceived new nouvelles vagues of Olivier Assayas and Christophe Honoré, a majority of the country's greatest films and filmmakers have belonged (however broadly) to one school or another; or, at the very least (as in the case of, say, Jean - Pierre Melville or, more recently, Danièle Thompson, Mathieu Kassovitz or Pierre Salvadori), they have worked within a genre that has had contemporary currency and visibility.

Either a majority or a near majority within each sector say they have spoken to a school staff member at least once within the past year about each of the following: their child's achievements and accomplishments; their child's schoolwork or homework; their child's behavioral problems; volunteering; the quality of teaching; and the behavior of other students at school.

«But if you have a set of countries that exhibit a set of desirable traits like high performance, then you can from those countries abstract a set of principles that seem to hold in all of those countries, or at least the majority,» says Schmidt.

The majority of lead teachers working in private Pre-K for All classrooms, said Kaye, have at least a bachelor's degree and are either certified or working toward certification.

Strong majorities across parties, regions, and demographic groups say preschool is at least somewhat important.

According to their own data, state pension plans say no, at least for the vast majority of teachers.

Meanwhile, with three statesopenly defying NCLB's strictures and at least ten states preparing waiver requests, it looks like «states may have a mishmash of different accountability systems,» says Jennings, who expects «the vast majority of states» to apply for waivers by the time Duncan releases his regulations.

Education reformers say it means that a significant majority of a school's accountability rating should hinge on standardized test scores — at least 70 percent.

According to a recent Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup poll, the majority of Americans believe that teachers should spend at least one year practicing teaching before entering classrooms of their own — 44 percent of respondents said one year and 27 percent said two years.88 Only 4 percent of Americans said that teachers should spend six weeks practice teaching before assuming responsibility for their own class, a length of time far closer to the current reality for many prospective teachers.

Among those who say they read at least one book last year, the vast majority say they most often read printed books, at 73 %.

A majority of people recently polled said they would, at least under the right conditions.

In his author's note, Harris addresses the issue of where fact ends and fiction begins saying, «The majority of the events describes did actually happen; the remainder at least could have happened, and nothing, I hope demonstrably did not happen.»

Ebooks will continue to gain ground, but I would say that we have at least 5 - 10 years before ebooks make up the majority.

I think it's also important to point out that in many of these conversations (not that it will necessarily happen in this one), people will often assume that no one reads books anymore, but in reality, that vast majority of American adults read at least one book a year -LSB-(75 % according to a Pew Study)-RSB-(http://www.pewresearch.org/2013/06/25/library-readers-book-type/) and the median number of books read was 5 in 2013, so I don't think we can say that school is turning kids off reading, because most of them grow up to be adult readers.