Sentences with phrase «sizable majority»

The average New Yorker knows a minimum wage increase would be beneficial to the state's economy; that's why two recent public opinion polls showed sizable majorities of New Yorkers — 62 % (Quinnipiac) and 59 % (Siena)-- support Governor Cuomo's proposal for a $ 15 minimum wage.

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Sizable majorities of Americans support universal background checks, a 21 minimum purchase age, and bans on assault style weapons and high - capacity magazines.

I would estimate there is a sizable majority of oldearthers within evangelical scholarship.

«When those cases are appealed up to responsible bodies of lawyers, judges and administrators, a vast number and even a sizable majority of them are thrown out, because these authorities are trained to examine evidence and to evaluate it.

In any case, there is no way a global flood could produce this order if, as Kent Hovind asserts, all «kinds» coexisted both pre - and post-flood with the sizable majority destroyed in a single event.

While the impacts report doesn't say that the farms examined are representative of all farms, or even Central American farms, RA chose to feature them, implying that they are representative, that the shade requirements are being implemented by a sizable majority of producers, and clearly stating that this indicates the value of RA certification to biodiversity.

When Governor Andrew Cuomo touts public - private partnerships as the path to NY economic development, a sizable majority of New Yorkers get starry eyed.

It was co-signed by 68 of her colleagues — a sizable majority of the majority members.

Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that affects about 2.6 percent of the U.S. adult population — some 5.7 million Americans — with a sizable majority of these cases classified as severe.

Embattled U.K. biomedical researchers are drawing some comfort from a new survey showing that a sizable majority of the public continues to support the use of animals in research.

Now that a sizable majority of the states have received waivers from compliance with most NCLB regulations, they have the opportunity to reevaluate their standards and bring them up to par.

In short, a sizable majority of states have failed to provide equitable funding.

In a systematic review of 41 empirical studies on this topic through 2002, Columbia University researchers Clive Belfield and Henry Levin found that «a sizable majority report beneficial effects of competition.»

Indeed, while just 18 % of the public gave American schools overall an A or a B, a sizable majority thought their own elementary and middle schools deserved those high grades.

Of the 43 % of Americans who consume e-books, digital newspapers, or magazines, a sizable majority say they find it is available in the format they want.

Moreover, there is a sizable majority of readers, over 70 %, who express strong resistance to the idea of screen - reading as a substitute for print, a percentage that has remained steady across multiple surveys over the past two years.

Both groups, in sizable majorities, said that they think fighting global warming is important, and that they will vote in favor of candidates who support climate action.

And on Wednesday, members of that Republican congressional conference — a sizable majority of whom deny basic climate science — began their three - day retreat at a place right in the path of some of climate disruption's worst expected outcomes.

A sizable majority of nearly 28,000 respondents from 26 countries (79 %) indicated that they feel that the Internet is a fundamental human right, BBC story.

A sizable majority — 80 per cent — said they felt they should be spending even more.

«Some buyers prefer minimal landscaping because they don't have time for a lot of yard work or the resources to hire someone to do the work for them,» notes Angela Lotz of RE / MAX All Pro in Bloomingdale, Ill. «But an extensively landscaped yard is viewed as a plus by a sizable majority of buyers.»