Sentences with phrase «small majorities of»

«Banning assault weapon sales nationally is supported by more than three - quarters of Democrats and small majorities of Republicans and independents.

Two - thirds of young people agree with a smaller majority of Americans overall that the government should make sure people have health care coverage.

For though a small majority of Britons voted last June to have their country leave the EU, nothing has officially happened yet.

A small majority of 54 percent are betting the under (source).

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

However, most Conservatives have historically voted in support of hunting, while a smaller majority of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have voted against it.

Also, a small majority of voters said they think the amendment is fairly worded, although that depends in part on whether the voters were pro or anti-casino expansion in the first place.

The background to Mrs May's decision to call a snap election is the government's small majority of 17 and the abiding weakness of the Labour Party under Mr. Corbyn.

«Two - thirds of Democrats are pessimistic about the country's future, while nearly two - thirds of Republicans are optimistic, as are a small majority of independents.

Alex Hilton, the editor of Labourhome, said: «It's a real concern that a small majority of Labour members and supporters want Gordon Brown to step aside, though this poll was taken before it was clear the role the Prime Minister had played in the merger of Lloyds - TSB and HBOS.»

It would get rid of the troublesome Tory backbenchers on the party's extreme and moderate wings who are increasingly bullish about that small majority of hers.

The 2015 result gave the seat the 9th - smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority and 3rd - lowest in 2017.

As in other marginal seats, a small majority of voters said they were optimistic about the economy over the next year, though slightly more so for themselves than for the country as a whole.

And about two - thirds of New Yorkers, including a small majority of Republicans, support a national ban on the sale of assault weapons.

The ethics council finally issued its 20 - page report just before Christmas, voting in favor of allowing the import of human embryonic stem cells, under certain conditions, by a small majority of 15 to 9, paving the way for next week's final showdown.

I must be in the even smaller majority of people who played it on the Wii U and with whom it DID N'T click:P.

Though the remaining small majority of my print customers are male, before they buy from me, it seems 90 % have to get their wives» or girlfriends» permission first.

When asked about specific proposals to reduce climate change, most Democrats (90 %) and smaller majorities of Republicans (65 %) say that restrictions on power plant emissions would make a difference in reducing climate change, as would tax incentives encouraging businesses to reduce their carbon emissions (85 % and 65 %, respectively).

Don't let a small majority of voters determine the fate of reproductive health care and sexuality education in Arizona.

Not exact matches

Amazon has millions of third - party resellers, the large majority of which are small companies.

The majority of store owners are unaware of the shift, however, according to the Wells Fargo / Gallup Small Business Index from July.

• Equistone Partners Europe agreed to buy a majority of Small World Financial Services, a London - based cross-border payment service provider.

Moreover, amongst your existing customers and clients, there are probably a small number that account for the majority of your sales.

A majority of small business owners anticipate revenue and profit increases in 2015.

The overwhelming majority of those smaller businesses — 84 % — are working on mobile games, nearly half on web games and almost a third on social - networking games.

Canada might be a trading nation, but we are mediocre traders: in its report on trade, the growth council said the majority of the country's smaller enterprises don't trade at all.

Surprisingly, the survey also found 41 percent of small - business leaders would be skeptical of artificial intelligence's ability to accurately help with their administrative tasks, even though the majority of them spent two or more hours per day on admin work.

Traditional lenders have and continue to reject a good majority of small business loan applications and have tightened their lending policies.

Through my own questioning, it seems like the majority of small businesses do not use LinkedIn because they either do not see it's potential, don't want to take the time to learn, or want to utilize LinkedIn, but taking the time to do so remains on the back burner.

Just about every piece of key legislation that is likely to be revamped or introduced under Trump and the Republican - majority Congress affects small businesses.

Not only are the majority of small businesses (83 percent of which are pass - through entities) subject to higher tax rates than their larger C - Corporation counterparts, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, any modest benefit they reap is scheduled to go away after 2025, while corporations will retain their steep tax cuts.

Therefore, a small number of activity choices make up the large majority of your achievements... or lack thereof.»

Small employers often hire family members, neighbors, and friends, and requiring these employers to then jump through the same hoops as a multinational corporation whose CEO resides 1,000 miles away from the majority of her workers is counterintuitive and wildly inefficient.

That's important because the majority of exporters are small, and as the economy experiences sluggish growth and weak job gains, they are generally seen as a bright spot for their reach beyond domestic markets.

The majority of small businesses rely on contractors to keep their businesses moving forward.

In 2010, Industry Canada estimated that only 17 % of small businesses were majority - owned by women.

The vast majority of them are small and mid-sized companies.

The vast majority of American business entities are small businesses.

Despite that, a majority of companies — especially small businesses — have no formal e-mail storage policies, according to Bob Larrivee, AIIM's education services director.

The majority were small startups, and I chatted with a handful of the ones that looked most interesting.

Polls show the race is tight and that the large «Together for Yes» block formed by pro-independence parties from the rest of political spectrum will need support from the smaller CUP to secure a 68 - seat majority in Catalonia's 135 - seat parliament.

Concannon said the majority of rebates go to buyers, not brokers, in order to incentivize them to provide liquidity for small companies and ETFs that don't draw enough interest from the markets.

The majority of the panel — made up of about 70 industry, labor, and law enforcement experts — agreed that technology already exists or will soon come to market that can track small drones at low altitudes.

The facts are sobering: the majority of small businesses fail within five years of starting up.

Outside estimates of pass - through business income have shown that it is a small number of large businesses that account for the majority of pass - through profits and economic activity, rather than true mom - and - pops.

The majority of the roughly six million small businesses in the U.S. have fewer than 50 employees, and they haven't been shown a lot of love by benefits providers.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., flanked by SBA Administrator Linda McMahon (left) and Sen. Jim Risch, R - Idaho, speaks at an event in the Capitol with small - business advocates to highlight the importance of tax reform to America's small businesses on Nov. 28, 2017.

He says that figure has remained fairly constant for some time — suggesting there is a small hard core base of people who use bitcoin as everyday money, while the vast majority are using it to speculate and invest.

Here at SurePayroll, the majority of our small business customers have 7 or fewer employees.

Spearheaded by more than two dozen lenders and small business advocacy organizations, including Lending Club, Funding Circle, the Aspen Institute, and the Small Business Majority, the bill requires transparency about pricing and fees, fair treatment of borrowers and responsible underwriting, as well as clear language and easy - to - understand tsmall business advocacy organizations, including Lending Club, Funding Circle, the Aspen Institute, and the Small Business Majority, the bill requires transparency about pricing and fees, fair treatment of borrowers and responsible underwriting, as well as clear language and easy - to - understand tSmall Business Majority, the bill requires transparency about pricing and fees, fair treatment of borrowers and responsible underwriting, as well as clear language and easy - to - understand terms.