Sentences with phrase «smaller minority support»

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While there is a vocal minority who want gun laws in the U.K. relaxed, they do appear to be very small — all the mainstream political parties support strict gun laws, and much of the debate centers on whether the U.K., which already has some of the strictest gun laws in the entire world, needs more control.

On Monday, JPMorgan Chase announced $ 2.2 million to support underserved and minority - owned businesses throughout the U.S. as part of the firm's three - year commitment from its Small Business Forward initiative.

Among its suggestions is a recommendation that all levels of government use procurement programs as a means to support small and medium enterprises and minority - owned businesses, including requiring supplier diversity policies for federal crown corporations and agencies.

I think this is due to the fact that atheists are a small minority in the US and they are responding to the marginalization of their beliefs in what is supposed to be a country that supports freedom of (and therefore from) religious expression by lashing out.

If a minority is too small to support a full seat, then that won't help.

The Labour left represents a third of the constituency membership, has significant support in the unions and a smaller minority of Labour MPs.

John Major was consistently opposed by Eurosceptics in his party (known as the Maastricht Rebels — a small minority of MPs before 1997, but enjoying much wider support among party activists).

How is a upstart ultra minority party going to build support when the simple act of making a choice on a candidate is going to upset half of its already small base?

The governor took his first out - of - state trip to Somos el Futuro and has spent a good chunk of time shoring up support in the minority community, especially through small business initiatives.

Although the arrangement rarely comes with guaranteed ministerial jobs, a confidence and supply deal would typically see some elements of the smaller party's manifesto enacted by the minority government in return for their support.

But it also found wide support for German compensation payments to Nazi - era slave laborers and said 80 percent believe that only a small minority of Germans are anti-Semitic (source)

In New Zealand, over recent years, the largest party has typically formed a minority government loosely supported by a number of smaller parties.

My guess is that being a minority government would actually be a net positive for Labour, relative to a tiny majority, because if Labour need to seek the support of the smaller parties on a case by case basis they can't do anything spectacularly unpopular or asinine.

Partisan polarization has given special interests and small minorities the power to twist public sentiment along partisan lines, even when bipartisan majorities support the substance of what is being proposed.

Attitudes: support for diversity (racial integration), a perception of inequity (that the public schools provide a lower quality education for low - income and minority kids), support for voluntary prayer in the schools, support for greater parent influence, desire for smaller schools, belief in what I call the «public school ideology» (which measures a normative attachment to public schooling and its ideals), a belief in markets (that choice and competition are likely to make schools more effective), and a concern that moral values are poorly taught in the public schools.

We've found that our users overwhelmingly reach for the Contact Widget (after all, it's only a click away), with 1/3 of them opting for the UserVoice support portal and a smaller, but sizable minority (around 12 %) preferring to contact us by direct email.

Particularly, critics of the law argued that the government of Sarkozy wanted to attract far - right voters and supported that only a small minority of Muslims in France wear the Islamic headscarf (Murray, 2012).

Policy solution: A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education prioritizes developing a strong, experienced corps of professional educators while supporting the dismissal of the small minority of weak ones.

«Nor can we limit accountability to a small percentage of our schools while ignoring the others, thereby retreating from the long - standing federal role in ensuring that minority students, low - income students, English learners and students with disabilities have access to... supports that address a range of student needs so that they are better prepared to succeed in the classroom.»

The Obama Administration has supported the development of small businesses, particularly minority owned small businesses.

I read a number of articles on the controversy following the airing of the clip, and it supported the implications from the Daily Show clip: Ted Kennedy was looking out for his self - interest, and that of a small but wealthy minority.

But I think if you were to go by the stand of political leaders all over the world, I think the evidence is very clear, and more than that, I think if you ask the scientific community where barring a small minority is involved, we have absolutely no reason to feel that there isn't solid support for the scientific assessment that we have carried out.

Most of the legal profession signed up to the scheme, but because of location, or because they could not offer the particular skills needed by the disadvantage or because their participation in the scheme was no more than a demonstration of moral support, the active legal aid lawyers were always a small minority of the profession as a whole.

Right at the start of its reply brief, Samsung points to the «contrary [to Apple's position] view of nine high - technology companies, thirty - seven intellectual property professors, three groups representing minority and rural communities, two public interest organizations, a high - tech industry organization, and a small company that have filed amicus briefs in support of the petition.»

At this stage, it appears the fork is only supported by a small minority of platforms, users and miners.

Provided key support and service for state's mentor protégé relationships and small business development initiatives, and participated in business opportunity workshops, minority business enterprise seminars, trade fairs, procurement conferences, and small business conferences.

This year 850 pieces of legislation relating to women's reproductive health have been introduced nationwide, only a small minority of which support access to health care services.

Thus while a small minority of families may benefit from support in strengthening the child's relationship with both parents, father - child relationships may benefit from more targeted measures helping a wider group of families.

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.