Sentences with phrase «substantial than the majority»

But An Education is still far more interesting and substantial than the majority of today's films.

Not exact matches

When asked to choose from a series of statements representing how they feel about their phone, a substantial majority of smartphone owners feel that these devices are «helpful» rather than «annoying,» «connecting» rather than «distracting,» and that they represent «freedom» rather than a «leash.»

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that a substantial majority of our board of directors will consist of independent directors and that our board of directors can include no more than three directors who are not independent directors.

More than half say they have substantial influence in their church (59 %) and a slight majority expect their influence to increase (55 %).

The well - resourced Tory campaign turned out to be decisive and Robert Jenrick was returned with a 7,403 majority — rather smaller than his predecessor, but still substantial.

Already people with diabetes represent a substantial interest group within a parliamentary constituency with around a third of constituencies in England having a higher number of people with diabetes than the size of the current MP's majority.

During my scouring of internet testimonials, a substantial majority of acne patients on English - speaking forums claim report worsening acne in winter and fall rather than summer.

A substantial majority of the public (61 %) support the general concept of standards that are the same across the states — 20 percentage points higher than the share that supports «Common Core.»

Although substantial majorities support tax credits, the policy finds greater favor among Democrats, at 69 %, than among Republicans, at 60 %.

Typically one class of a multiple share class name is more liquid than the others and represents a substantial majority of the trading.

They do this apparently more for nationalistic pride than any market, though a substantial majority of the public there is apparently in support of the consumption of whale meat, all of which is apparently illegally poached.

There has been a slight increase in the percentage of Americans who view global warming as already happening, and a more substantial increase in the percentage who believe that a majority of scientists think global warming is occurring, with the result that more than 6 in 10 Americans endorse both views (61 % and 65 %, respectively).

Whilst a substantial number of people in the UK are apparently unconvinced by the AGW case, the warmists have managed to embed serious doubts into the minds of a considerable majority of the public, many of whom think it may be «better to be safe than sorry» - at almost whatever the cost.

Further, while a substantial majority of all respondents said that added challenges arise in cases involving a self - represented litigant, Albertans were more likely to say that these challenges always or usually arise than respondents from the rest of Canada.

Regarding the feeder driver position, the majority notes that Blood's tentative notation that Faidley was capable of performing the job was only «a preliminary subjective opinion, unsupported by objective evidence, not materially different than the employee's subjective assessment that was insufficient to create a material dispute with his physician's restrictions...,» and unable to overcome the substantial objective evidence of the plaintiff's medical restrictions.

I actually had Consuelo Callahan in mind when typing that, rather than Gonzales, but I would readily agree that the new math in the Senate would give Bush cover to nominate Gonzales, something the base would have gone berzerk over with a more substantial majority.

Marriage is the central relationship for the majority of adults, and morbidity and mortality are reliably lower for married individuals than unmarried individuals across such diverse health threats as cancer, heart attacks, and surgery.1 - 4 Although loss of a spouse through death or divorce can provoke adverse mental and physical health changes,1,5 - 7 the simple presence of a spouse is not necessarily protective; a troubled marriage is itself a prime source of stress, while simultaneously limiting the partner's ability to seek support in other relationships.8 The impact of a turbulent marriage is substantial; for example, epidemiological data demonstrated that unhappy marriages were a potent risk factor for major depressive disorder, associated with a 25-fold increase relative to untroubled marriages.9 Similarly, other researchers found a 10-fold increase in risk for depressive symptoms associated with marital discord.10