Sentences with phrase «to control the majority»

A handful of companies control the majority of the food we can buy — which means they make most of the decisions about what we eat.

So publishers will still control the majority of the market.

It selects four members from the majority party (the one controlling the majority of the 132 total seats) and three members from the minority party.

«The outcome of this race will likely determine who controls the majority in the state Senate», Grisanti said in a press release.

Republicans who control a majority of the nation's statehouses are considering a wide range of abortion legislation that could test the government's legal ability to restrict a woman's right to terminate pregnancy.

The blue slip refusal by a home - state senator is virtually all the leverage Democrats have in the process, with Republicans controlling the majority in the Senate.

But because Democrats control a majority of votes, few if any Republicans are expected to participate.

Porsche is the chairman of Porsche SE, the holding firm through which the Porsche and Piech families control the majority of VW's voting shares.

Furthermore, if Cameron were determined to stick around in order to rescue the country, provide stability, save his political career, etc, he is under no obligation to quit until it becomes clear he can't control a majority in the House of Commons.

A consortium of financial institutions that control majority shares in the Agricultural Development Bank...

While the IDC's eight members remain Democrats, they have a power - sharing agreement with the GOP, whose members control the majority and committees in the state Senate.

This trial was funded by the NIMH, which controls the majority of funding in the USA, only if we agreed to cut from 50 sessions to 30.

It might seem odd to have a family dynasty at the helm of one of the world's most powerful media organizations, but such an arrangement — in which the Sulzbergers control the majority of the voting shares — used to be the rule in media rather than the exception.

Plus, asTsai notes, «women control the majority of consumer spending — no good investor would doubt this.

The global potash duopoly of Canpotex and BPC (which together control the majority of the world's potash exports) seems to have disintegrated for the time being, sending individual Canadian potash company shares spiralling down.

When Facebook staged its initial public offering six years ago, it implemented a dual - class share structure that means Zuckerberg personally controls a majority of the voting stock even though other investors own the majority of the financial value of the company.

Mining pools control the majority hash rate in these projects, meaning they are very centralized.

In such case, the composition of the board in future elections typically defaults to one vote per share (preferred converted to common basis) and may be favorable to the common stockholders as they typically control a majority of the outstanding shares.

UBS took a big step towards expanding its stake in a decisive Chinese partnership, in a bid to eventually control the majority.

They were down big but bounced back early in the second half to grab the lead and they actually controlled the majority of the final fifteen minutes.

Wednesday controlled a majority of the first half, nearly scoring on quite a few occasions but never quite pulling it off.

For the situation they found themselves in, Arsenal controlled the majority of the game, and bar a 10 minute spell in the second half, carried a real threat throughout the game.

Democrats held effective controlling majorities in 39 chambers: 18 state senates and 21 state houses.

Of course, in Albany's to - the - victor - goes - the - spoils culture, whoever controls the majority gets the lion's share of the resources.

Despite a committee discussion, the Republican - controlled majority at the time didn't allow the law to receive a public hearing.

Operation P.O.W.E.R. has a substantial presence on the local county committee that will select the Democratic candidate, but party boss Frank Seddio and his allies control the majority of the seats.

Adam Barsky, chairman of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, said Tuesday the board was considering imposing millions of dollars in spending cuts to the county's 2018 budget because it disagreed with $ 60 million in proposals made by the Republican controlled majority on the county legislature to raise revenue and reduce expenses.

Spitzer was criticized for merging the lobbying and ethics commissions into one entity, of which the governor controls the majority of appointments even though it is charged with investigating the executive branch (and has on numerous occasions, at this point).

The IDC has since 2012 been allied with Senate Republicans, which currently holds the bare number of votes to control the majority without the IDC's eight members.

But even that remained a hard sell — a sign of the entrenched GOP divisions that have made the leadership's job controlling the majority difficult.

As one party figure put it: «If just one in 10 trade unionists becomes an associate member, the unions will effectively control a majority of votes in a Labour leadership election.»

Because those two companies collectively control the majority of wireless subscribers in the country, smaller carriers say AT&T and Verizon are able to manipulate standards groups and control suppliers to the point where smaller providers are unable to get access to handsets and other network gear that's commercially available at high volumes to AT&T and Verizon.

The left hemisphere controls the majority of functions on the right side of the body, while the right hemisphere controls most of functions on the left side of the body The crossing of nerve fibers takes place in the brain stem.

IAC / InterActiveCorp controls the majority of U.S. dating application market share through its ownership of Match, OKCupid and Tinder.

Given that the [union] now controls the majority of seats on the district's board after four years of control by a group backed by L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, this was also predictable.»

With only three super airlines controlling the majority of the US market, instead of being fragmented across 6 legacy carriers and several smaller carriers, airlines are now free to screw the consumer every which way till Sunday.

I myself prefer dual shock control majority of the time... every once in a while I break out of my comfort zone and try move

The application must be completely open - source, it must operate autonomously, with no entity controlling the majority of its tokens, and its data and records of operation must be cryptographically stored in a public, decentralized blockchain.

Miners controlling a majority of hash power can always decide to enforce new rules, as long as they do not break the existing consensus rules.

Tabb said that because just a handful of ISPs control the majority of internet traffic, «They can prioritize, block or even charge more for faster access... Ending net neutrality protections puts too much power in the hands of ISPs.»

The combination of neural networks and smart - contracts controls the majority of processes within the Midex ecosystem, thus eliminating the possibility of mistakes and compromises.

Mr. Romaine said Tuesday night that he will continue to do everything he can for the people of the East End, even if Democrats still control the majority.

«I feel like we're missing out on this major opportunity to market to 51 % of the population, to 60 % of the wealth and to 80 % of consumer spending,» says Meltem Demirors, founder of Athena Capital, referring to the world's female population, who control the majority of American wealth and household spending.

With democrats controlling the majority of the Senate, it is unlikely Congress would remove either from office, no matter how much popular support it might be costing them.

Opting out of this provision is generally shareholder - friendly, but somewhat pointless in ACPT's case because the Wilson family controls the majority of the firm anyway.

Here in Canada, where the banks control the majority of the investment distribution channels, the ETF industry is smaller at only 7.8 % the size of the mutual fund market.

A consortium of financial institutions that control majority shares in the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), has pledged its shares, proceeds, entitlement and voting rights to uniBank, a leading wholly - owned Ghanaian bank.