Sentences with phrase «wider majority in»

For Republicans, the desperate rhetoric comes as forecasts show they're likely to win major victories that would leave them in control of the Senate for the first time since 2007 and with an even wider majority in the House of Representatives.

Democrats have a wide majority in the Assembly, which previously approved the minimum wage increase legislation.

Democrats hold a wide majority in the state House and are likely to control the governorship after this fall's election.

Not exact matches

The Islamic State is executing a global strategy to defend its territory in Iraq and Syria, foster affiliates in other Muslim - majority areas, and encourage and direct terrorist attacks in the wider world.

B.C. and Atlantic Canada are evenly divided over whose say should be final, while a majority in Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan say the federal government should have final say, given the wider impact of these decisions outside of the focus provinces.

The Canada - wide responses are similar to responses within British Columbia, where 54 per cent of respondents said they support the project, including in Vancouver and Victoria, where the majority of the opposition to the pipeline is centered.

Some traders look to take contrarian approaches to trading but the majority of investors look at the wider trends in the market and then trade in the direction of those trends.

But the vast majority of the Scouts in our organization still want to continue scouting, and we've had a wide variety of churches, places of worship and civic organizations reaching out to us because they want scouting programs in their neighborhoods.»

This is true of many entrepreneurial endeavors, not simply women's ministry; but if the majority of female leaders are operating in the marketplace (as opposed to the institutional church), women's ministry as a whole can reach a point of critical mass where an audience - centric philosophy creates wider expectations about style, topics, and content.

Working in East Timor led to a wider interest in Indonesia, and for the past seven years I have been documenting rising religious intolerance in the world's largest Muslim - majority nation.

6 Sow Stalls Currently it is legal to confine a mother pig (a breeding sow) for the majority of her life in a tiny individual metal crate required only to be 1 cm longer and 1 cm wider than her body.

Product range continues to drive shoppers into stores, with the majority of shoppers preferring a «wide range of products» over convenience, quality and store services in many cases.

Since we've shifted our shape he's been pushed back out wide and has been quite useless out on the touchline — much like the majority of our team in this shape still.

I think I sum it up well when I say the majority of the fans on here whining, are those who only started supporting Arsenal in the early naughties, when we were winning stuff and became a true world wide brand.

Jack was poor for the majority of the 2013 - 2014 campaign in his preferred position, was then played out of position wide in an effort to be played into form (at the expense of the team mind you) and that's okay.

I think we had the opportunity to take Chelsea, but we blew, by not being tactically prepared, Wenger considers is best team With Ozil, Ramsay and Cazorla, in the team at the same time, and to be honest the majority of the times it has worked, however chelsea has a good defensive system (parked bus), one tactics to compact this system is pacey wide players and a two prong attack to keep but defenders occupied.

In fact, a majority of the most expensive wide receivers aren't offering value but there are a number of excellent low cost options.

As the diagram below shows, despite starting from out - wide, Wilshere spent the majority of his time in the central zones of the field, a tactic deployed to help Arsenal break down the opposition.

Having started the majority of the season out wide, the Brazilian's best performances in fact come in the middle of the park; his creative deep passing, influence and guile offered something different that was missing in the midfield.

The fact that Jamaican is a naturally left - footed left - winger (he also can play as a right - winger) makes him something of a rare breed in the zone where the majority of wide players choose cut inside onto their favoured foot.

Wrap dresses are a favorite of mine — they work well with the majority of figures and are easily adjustable and available in a wide variety of prints.

It's important to keep in mind that breast milk and / or formula still provides the majority of baby's nutrition up until about nine months (solids only provide about one fifth of baby's nutrition up until this point, and then just under half of baby's nutrition from nine to eleven months), which means that although important to introduce a wide variety of foods early on (and certain key nutrients), these first few months are largely for experimenting, playing with and learning about food!

In recent weeks, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has slowly built support among New York Republicans, rolling out endorsements from the party's top state - level official (Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos) along with a wide array of current and former electeds, operatives and county GOP leaders.

A wide majority of voters who supported Hillary Clinton in the November presidential election say they would vote for her again despite her loss, according to a new poll.

The break up of a UK wide national minimum wage could see England and Wales which, as we know has an in - built Tory majority, scuppering any attempt to increase it, driving wages down not up with Scottish MPs barred from taking part in debates or votes which don't affect Scotland.

In his statement, which will be in wide release later today, Koppell accused Klein of empowering Republicans in New York, helping them raise millions of dollars not only to maintain control of the majority, but to further the «Trump agenda.&raquIn his statement, which will be in wide release later today, Koppell accused Klein of empowering Republicans in New York, helping them raise millions of dollars not only to maintain control of the majority, but to further the «Trump agenda.&raquin wide release later today, Koppell accused Klein of empowering Republicans in New York, helping them raise millions of dollars not only to maintain control of the majority, but to further the «Trump agenda.&raquin New York, helping them raise millions of dollars not only to maintain control of the majority, but to further the «Trump agenda.»

An analysis of the constituencies in North West England suggests neither the Conservatives or Labour can gain sufficient ground to win a wider parliamentary majority.

The wider point I was making was that electoral democracy is only the first step on the pathway to civilisation, and a society in which it was universally applied would be hellish — the dictatorship of the majority over every aspect of life.

If the public office is County - wide, the Party's nominee should be chosen through a majority vote of the County Committee in whole, rather than the Executive Committee.

Moreover, in December 2012, the wide majority of residents of Alba, where Rosia Montana is situated, made a conscious decision to boycott a local referendum regarding the resumption of mining in the Apuseni Mountains and the gold mining exploitation at Rosia Montana.

Taken together, groups of Conservative - Labour marginals in my research have shown swings to Labour at a similar level to those in the national polls, but there are wide variations between seats with similar majorities: in the first round, published in May, I found swings to Labour of 8 % in Amber Valley and just 2 % in Morecambe & Lunesdale.

Although the majority of Cameron's strategy is in fact premised on securing EU wide reforms as opposed to UK - specific arrangements, their broad decentralising thrust goes against the prevailing integrationist tendency within the EU.

Democrats, who hold a 13 - 10 (badly split) majority in the legislature and a huge enrollment advantage county - wide, need not worry.

The RSA represents a wide range of New York City property owners, like Glenwood Management, The real estate firm implicated in the corruption scandals of both, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Dauenhauer noted that a wide majority of his clients work out at the gym for the purpose of exercise, and do not seek to compete in MMA.

A round of applause in a hall of activists does not necessarily translate to a majority of votes in the wider selectorate that will choose Labour's next leader.

New York State's campaign finance rules allow lawmakers wide latitude to use campaign funds for covering legal fees, restaurant tabs, season tickets to professional sporting events, or in the infamous case of former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, a $ 1,300 pool clean - up.

Voters say they prefer Democratic candidates for the House of Representatives over Republicans by the widest margin in over a decade, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll — a fresh sign of trouble for the GOP majority one year before the midterm elections.

«What is particularly missing at this time is her coming out in public, meeting her constituents, talking to TV cameras, explaining what happened, perhaps being a little humble about all of this and giving a satisfactory explanation to her constituents and the wider Conservative family to be quite frank, because speaking to people from the West Midlands region where she is an MP, these things do have a knock - on effect and there are other marginal seats far closer to her constituency where people have got Labour majorities to overturn which may be more difficult if the local Conservative politician is seen as tainted and not having justified their actions and also I gather that Conservative Party HQ has had party donors from the region expressing concern that she hasn't satisfactorily justified what she has done.»

The ability to channel the wide - ranging frustrations expressed by speaker after speaker may determine whether beleaguered conservatives will be able to create a movement rivaling that which liberals used to help power Democrats back into the majority in the 2006 congressional elections and Barack Obama into the White House last year.

The real disgrace in Falkirk is the tiny number of Labour Party members in a CLP electing a solid Labour majority — good on Unite for working everywhere to recruit more of their members to the party and building an organic link between the party and the wider movement.

Regionally, Cuomo has a wide lead among likely voters in New York City and receives majority support among likely voters in the city's suburbs.

New York state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan met Thursday with the Syracuse Media Group editorial board to introduce himself and to engage in a wide - ranging discussion of ethics, education, tourism and economic development.

As usual, there was little drama in the Assembly, where Democrats hold a wide majority margin.

Soon the vast majority of humanity will be enmeshed in this same World Wide Web of instantaneous, low - cost communications and information.

They are still licking their wounds after an industry - wide failure to predict a Conservative majority in the UK's 2015 general election.

«Brown treats funds to TAs, RAs, proctors and fellowships as financial aid and represents them as such in university - wide or departmental brochures,» the majority decision states.

Of course, not all training - grant awardees find permanent positions at their CTSAs; indeed, the large majority will seek work in the wider world.

Despite the basic entry requirements, it soon became apparent that the majority of staff were university graduates with degrees (and sometimes masters) in a wide variety of subjects.

In a vote taking place in Strasbourg, France, today, a wide majority of the plenary approved the program's details, laid out in five draft regulationIn a vote taking place in Strasbourg, France, today, a wide majority of the plenary approved the program's details, laid out in five draft regulationin Strasbourg, France, today, a wide majority of the plenary approved the program's details, laid out in five draft regulationin five draft regulations.