Example sentences of "majority [prep] [adv] [num] [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ Yes ’ majority of just 51.05 per cent meant he barely escaped the biggest humiliation of his political career . |
| 2 | A majority of nearly 55 per cent voted against Pinochet , and in the resulting presidential elections held on Dec. 14 , 1989 [ see p. 37117 ] , Patricio Aylwin Azócar of the Christian Democratic Party ( Partido Demócrata Cristiano — PDC ) , who was also the representative of the 17-party Coalition for Democracy ( Concertación de los Partidos por la Democracia — CPD ) , was the clear winner with 53.8 per cent of the vote . |
| 3 | The actions of the central authorities , in the event , served to rally local opinion still more closely around the nationalist leaderships , and when the issue of full independence was put to the republican populations in the spring of 1991 it received overwhelming endorsement The Lithuanian vote , in February , produced a majority of over 90 per cent on an 84 per cent turnout ; in Latvia and Estonia , in March , there were majorities for independence of 74 and 78 per cent on a similar turnout . |
| 4 | A referendum in the Ukraine on 1 December , however , resulted in a majority of over 90 per cent in favour of a fully independent status , and this appears to have convinced Yel'tsin that it would be unprofitable to pursue the goal of political union any further . |
| 5 | Overall a majority of 34 per cent preferred television for issue-information , while a majority of only 18 per cent preferred television for information about leaders . |
| 6 | In three referendums held on June 3-4 , majorities of around 93 per cent in each case supported proposals to revoke existing laws on game hunting and the use of pesticides in agriculture . |