Example sentences of "the majority [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Interbank market : Most banks deposit and borrow funds in this market at competitive interest rates for varying maturities ( the majority range from seven days to six months ) . |
| 2 | In May 1989 , the Judges ' Council set out the majority views of High Court and Court of Appeal judges . |
| 3 | The majority signs of Oslerus infection are respiratory distress and a rasping cough , especially after exercise . |
| 4 | However , the majority mood of the house yesterday was running strongly for Mr V.P. Singh . |
| 5 | Once MAS have identified a potentially interested party , it would , with your approval , reveal your identity and arrange an initial meeting between senior members of your own organisation and the majority shareholders of the possible target . |
| 6 | On Oct. 3 a statement issued in Abu Dhabi , one of the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) , by the majority shareholders of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International ( BCCI ) , which had been closed down on July 5 , 1991 , amid allegations of massive corruption and fraud [ see p. 38355 ] , announced that they had withdrawn their support for an attempted rescue of the bank . |
| 7 | The majority shareholders at the same time expressed strong criticism of the Bank of England and other regulators over their handling of the affair . |
| 8 | A settlement was initialled on Feb. 20 by the majority shareholders in the failed Bank of Credit and Commerce International ( BCCI — see pp. 38355 ; 38545 ; 38737 ) and by the bank 's liquidators . |
| 9 | The result is that the shareholders in the target company become the majority shareholders in the acquiring company . |
| 10 | A reverse takeover offer is one where an offeror company makes a general offer to the shareholders of a larger company to acquire their shares in exchange for new shares in the offeror company , with the shareholders in the larger company becoming the majority shareholders in the offeror company . |
| 11 | This was denied and speculation that the paper would move from its traditional support of the Left was quashed by the four banks which are the majority shareholders in the group . |
| 12 | Simply expressed , parliamentary democracy and the representation of individual electors by unfettered parliamentary leaders is challenged in favour of party democracy and the representation of collective ( class ) interests where the majority wishes of the party activists outside Parliament in the constituencies are interposed between the parliamentary leaders and the electorate to limit the former and to provide the party programme for choice by the latter . |
| 13 | ‘ In the meantime , get the shop stewards at your plant to take an accurate reading of the majority viewpoint without influencing the men either way . |
| 14 | The majority of the rebels were of the Tutsi ethnic group , who had ruled Rwanda until a bloody revolt by the majority Hutu in 1959 forced thousands to take refuge in neighbouring states . |
| 15 | In June 1985 Habitat Mothercare , in conjunction with a major French insurance company , acquired the majority shareholding in the French retailing company , FNAC . |
| 16 | As the majority holder of funds for technology transfer , the DTI 's announcements relating to the White Paper are where much of the action is . |
| 17 | The long-time social crusader said he had been ousted by the trade union block vote and had won the majority support of the individual members of the Birkenhead constituency who took part in the secret ballot on Tuesday . |
| 18 | She had the majority support of her staff , but decided to leave , to ensure that the position of her husband Jose Azeredo Perdigao would not be jeopardised as the Foundation 's director . |
| 19 | An example is set out below : 1 If the Majority holder(s) of [ Ordinary Share Capital/ " A " Ordinary Shares ] ( for the purposes of this Article ( " the Seller " ) ) intends to sell [ all/part/ … % ] of its holding of [ shares of the Ordinary Share Capital/ " A " Ordinary Shares ] ( or any interest in such shares ) ( the shares to be sold by the Seller being referred to as " selling Shares " ) the Seller shall give to the Company not less than 14 days ' notice in advance before selling the Selling Shares . |
| 20 | A jury returned the majority verdict on Alexander Ballantine , 51 , after a two-day trial at Dingwall Sheriff Court . |
| 21 | Should approval be granted contrary to the majority decision of Cork County Council , section 4 of the Planning Act will be invoked ; |
| 22 | The Heilbron Committee took the view that the majority decision of the House of Lords was correct in principle , that it would neither cloud the real issues in rape trials nor encourage juries to accept bogus defences . |
| 23 | The majority decision of the Tribunal was that Mr. Holden should be reinstated fully in his former position in Potato Market Branch , in Carlow , as Manager , effective from the 1st July , 1991 . |
| 24 | This was especially important for a number of reasons and these can be best explained by quoting the rationale given in the majority decision of the Tribunal . |
| 25 | Vice Chancellor Sir Donald Nicholls , declining to grant Venables the injunction he sought yesterday , said that to have done so would override the majority decision of the Spurs board , which had the right to ‘ hire and fire . ’ |
| 26 | Commenting on the resignations , he said : ‘ I regret that certain people were unable to accept the majority decision of the executive . |
| 27 | The significance of this case is not only that the House of Lords effectively over-ruled the majority decision in Candler but also that in doing this the judgment went beyond Lord Denning 's minority judgment . |
| 28 | The other stream , based on compulsion , stems from Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 and the majority decision in Steele v. Williams . |
| 29 | The majority decision by the 15-member Supreme Court ruled that Enrile should be freed on bail of 100,000 pesos ( approximately US$4,600 ) , pending a decision on his claim that the charges against him were " non-existent " in the penal code . |
| 30 | Virtually all of the republics , by the late 1980s , had adopted legislation which provided for the majority language of that republic to enjoy official status . |