Example sentences of "that the [adj] majority " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Senate had approved the bill on Feb. 25 by 59 votes to 39 , eight less that the two-thirds majority which would be required if an attempt were made to override the presidential veto . |
| 2 | NELSON MANDELA , the imprisoned leader of the African National Congress , is in favour of negotiations with F W de Klerk 's government , but feels strongly that the black majority of South Africans should be in favour too , before embarking on such a venture . |
| 3 | When I was a boy in Salzburg two or three hundred people might hear a concert , listening to something that the great majority of people outside the concert-hall had no knowledge or understanding of . |
| 4 | ‘ But you have gone beyond the bounds of prudence ; knowing perfectly well that the great majority of our readers are men … ’ |
| 5 | It is immediately noticeable that the great majority of comments come from the childhood memories . |
| 6 | The survey , published in ‘ Which ? ’ , showed that the great majority of people still used estate agents although there was widespread dissatisfaction with the system . |
| 7 | My impression is that the great majority of those who have entered the field have merely applied their particular area of expertise to this fascinating molecule . |
| 8 | 1968 ; Wenger 1984 ; Wright 1986 ) has demonstrated that the great majority of dependent people are in touch with their offspring and receive services from them . |
| 9 | It must never be forgotten that the great majority of the English people had only a passing interest in the niceties of academic theology , and that outside the bishops ' palaces and the two universities such issues remained relatively unimportant . |
| 10 | Furthermore , it is almost certainly true that the great majority of the English laity did not share the intellectuals ' and higher clergy 's attachment to the doctrine of predestination , but retained instead a residual loyalty to the idea that all could potentially achieve salvation . |
| 11 | When the Oxford academic Henry Foulis declared in 1671 that ‘ Treason [ is ] the sign of the true Roman religion ’ , he was expressing an opinion that the great majority of his contemporaries still accepted without question . |
| 12 | From his study of several village communities in Wiltshire , for example , Ingram has found that the great majority of villagers did not belong to polarized extremes , but rather adhered to a conventional mainstream Protestantism ; furthermore , Ingram believes it was the youth of the parish , rather than the least well-off , who were the most indifferent to religion and most impervious to moral discipline . |
| 13 | There can be little doubt that the great majority of the population were ready to accept the return of Anglicanism and eager to participate in the services outlined in the revised Prayer Book of 1662 . |
| 14 | So strong have been the influences here — of progressivism with its romantic view of childhood 's vision , of anti-industrialism , of egalitarianism which has democratized art in every form , of therapy — that the great majority of educators wish to encourage pupils ' growth through creativity . |
| 15 | It is hardly surprising that the great majority of accidents in the Alps occur during descent . |
| 16 | This is partly a consequence of the fact that the great majority of single parents are women and partly because such families are disproportionately working class . |
| 17 | It should be remembered , however , that the great majority of inland sewage works themselves ultimately discharge their treated effluents to open watercourses , subject to more or less the same kinds of constraint as other dischargers . |
| 18 | The second map ( figure 5.14 ) shows the geography of the Department of Defense 's spending on salaries ( for civilians and service personnel together ) , and indicates that the great majority of the southern States ( with the exceptions of Louisiana and Arkansas ) were substantial beneficiaries , whereas northeastern States got much less than the national average per capita expenditure in this category . |
| 19 | The selection of the lead cases was aimed to ensure that the great majority of the very important points of law which are at issue in all cases are authoritatively decided , and it is hoped that , as a result , clear guidance will be given to the large number of remaining cases which are stayed , leading to settlements ( or at least the elimination of some issues common to the lead cases ) and the avoidance of a multiplicity of litigation . |
| 20 | because er there were n't all that many er available , what , what do you think of , twenty one of you said yes , of the twenty one who said yes are you surprised that the great majority of this hundred women are so unimpressed by , by the courts system , who said yes and would you like to defend your answer ? , yes |
| 21 | The general impression of investigators is that the great majority of the graduates , in spite of certain difficulties , enjoy their work . |
| 22 | In answer to one question he said " I might read extracts to show that the great majority of those who left Oa went entirely of their own free will . " |
| 23 | As the principal original aims of the BDDA were the founding of missions in neglected areas , the establishment of a pension fund for the benefit of the aged and infirm , and the co-operation of all who were concerned for the welfare of the deaf and dumb , it is , perhaps , surprising that the BDDA did not take off more successfully and that the great majority of deaf and dumb people stood aloof from it . |
| 24 | Stewart and Tait began with the idea that the great majority of mankind had always believed in some fashion in life after death . |
| 25 | It is unsurprising , therefore , to find that the great majority of training about disruption places the problems firmly within the child , their family , their background , their learning difficulties . |
| 26 | The survey also showed that the great majority of diplomates transferred directly on to a degree course either in their own or another institution and that relatively few went straight into employment . |
| 27 | There is no doubt that the great majority of senior staff in polytechnics would prefer much greater freedom from their local authorities , hence their support of Model B in the 1981 Green Paper and their disappointment at the form which the National Advisory Body has taken . |
| 28 | It is also the case that the great majority of students entering advanced courses in art and design have come from foundation courses , a few having come from school with GCE A level passes in art . |
| 29 | Soviet cases with political implications were given a great deal of publicity in the West , but there is little reason to believe that the great majority of cases in the Soviet Union were dealt with any less fairly than elsewhere . |
| 30 | Stemberger found that the great majority of phonological errors occurred with open class lexical items . |