sizeable majority
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsizeableandmajority
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sizeable
adjective
uk/ˈsaɪ.zə.bəl/us/ˈsaɪ.zə.bəl/
large:
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majority
noun
uk/məˈdʒɒr.ə.ti/us/məˈdʒɔː.rə.t̬i/
the larger number or part ...
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(Definition ofsizeableandmajorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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On asizeablemajorityof policy items, opinions underwent statistically significant net change.
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On some policy indices, asizeablemajorityof them do indeed move away from the centre, but on others an equallysizeablemajoritytowards it.
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There must be consent, and consent from asizeablemajority.
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It was significant that asizeablemajorityof employers preferred reform and preferred to keep the wages councils.
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Even asizeablemajorityof 13 year-olds bought their drink in pubs.
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We are aiming to obtain asizeablemajorityin favour.
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Those figures are not small; they represent asizeablemajority.
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The proposal certainly has asizeablemajorityof public support.
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However, asizeablemajorityof those who live abroad might like to retain the link between dodging taxes and political parties that allow them to dodge taxes.
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Other sources indicated 37 members for the government; asizeablemajorityin either case.
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