Below you will find example sentences with "simple majority". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Simple Majority in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: majority
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 15
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.2 words

Words in this phrase

simple majority

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • simple can mean: Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added. Frequent word
  • majority can mean: More than half (50%) of some group. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a simple majority in the 1× and a simple majority for the 1× by a simple majority most state 1× by a simple majority vote 1× by a simple majority while any 1× can by simple majority designate issues 1× currently a simple majority vote from 1× from a simple majority to a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a simple majority 1× a third piece 1× along with changing 1× currently a simple 1× dale vince says 1× if procedural motions 1×

Common sentence endings:

two thirds majority 3× a simple majority 2× simple majority vote 2× amendments before voters 1× and final one 1× conservatives have 23 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

two 10× vote 8× thirds 8× senate 6× house 6× require 5× votes 4× parliament 3× election 3× required 3× third 3× approval 3×

Related phrases

day simple simple moving senate majority majority leader vast majority absolute majority majority vote house majority parliamentary majority central simple

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around majority:

vast majority 11× absolute majority 10× majority vote 10× house majority 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

simple introduction simon property simon garfunkel simon fraser similarly priced similarly named

Just after it in the phrase index:

simple moving simply connected simultaneous connections singapore airlines singer songwriter singh badal

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

simple moving simple introduction

Same ending:

senate majority vast majority absolute majority house majority parliamentary majority

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "simple majority" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a simple majority in the, and a simple majority for the, two, vote and thirds stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with day simple, simple moving, senate majority, vast majority, absolute majority and majority vote, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with simple majority

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The simple majority also has the power to stipulate issues that will thereafter require a two-thirds majority. (18 words)

The House voted 216-210 to remove McCarthy, with the motion requiring a simple majority to win approval. (18 words)

Similar to the Board, the General Conference can, by simple majority, designate issues to require a two- thirds majority. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Under a 2011 law, the prime minister needs a two-thirds majority to secure a snap election, although it is possible that the government might try to legislate to set that provision aside, a move that would mean it needs only a simple majority. (44 words)

In the new Parliament, the election for President is repeated immediately with a 3/5 majority required for the initial vote, an absolute majority for the second one (151 votes) and a simple majority for the third and final one. (40 words)

Dale Vince says Project Big Picture support would grow if PL majority vote keptProject Big Picture could gain wider support if it proposed that Premier League decisions were subject to a simple majority vote, Forest Green chairman Dale. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

Let me also say that in matters of this nature, our constitution provides for only a simple majority and 17 out of 27 is indeed more than a simple majority.

In the new Parliament, the election for President is repeated immediately with a 3/5 majority required for the initial vote, an absolute majority for the second one (151 votes) and a simple majority for the third and final one.

Along with changing the threshold for approval from a simple majority to a three-fifths majority, the new resolution would also change the requirements for signature gathering to even put a constitutional amendment issue on the ballot.

The constitution requires a two-thirds majority (401 votes) in the first two rounds of the speaker’s election, while a simple majority (301 votes) is sufficient in the third round.

Dale Vince says Project Big Picture support would grow if PL majority vote keptProject Big Picture could gain wider support if it proposed that Premier League decisions were subject to a simple majority vote, Forest Green chairman Dale.

Republicans have a 53-47 majority in the chamber, and can afford up to three defections when the Senate considers whether to call additional witnesses on Friday -- a question that is considered by a simple majority vote.

Under a 2011 law, the prime minister needs a two-thirds majority to secure a snap election, although it is possible that the government might try to legislate to set that provision aside, a move that would mean it needs only a simple majority.

While the Democrat-controlled House requires only a simple majority to impeach, the Senate requires a two-thirds majority to convict, or 67 votes.

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The problem is the changes were approved by a simple majority, while any changes in an initiative in the first two years after approval require a two-thirds majority.

A simple majority in the House is required to impeach an official; however, a two-thirds majority in the Senate is required for conviction.

Similar to the Board, the General Conference can, by simple majority, designate issues to require a two- thirds majority.

The Legislature has the power to override a gubernatorial veto by a simple majority (most state Legislatures require a two-thirds majority to override a veto).

The simple majority also has the power to stipulate issues that will thereafter require a two-thirds majority.

A third piece of legislation that was approved would let parliament pass laws impervious to judicial review, with a simple majority of 61 members in Israel's 120-seat parliament, the Knesset.

Currently, a simple majority vote from both the House and Senate is needed for legislators to put constitutional amendments before voters.

If procedural motions do not slow or stop the process, it would take a simple majority of the House to remove Mr McCarthy from his post.

In the end, both sides caved a little, joining forces to and then to create a one-time filibuster loophole that allowed Senate Democrats to with a simple majority vote.

Republicans in the Ohio House and Senate are considering bills that would require a 60% supermajority at the ballot box, up from the current 50% plus one vote simple majority, to pass a state constitutional amendment.

The House voted 216-210 to remove McCarthy, with the motion requiring a simple majority to win approval.

The initial vote needs the support of a simple majority of councillors to pass: together, opposition groups have 37, while the Conservatives have 23.

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