clear majority

collocation in English

meanings of clearand majority

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clear
adjective
uk /klɪər/ us /klɪr/
easy to understand, hear, read, ...
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majority
noun
uk /məˈdʒɒr.ə.ti/ us /məˈdʒɔː.rə.t̬i/
the larger number or part ...
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Examples of clear majority

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A clearmajority said that opportunities still existed for learning progression (75%) and in achieving a sensible coverage of the curriculum (85%).
Among 'real' questions a clearmajority are interrogative, in that they are direct and factual in nature.
A clearmajority of the occurring instances of mismatch that belong here are of the symmetrical kind.
Note that a clearmajority of 'periphrastic' examples of do are habitual even if examples like (29a-b) are rejected.
There was a struggle to dismiss the government, which had just won a clearmajority in the elections.
With 248 seats, the party needed only three more seats for a clearmajority in parliament.
The clearmajority of unclassified men had 2 or fewer of these problems.
Accordingly, a clearmajority (68 per cent) was unsatisfied.
When responses to these two non-democratic alternatives were considered together, a clearmajority of 71 per cent rejected both alternatives to democracy.
A clearmajority (61 per cent) reported feeling at least some amount of empowerment under the present system of government.
If many authors of economic literature of the period were unknown, indeed often a clearmajority, usually historians of that literature survey only known authors.
Similarly, a clearmajority (67%) disagreed with the statement that their family imposed a lot of restrictions on them.
Although the main pattern is the emergence of a dominant party, in a smaller number of countries a party system has emerged with no clearmajority party.
Linen goods make up a clearmajority of all the textiles pawned, with woollen items the next most common commodities.
Table 6 shows that a clearmajority of farmers (61 per cent) were married at the time of transmission if we look at the entire period.
In addition, if we add up the population groups of the three countries, this makes a clearmajority.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
In 2003, a clearmajority voted against participating in it.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
There has been a significant increase in their circulation and the clearmajority support reform.
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A clearmajority of those—from all parties and none—who were appointed to the other place on their own merit, voted for the closed list.
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