substantial majority

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialandmajority

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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majority
noun
uk
/məˈdʒɒr.ə.ti/us
/məˈdʒɔː.rə.t̬i/
the larger number or part ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandmajorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thesubstantialmajorityof people who are significantly disabled by mental health problems are among those who see themselves as having such needs.
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Even after more than a decade of democratic rule, asubstantialmajorityis still haunted by the specter of a repressive state to varying degrees.
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While asubstantialmajorityof both mass and elite prefer democratic to authoritarian political values, these preferences are not firmly crystallized.
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In sharp contrast, asubstantialmajority(68%) rated the current regime as democratic by placing it at 6 or above.
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Asubstantialmajorityof instances serve to intensify a negative attribute, although positive contexts do exist.
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Thus, at first glance asubstantialmajorityof the indicators studied (twelve out of eighteen) are fully consistent with the two hypotheses being tested.
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He then won asubstantialmajorityin the 1922 general election.
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Even in principle, asubstantialmajoritywere reluctant to trust most of those whom they do not know personally.
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In other words, asubstantialmajorityexisted in favour of a more progressive statutory regulation on euthanasia.
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Surprisingly, students provided only the information requested for asubstantialmajorityof the indirect requests that were posed and more frequently than any other group did.
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Data suggests that asubstantialmajorityof those welfare recipients who do move into work earn below poverty line wages.
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Asubstantialmajority(87%) of those widowed said that they actively tried to keep busy as a way to cope with feelings of grief and loneliness.
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I hope that these reports will be adopted, if not unanimously - which would be ideal - then at least by a verysubstantialmajority.
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You must have a definitesubstantialmajorityfor successful and efficient party government.
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As they have such asubstantialmajority, they will undoubtedly carry the day.
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Women are asubstantialmajorityof the population over 65, and the world of the very old is almost exclusively a woman's world.
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There was asubstantialmajorityin favour of registration.
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It also means that no alternative service is authorised unless there is asubstantialmajorityin favour of it.
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