conservative majority

collocation in English

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conservative
adjective
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/kənˈsɜː.və.tɪv/us
/kənˈsɝː.və.t̬ɪv/
not usually liking or trusting change, especially ...
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majority
noun
uk
/məˈdʒɒr.ə.ti/us
/məˈdʒɔː.rə.t̬i/
the larger number or part ...
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It soon found itself at odds with theconservativemajorityand effectively unable to properly govern.
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Thus, of 80 draft laws proposed by the executive, only 26 were voted through by theconservativemajority.
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Nevertheless, aconservativemajoritymaintained control of the congress.
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The overwhelmingconservativemajoritysupported the constitutional amendments, taking less than two hours to pass all of them.
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Thus, on 80 draft laws proposed by the executive, only 26 were voted by theconservativemajority.
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There, the progressive elements in the community seceded from theconservativemajorityin 1861, seeking to administer synagogue reforms.
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However, their proposal for a new alternative school to take pressure off the existing high schools was quashed by the board'sconservativemajority.
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He sat with theconservativemajority, and was soon a frequent speaker.
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This caused her certain unpopularity and, when women were given right to vote, she lost her seat as she had predicted to theconservativemajorityin 1933.
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This resulted in anotherconservativemajority.
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Healy continued, theconservativemajoritypreferred to affirm an obvious wrong rather than face the appalling vista of a brutal and corrupt justice system.
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He sat with theconservativemajority.
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Prussia used a highly restrictive three-class voting system in which the richest third of the population could choose 85% of the legislature, all but assuring aconservativemajority.
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