Last November, when the referendum date was announced, polls showed a small majority in favour of joining.
The goal was to maximize turnout in the Republican conservative base and win a small majority of unaffiliated voters.
Jim Hacker is prime minister of a coalition government with a small majority.
Public opinion polls show a small majority in favour of a Palestinian state.
Bersani fared the best in the February elections by leading a leftist coalition to a small majority in the lower house of parliament.
They got health care reform, but a small majority still opposes it, and there is still much uncertainty about its provisions and its efficacy.
Although the government theoretically has a small majority in parliament, Mr Thapa was not sure he could count on the loyalty of all his notional supporters.
Gay marriage is more unpopular than unions (about 60% dislike the former), but, depending on how the question is asked, a small majority disapproves of civil unions too.
All three opposition parties in the assembly favoured removing the ban, but I acknowledge that, overall, a small majority favoured retaining the prohibition in their responses to the consultation.
In other respects, governing as a large minority party might not be much trickier than governing with a small majority, which leaves prime ministers perpetually vulnerable to backbench rebellions.
It is hard to avoid the conclusion that a Prodi-led government with a small majority is unlikely to be either willing or able to promote reforms on the scale that Italy badly needs.
Bersani fared the best in the February elections by leading a leftist coalition dominated by his Democratic Party to a small majority in the lower house of Parliament, but has been unable to form a government.
Projections showed that if the French left can hold on to the level of support it received in the first round, it could capture a small majority in the National Assembly, which would force Chirac into an unwieldy "cohabitation" with the opposition.
But it has a small majority and its formation was as messy as Thai politics can be: days of haggling and inter-party defections and a moment of farce when, within minutes of each other, both Mr Chuan and a rival each declared himself to have a parliamentary majority.
Said another way, to imagine a situation where women went from a small minority to equal or even a majority of these executive positions would require much more than simply changing the identity of the executives.
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For a majority of small shopkeepers, no order is too small and no house too far.
According to IRS data, a clear majority of all small business profits face taxation at this top marginal income tax rate.
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Pheu Thai is more likely to win a plurality than a clear majority and then try to entice a few small, venal parties into a governing coalition.
This has led to a situation in which a small minority of Israelis behaves as if it were a large majority.
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This left leaving Ennahda back where it started - with two small coalition partners and a slight majority in the constituent assembly.
With a landslide Commons majority, a defeat in the Lords simply means a small delay, some more media attention, and the chance for the government to think again.
To be sure, some of the overseas investments are being made by wealthy individuals with discretionary funds, while a majority of Japan's small investors still prefer to invest in the home market.
Quite a small contribution, as Cisco generates a substantial majority of its profit by selling routers, switches and network services.
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Through a colleague I found a small shelter operated by a reformed ex-con and former gang member who has spent the majority of his life in prison.
For the moment, however, the island remains free of high-impact resorts, and the majority of the guesthouses are taking a small-scale approach with a focus on ecotourism.
The Council of Ministers uses a system of weighted qualified-majority voting in which small countries are heavily over-represented.
But for the vast majority of small businesses, this is a great deal.
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Mr Major's small parliamentary majority, 21 in 1992, a minority now, has of course played an important part in this.
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