• Mr Bersani's bloc has 340 seats - a comfortable majority - in the Chamber of Deputies.

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  • They have had control since 2005 and, as of 2009, have a very comfortable majority with 52 seats.

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  • That would provide a comfortable majority, though short, in the Senate, of the three-fifths required for constitutional changes.

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  • The surprise was that he won with such a comfortable majority, almost 60%.

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  • As such, the fact that the ad is running at all confirms how a comfortable majority of American consumers now think.

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  • In theory, Mrs Arroyo's allies have a comfortable majority in the 23-strong chamber, although three at least appear to have turned against her.

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  • Despite the electorate in Wrexham voting against devolution in 1997, Dr Marek was returned with a comfortable majority in the 1999 Welsh assembly election.

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  • As exit polls had indicated, PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata Party and its National Democratic Alliance won a comfortable majority in India's parliamentary elections.

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  • The last map the Republicans drew secured them a comfortable majority of 88 of the 150 seats in the state House in 2002, but only 76 in 2008.

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  • Nevertheless, it was sustained in Congress by a comfortable majority.

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  • The government has a comfortable majority in the assembly.

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  • He and his two allied parties romped home with 87 of the parliament's 169 seats among them, giving him a comfortable majority over the outgoing centre-right coalition led by Kjell Magne Bondevik.

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  • Such an alliance would have a comfortable majority.

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  • After becoming prime minister again in 1997 with a comfortable majority, Mr Sharif appeared to dominate the political landscape and exerted a powerful hold over all the country's major institutions - apart from the army.

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  • But even if Abe secures a comfortable majority in the Lower House, given its lack of control of the Upper House, it might struggle to secure the working majorities it will need in the Diet to pass legislation comfortably.

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  • When the Conservatives and the 91 Lib Dems combine the Coalition can normally muster a comfortable majority - although it can be trumped by the 187 crossbenchers, on the rare occasions when they all or mostly vote in one direction.

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  • While the two leaders have sought to play down speculation about an eventual coalition between them, correspondents note that they stand to have a comfortable majority in parliament, with the support of a third party such as the socially liberal D66.

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  • If you take a rough average of the 25 opinion polls since June 2007 to test the referendum question (although the question itself has varied over time), the average in favour of a Yes vote is 49.88% - still 17 points ahead of the No vote, but nowhere near the comfortable majority that Yes campaign strategists would hope for.

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  • Senior judicial appointments must be ratified by Congress, but the president has enjoyed a comfortable legislative majority.

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  • Are you comfortable that the majority of the American people support the sacrifices made for Pakistan and Afghanistan?

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  • It found that the majority was comfortable with their iPads and utilizing them regularly within the first two weeks of use.

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  • While about a quarter thought those who booked the tickets were "bottom feeders trying to ruin a poor airline, " he said, the majority was comfortable with opportunistically capitalizing on the mistakes of airlines.

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  • Mr. Najib replaced former leader Mr. Badawi in 2009 after the opposition broke the National Front's comfortable two-thirds majority in the 2008 polls, turning Malaysia into a genuine two-party system for the first time in its history.

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  • Mr. Najib himself replaced former leader Abdullah Badawi in 2009 after the opposition broke the National Front's comfortable two-thirds majority in the 2008 polls, turning Malaysia into a genuine two-party system for the first time in its history.

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  • There were periods of the game, especially in the first half hour, where the hosts enjoyed the majority of the possession and appeared comfortable against the young Brazil side.

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  • Brazil boss Dunga has been heavily criticised back home for constructing a team that values efficiency ahead of flair, but his side controlled the vast majority of the match and were comfortable winners.

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  • Providing sit-to-stand desks and ergonomically appropriate chairs to accommodate varying heights and body shapes keeps our team comfortable in the place where they spend the majority of their life, day in and day out.

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  • It is clear that Mr Graham has felt most comfortable with conservatives of the old, pre-Moral Majority stamp.

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  • Most secular parties are led by a highly internationalized elite, however, who are often as comfortable speaking French as Arabic, and who are culturally disconnected from the vast majority of their compatriots, even uncomfortable in their company.

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  • Although the technical membership of the UPFA may now be approaching the bare minimum of legislators needed to maintain a majority in the 225-seat parliament, the government is likely to be able to find a comfortable number of MPs to back its legislative agenda from among the numerous smaller parties in Sri Lanka.

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