Finnish tradition prefers majority to minority coalitions and ignores left-right divisions to forge a consensus with two or three of the big parties.

传统芬兰人偏爱多数的联合甚于少数联合，并且不相信由两三个大党分工合作而伪造出来的统一民意。

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"It's not right that a small minority of extremists could take this right away from them," he said in a statement.

“因为少数极端份子而剥夺观众看这部影片的权利，这样是不正确的”他在一份申明中说到。

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I read someplace that right-pawed cats are in the minority, just like left-handed people.

我在什么地方读到过，右撇子猫是猫中的少数，就像左撇子在人类中的情况。

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"If you look at those who are most inclined to be involved in politics right now, the dynamic shifts to the minority party."

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

The minority centre-right government formed after the 2001 election by Kjell Magne Bondevik needs the Progress Party's votes to stay in power.

ECONOMIST: Norway's politics

If Mr Basescu wins, he can opt for cohabitation, or he may try to install a minority centre-right government that will fall in due course, paving the way for another general election.

ECONOMIST: The left narrowly wins, but the result is disputed

But Thorbjorn Jagland, leader of the opposition Labour Party, has been tentatively raising the issue again, partly to embarrass the ruling centre-right minority coalition, which is at odds with itself over a number of European issues.

ECONOMIST: Scandinavia and the euro