1.   Only a minority of people support these new laws.

2.   Although a minority supported the insurgency at first, most are believed to be sympathizers now.

3.   As the fighting in Kosovo intensifies, it also threatens to draw in Macedonia, where an ethnic Albanian minority also supports the separatists.

4.   But early polls have shown many Hispanics and other minorities support the measure.

5.   In the New Hampshire primary nearly two weeks ago, Buchanan found that although the electorate overwhelmingly favored abortion rights, a passionate minority supported his antiabortion stand.

6.   Surveys show that a minority of voters supports an absolute ban on abortion.

7.   While Arizona minorities still support affirmative action programs, overall, half of Arizonans say such programs should be abolished, according to a Gazette Poll taken this month.

8.   Only a small minority support resistance to globalization, the study said.

9.   Only a tiny minority supports independence.

10.   Thakre claimed more and more Muslim minorities are supporting the BJP, but offered no evidence.