21.   Both of the winners, Manfred Stolpe of Brandenburg and Kurt Biedenkopf of Saxony, won clear majorities, which are rare in Germany.

22.   A clear majority does not want to relinquish the mark.

23.   A clear majority of hands went up.

24.   A clear majority of the country is prochoice, and I think many Americans think it has been settled.

25.   A clear majority favors the bill in the Senate, where it would pass if Trent Lott, the majority leader, permitted a vote.

26.   Against the prediction of most people, including themselves, the Social Democrats and the Greens won a clear majority in the Bundestag, or parliament.

27.   But a clear majority is in favor of extending insurance coverage to everyone and making employers contribute.

28.   But despite a clear majority for the concept, attempts at a compromise between the White House and Congress faltered.

29.   But his party may not win a clear majority, meaning that he would have to form a new coalition that could help set off a political realignment.

30.   But she still could not claim a clear majority of those surveyed, a worrisome standing for an incumbent.