1.   Blair was also free of the constraints placed on Major by his need of Unionist support in Parliament to maintain a governing majority.

2.   Even though there is no strong opposition, the party owes its governing majority to an unusual and unpopular alliance with a pacifist Buddhist-affiliated party.

3.   Gore eventually backed the idea, and his campaign was a test of whether it could be the basis of a solid governing majority.

4.   He must also lead Labor to a governing parliamentary majority.

5.   No one group even came close to a governing majority.

6.   Political experts pointed out that Barak would probably have persuaded other parties not now in his government to join, thus regaining his governing majority.

7.   Taiwan raised the limit for foreign investors at a time when the Kuomintang ruling party faces losing its governing majority in the November elections, some traders said.

8.   The lack of a safe Democratic governing majority in either House or Senate guarantees that every major piece of legislation provokes a nasty fight.

9.   Though the conservatives have the option to include the Social Democrats in a grand coalition, they can also reach a governing majority with the Free Democrats.

10.   But an opposition alliance led by the Slovak Democratic Coalition won enough votes to form a strong governing majority.