Sentence examples of "great majority" in English
There was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves.
Il y a toujours eu une minorité ayant peur de quelque chose et une grande majorité ayant peur de l'obscurité, de l'avenir, du passé, du présent, d'eux-mêmes et de leurs propres ombres.
A great warrior radiates strength. He doesn't have to fight to the death.
La force irradie d'un grand guerrier. Il n'a pas besoin de combattre à mort.
Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority.
Les grands hommes sont presque toujours de mauvais hommes, même lorsqu'ils exercent une influence et non une autorité.
We have a majority interest in the company.
Nous avons une participation majoritaire dans l'entreprise.
He is inclined to argue at great length.
Il a tendance à fournir beaucoup d'efforts pour argumenter.
"Honey, quick, quick. There's this website called Tatoeba that's auctioning it's sentence collection for a cent each! They've even got special offers like buy 100 sentences and get 1 free!" "Ah great! now people collect sentences as a hobby?! what's the world coming to!"
Chérie, vite, vite. Ce site web, Tatoeba, vend ses collections de phrases aux enchères pour un cent chacune ! Ils ont même une offre spéciale du type pour cent achetées on vous en offre une !" "Ah super ! maintenant les gens collectionnent les phrases ! mais où va le monde ?"
He bribed that politician with a great deal of money.
Il a soudoyé cet homme politique avec une grosse somme d'argent.
An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment.
Une majorité écrasante vota pour l'abolition de ce châtiment brutal.
My being male and white also removed huge obstacles that a majority of Americans then faced.
Le fait que j'étais un homme et un blanc enleva d'immenses obstacles auxquels faisait alors face une majorité d'Américains.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Le grand plaisir de la vie, c'est de faire ce que les gens disent que vous ne pouvez pas faire.
I have no strong opinion about the matter, so whatever the majority thinks is good is OK with me.
Je n'ai pas d'opinion tranchée sur la question, donc quoi que pense la majorité me convient.
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