"majority" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The ethnic conflict between the government, dominated by the Sinhalese majority, and the Tigers has killed more than 60,000 people in the past 18 years.
- Her mother, a secondary-school principal, was a member of the Sinhalese majority.
- The Indian intervention was also unpopular among the Sinhalese majority.
- They assert that the majority Sinhalese discriminate against them in government jobs, education and language.
- The Sinhalese majority, who are mostly Buddhist, live in the other parts of the country.
- The island is dominated by the Sinhalese ethnic majority.
- She was a shrewd political leader with a wide base in the Sinhalese majority.
- The elections were held in areas dominated by the island's ethnic Sinhalese majority.
- The Tamils accuse the Sinhalese majority of discrimination in education and jobs.
- Tamil rebels took up arms in 1983 to fight alleged discrimination by the Sinhalese majority.
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