Meanings of great preponderance in English

But the great preponderance of opinion is on the other side.

Lord Dalhousie, Governor-General in 1854, saw the danger of this great preponderance of Native troops.

These varied somewhat but there was this great preponderance of males in every class but one.

A very great preponderance of local opinion was in favour of the action of the Dean and Chapter.

The narrow concentrated life of the feudal lord lent, undoubtedly, a great preponderance to domesticity in his affairs.

From the analysis shown it will be perceived that the chlorides of sodium and magnesium are in great preponderance.

Everyone desires a reduction of taxes, and there is a great preponderance of sentiment in favor of taxation reform.

But the Federals, having double numbers and a great preponderance in guns, soon drove the Confederates off the Matthews Hill.

Commonly, however, there is a great preponderance of limbs toward the east, away from the direction of the prevailing winds.

I question whether the great preponderance of the Chinese people speak six consecutive sentences without misrepresentation or exaggeration, tantamount to prevarication.

Even to this day there is a great preponderance of Norman over English blood in the veins of the nobility of England.

Owing to his great preponderance of force, Hooker had little reason to doubt that the result would be favorable to our arms.

Something like this must happen with every representative assembly at which a single party has a great preponderance and a rigid internal discipline.

He had not that great preponderance of numbers which came to him later, and which enabled him to attempt a wide turning movement.

Dr. Billy Sunday, the celebrated American pulpit-clown, I was constantly struck by the great preponderance of males in the pen devoted to the saved.

The figure of the earth, even on the ocean, is irregular, in consequence of the greater preponderance of land-andhence greater density-inthe northern hemisphere.