Had the AMD been allowed to depreciate to its market level, exports would have become more competitive and the purchasing power of the majority of the population who are dependent on remittances from abroad would have increased.

The Germanic elites were Arians, and the majority population was Nicene.

In a culture that set a high value on oratory and public performances of all kinds, in which the production of books was very labor-intensive, the majority of the population was illiterate, and where those with the leisure to enjoy literary works also had slaves to read for them, written texts were more likely to be seen as scripts for recitation than as vehicles of silent reflection.

By the early 1960s, most of East and Central Africa, where the majority of the Ismāʿīlī population on the continent resided including Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Malagasy, Rwanda, Burundi and Zaire, had attained their political independence.

This excluded a majority of the population, namely slaves, freed slaves, children, women and metics.

Although English has no official status in the Constitution, Australian English is Australia's de facto official language and is the first language of the majority of the population.

The majority of the population ( 83 %) are Afro-Caribbean, descended from the slaves brought to the islands by the British.

Although Hutus encompass the majority of the population, historically Tutsis have been politically and economically dominant.

The majority of the population is French, but there are sizable groups of Italians, Spaniards ( Up to 20 % of the Bordeaux population claim some degree of Spanish heritage ), Portuguese, Turks, Germans and North Africans ..

Deutero-Isaiah delivered his prophesies to this group, which was actually quite small – the majority of the population stayed in Judah.

The majority of the remaining population is in eastern and southern South Africa, with a small and separate population in the Etosha Pan of northern Namibia.

The majority of the population in Kalimantan is either Muslim or practice animism.

Official sources only states “ the majority of the population is mulatto ” (“… maioritariamente mestiça …”) without stating any number.

The border city of Vukovar underwent a three month siege – the Battle of Vukovar — during which most of the city was destroyed and a majority of the population was forced to flee.

It is one of four counties of Northern Ireland presently to have a majority of the population from a Catholic background, according to the 2001 census.

A majority representing 62 % of the EU's population may also be taken into account.

Much of southern and western Connecticut ( along with the majority of the state's population ) is part of the New York metropolitan area ; three of Connecticut's eight counties are statistically included in the New York City combined statistical area, the same area is widely referred to as the Tri-State area.

" Unilateral disarmament has always been opposed by a majority of the British public, with the level of support for unilateralism remaining steady at around one in four of the population.

Only ethnic dominance, the case where the largest ethnic group comprises a majority of the population, increased the risk of civil war.

The region contains the largest cities and the majority of the population of Colorado.

The wealth held by the top 10 % rose considerably over the two decades, but there was little improvement in the wealth levels in rural areas, which comprised the great majority of the population.

The majority of the population of the town lives in Eagle Valley, on the eastern edge of the Carson Range, a branch of the Sierra Nevada.

The majority of objects ( the so-called ' cold population '), have low inclinations and near-circular orbits.

In the 12th century David I, Prince of Cumbria and Earl of Northampton and Huntingdon would conquer, with the backing of Henry I of England and a number of English Barons, including a Robert Bruce and Walter fitz Alan ( Stewart / Stuart ), the majority of mainland Scotland.

The vast majority of loan words did not appear in documents until the early 12th century ; these included many modern words which used sk-sounds, such as skirt, sky, and skin ; other words appearing in written sources at this time included again, awkward, birth, cake, dregs, fog, freckles, gasp, law, moss, neck, ransack, root, scowl, sister, seat, sly, smile, want, weak and window from Old Norse meaning " wind-eye ".

The majority of the windows now visible at Chartres were made and installed between 1205 and 1240, however four lancets preserve panels of Romanesque glass from the 12th century which survived the fire of 1195.

At the time of their suppression, a small number of English and Welsh religious houses could trace their origins back to Pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon or Celtic foundations ; but the overwhelming majority of the 825 religious communities dissolved by Henry VIII owed their existence to the wave of monastic enthusiasm that had swept western Christendom in the 11th and 12th centuries.

The majority of linguists remains committed to the hypothesis of medieval ( 11th to 12th century ) immigration.

Few remnants of the early structures survive ; the majority of buildings on the current site date from the 12th and 13th centuries.

In elections held in October 1834, the Reformers won a majority in the 12th Parliament of Upper Canada and Mackenzie was again elected as member for York ( though at this point he was still serving as mayor of Toronto ).

By the 12th century seating on the floor was rare in China, unlike in other Asian countries where the custom continued, and the chair, or more commonly the stool, was used in the vast majority of houses throughout the country.

The 1986 parliament was the " 6th Revisional "; the 2001 one the " 7th Revisional Parliament "; the 2004 Parliament was the " 11th Ordinary Parliament " of the Third Hellenic Republic ; the 2007 Parliament was the " 8th Revisional Parliament "; the 2009 Parliament was the " 12th Ordinary "; the first 2012 Parliament which resulted from the national election held on the 6th of May was the " 13th Ordinary " ( also referred to as the " Parliament of one day ", because it formed for one day, only to be dismissed again in order for the 17th of June national election to be held, since no governmental majority could be secured ) and the sitting 2012 Parliament is the " 14th Ordinary ".

Abdullah Badawi won a second term as Prime Minister by winning the 12th General Election, held in March 2008, with a reduced majority.

However, Redford defied expectations by leading the PCs to a 12th consecutive majority government in the 2012 provincial election.

According to the majority view, the poem is a composition of the late 12th century, perhaps composed orally and fixed in written form at some point during the 13th century.

In 1967, a suit brought under the Voting Rights Act passed by the U. S. Congress two years earlier lead to the creation of the majority black 12th Congressional District in Brooklyn.

The majority of ceramics discovered on the site date to the period between the 12th and 13th century.

In 1858, Wisner was elected the 12th Governor of Michigan by a large majority and served one term from 1859 to 1861.

The coin was at first identified as a British penny from the 12th century and much of the circumstances of its finding were not preserved in the record ( as was the case with the majority of the 30, 000 finds ).

In the November 2008 legislative election, PAIGC won a majority of 67 out of 100 seats in the National People's Assembly, and Sambú was elected to a seat as a PAIGC candidate in the 12th constituency, Bafata e Cosse.

* Richard Grey, 12th Baron Grey de Wilton ( 1507 – 1520 ) succeeded his brother Thomas but died before reaching majority.

Martin started the Daytona 500 well, leading the majority of the first 30 laps, but after being stuck in the middle line of the racing pack, he dropped down as low as 33rd and had to pick his way through the rest of the day, eventually finishing 12th.

Inclosure Acts for small areas had been passed sporadically since the 12th century but the majority were passed between 1750 and 1860.

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Clapham, believed to have been built in the 12th century. The main part of the village is known simply as The Street, a single long dead-end road coming off the A280 and containing the majority of the village's housing.

In the 2006 – 07 season Worcester didn't get off to a very good start and for the majority of the season they were positioned in 12th place, but a good run of form which involved beating some of the top sides in the Premiership, helping them to avoid relegation and send the former Heineken Cup champions Northampton Saints down into National Division One.

The majority of the land prior to 1700 had been turned over to arable farming since at least the 12th century according to the historical family records of William De Daresbury.

*" rus ' ka mova ", which is very unprecise, especially because in overwhelming majority of Belarusian literacy artifacts lexeme " ruskiy " is written with no " soft sign ", reflecting the phonological process completed in 12th — 13th century Additionally, term " ruskiy " is very ambiguous in its use in literacy artifacts and may also pertain to text which is " East Slavic in general " or " of Orthodox persuasion " or " in Cyrillic script " or, indeed, Old Belarusian.