Protestants replied that if a vote were held within the geographical area of the entire island, the two thirds Catholic majority would rule.

Rules of Thirds

Consider Ireland, where for many years Catholics objected that if a vote were held within Northern Ireland, the two thirds Protestant majority would rule.

Subject to paragraph 1 of rule 32, decisions of the Conference on all matters of substance shall be taken by a two thirds majority of the representatives present and voting.

The results of the elections and the two thirds rule stipulated by the transitional law required the prevailing parties to engage in political accommodation to form a new national unity Government.

So jaundice affects two thirds of newborns around the world.

Two thirds of UNDP supported projects fall into this category.

Two thirds of microcredit beneficiaries in Kazakhstan were rural women.

Two thirds of the sea is covered in ice in winter.

Two thirds of the forests consist of Scots pine or Norway spruce.

Moreover, given the fact that two thirds of all transactions are for peacekeeping activities and two thirds of all bank accounts pertain to peacekeeping operations, two thirds of the cost of this enhancement has been requested under the support account for 2005 06 and one third under the regular budget.

Two thirds of all students in special ed. remedial programs are guys.

Almost two thirds (66 percent) of Canadian households own their own homes.

Almost two thirds of the Fund's money goes to sub Saharan Africa.

19 percent of the world's population today, Westerners own two thirds of its wealth.

Two thirds of this room, today, in America, are statistically overweight or obese.

(c) For the year 2001, two thirds of the annual salary, 106,667 dollars.

The figure indicates approximately two thirds of the freshmen are indifferent to politics.

Until 2000, the G 7 accounted for about two thirds of global GDP.

Coal is king in China too, providing two thirds of its power supply.

Indeed, these private funds account for about two thirds of all new debt.

Similarly, albeit less radically, ordinary citizens comprise two thirds of Ireland s Constitutional Convention.

Nearly two thirds of all murders in Michigan in 2011 occurred in Detroit.

Nearly two thirds of the reporting Parties identified measures in the transport subsector.

Palestinian net imports from Israel represent two thirds of the total trade deficit.

If the second ballot is inconclusive and a two thirds majority is required, the balloting shall be continued until one candidate secures the necessary two thirds majority.

If the second ballot is inconclusive and a two thirds majority is required, the balloting shall be continued until one candidate secures the necessary two thirds majority.

Only a decade ago, two thirds of all Internet users were in the US.

He or she is elected by Riigikogu, with two thirds of the votes required.

Urbanization Between two thirds and three quarters of the population live in urban areas.

More than two thirds of children in least developed countries received vitamin A supplements.

Such adoption shall require a two thirds majority of the members present and voting.

The non tradable side of any advanced economy is large (roughly two thirds of total activity).

It was also mentioned that such decisions require the support of two thirds of the Assembly.

We might therefore have expected hours of work to have fallen by about two thirds.

Moreover, two thirds of the decline is attributable to slower investment rather than slower consumption.

Sleep problems affect about two thirds of individuals with ASD at some point in childhood.

Yet two thirds of the population still depend on agriculture for food, income and employment.

Two thirds of proven reserves are in the Persian Gulf, one of the world s most volatile regions.

Such recommendations of the Committee shall require a two thirds majority of the members present and voting.

If a two thirds majority is required, the balloting shall be continued until one candidate secures two thirds of the votes cast, provided that, after the third inconclusive ballot, votes may be cast for any eligible member.

If a two thirds majority is required, the balloting shall be continued until one candidate secures two thirds of the votes cast provided that, after the third inconclusive ballot, votes may be cast for any eligible member.

In the absence of the rule of law, the rule of man, mob rule or the law of the jungle will prevail.

Indeed, intra EU trade today accounts for nearly two thirds of EU member states total trade.

International bankers estimate that roughly two thirds of Chinese reserves have been invested in dollar assets.