Sentence examples for a slim surplus from inspiring English sources

When he took over as director of the museum in 1992, Mr. Thompson inherited a debt of more than $1.5 millionn, which he managed to turn into a slim surplus by 1994.

And when asked how he would make up for the revenue forgone, Turnbull would point to a graph showing the budget returning to a slim surplus (0.2% of GDP) in 2020-21 and say this proved that the growth dividend and other Coalition savings would fill the revenue hole just fine.

China said it had a slim trade surplus of $100 million in the first four months of this year, as strong exports showed the deadly SARS outbreak had yet to have a major impact.

The finance department has warned the re-elected Turnbull government that a number of "significant downside risks" may prevent its planned slim surplus in 2020.

With the economic terrain shifting so rapidly, Representative Richard A. Gephardt, Democrat of Missouri and the minority leader in the House, reiterated today his request to Mr. Bush to write a new budget, one that would reflect the stumbling economy and the slimmer surplus.

Chinese officials cite the slimmer surplus as evidence that the Chinese economy is more balanced and increasingly dependent on domestic demand from industrial and consumer sectors.

The slimmer surplus was unlikely to defuse fully the criticism of American lawmakers, who argue that Beijing is keeping its currency unfairly low against the dollar.

Tombs agreed: "Even if the UK votes to remain in the EU this week, we think that the chancellor only has a slim chance of meeting his budget surplus goal.

A slim worse, true.

Only a slim one.

"I'm a slim percent".