Sentence examples for a slimmer margin of from inspiring English sources

He said he had called Democratic leaders in the Legislature even before the polls closed in some of this month's recalls, which, in the end, maintained the Republican majorities in both legislative chambers, though by a slimmer margin of 17 to 16 in the Senate.

A second referendum followed in 1995, in which sovereignty was rejected by a slimmer margin of 50.6 to 49.4 percent.

In the first game, Quebec won 14 3, as Malone scored nine goals, while in the second one, Quebec emerged with a slimmer margin of victory, winning 6 2.

Concentrations of PFOA in human blood are about 1% of that in the female rats--a slim margin of safety that has raised concerns.

In 2012, Washoe County went blue, voting for Barack Obama over Mitt Romney by a slim margin of around 6,000 votes.

Greens candidate Sam Hibbins won the state's smallest electorate by a slim margin of 262 votes over incumbent Clem Newton-Brown.

What seems like dry legislation can leave Native women at the mercy of their predators or provide a slim margin of hope for justice.

The drillers narrowly edged out the greens, by a slim margin of 54% to 46%.For this week's Economist Asks poll, we turn to Mexican politics.

Hollow Man, which stars Kevin Bacon as a scientist who discovers a serum which makes him invisible, beat the low-budget BBC/Working Title film by a slim margin of £93,277.

In the UK, a slim margin of voters ultimately rejected the view of experts who predicted economic doom if the country left the EU.

A motion to restore the Bourbon monarchy was defeated in June 1874 in the National Assembly by a vote of 272 to 79, and on January 30 of the following year the republic was formally adopted by a slim margin of one vote.