Sentence examples for second margins from inspiring English sources

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — At the Winter Olympics, medals are won by centimeters and fractions of a second — margins of victory so slight, something that seems as innocuous as a cough or sniffle can unravel plans a lifetime in the making.

Senna admitted that he was flattered by the 1.182 second margin between himself and Petrov because the Russian had made an error.

* Hammond's second margin figure is Liberal vs. Labor.

First, margins on hardware are generally lower than margins on services.

East Texas counties with chronic feral-hog problems went for Bush at two-thirds margins and above.

First, margins of exposure much larger than 100-fold would be typical for cancer.

He holds a two-second margin over all.

By more than a two-thirds margin, voters approved a constitutional amendment that bans gay marriages.

His 20-second margin of victory was the largest ever in the boys' race.

Jean Driscoll was simply thrilled that she won the women's wheelchair race today by a 23-second margin.

Six weeks later, in early July, Paramax said, it received its first margin call from UBS, for $2.36 million.