Sentence examples for slim margin for from inspiring English sources

The European debt crisis, which began early this year and sent stocks around the world falling, seems to have taken away the American economy's slim margin for error.

The Dodgers wasted their slim margin for error by making three errors in the fourth inning and producing two unearned runs for the Mets.

But as those in the volatile industry digested the news that most saw coming, they were acutely aware of the bigger picture: that in a fast-evolving bookselling environment there is slim margin for error.

Analysts say the official results are not likely to differ significantly from preliminary tallies by the committee, which showed the Cambodian People's Party winning 3.2 million votes compared with 2.9 million for the opposition, an uncomfortably slim margin for Mr. Hun Sen, who has dominated the country's politics for decades.

Music companies have slim margin for error.

Before gas prices started their rise last year, drivers reaped the benefits of both low crude prices and slim margins for refiners.

The five largest manufacturers – HP, Lenovo, Dell, Acer and Asus – ship between 4m and 13m PCs per quarter, and collectively have more than 60% of the Windows PC market, leaving slim margins for other companies.

But West Virginia could be a different story – with the exception of a strong Republican win in the last election, the state has had slim margins for either party in each national vote since 1992.

The high price of fuel, along with the high costs of building, operating and maintaining equipment and the unpredictability of weather and other exogenous events on businesses make for slim margins for airlines.

With Jones, there would be 49 members of the Democratic caucus, and an even slimmer margin for the tax plan.

Not because he's black and therefore has a "slimmer margin for error," as he once claimed, but because he suffers from an acute inability to -- how shall I put this? -- STFU.