Sentence examples for very slim margin from inspiring English sources

"There's a very slim margin of error," he said.

So far, General Clark has won only one state, Oklahoma, and by a very slim margin.

Despite Donahoe's denials, it is believed that Fox is Donahoe's first choice by a very slim margin.

Third, and perhaps most important, 1960 teaches us that a candidate can win by a very slim margin (indeed, even lose the popular vote), and still govern effectively.

North Carolina, which Mr. Obama carried in 2008, went to Mr. Romney, but by a very slim margin — more attributable to the economy and job losses than to any conspiracy of Confederate dunces.

By a very slim margin, Mainers rejected a proposal to make doctor-assisted suicide legal, leaving Oregon, which passed a similar measure in 1998, the only state in the union with a right-to-die law on the books.

Medical practices are now working with very slim margins.

"Manufacturing has very slim margins, but if a company innovates, the margins can be incredible, like the 17percentt we earned this year at our publishing company," he said.

According to Frey's third scenario, "Obama squeaks by with 292 electoral votes spread among 24 states," but his victory depends on winning by very slim margins in four key states — Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Oregon — which together have 66 electoral college votes, far more than enough to tip the contest to Romney if they go the other way.

Running a bunch of servers with access to on-demand compute, it turns out, is a pretty efficient business that can account for the very slim margins that Amazon has on the rest of its core business.

"If this continues, the industry - which is already faced with very high cost of operations - would certainly be badly hit and retailers, who are already struggling to hold on to their very slim margins, will see this being eroded further," said Ms Wei.