1.   The crack is widening by the moment.

2.   If this crack widens, as many fear it will, water could rush into the storage chamber and force the oil out, causing widespread environmental damage.

3.   Yet the ideological cracks soon widened to a schism.

4.   As Levy pondered his future in the government, cracks were widening in the ruling coalition.

5.   Cracks widen in Japanese coalition talks.

6.   Left untended, cracks could widen and trigger rapid depressurization of a plane.

7.   The director of the National Research and Consultancy Group, which operates the High Flux Reactor, rejected fears of radioactive leakage if the crack widens.

8.   The institute said the equipment used for the new measurement was more accurate, but the crack was not widening.