1.   A spider was hanging from a slender thread.

2.   The spider was hanging by a slender thread.

3.   By that slender thread hangs the tourist trade of the Hostal Burguete, a converted farmhouse.

4.   Everything between these teams has seemed to rest on the slender thread of a single shot.

5.   Out of these slender threads, director Gatlif weaves a tale about what it means to belong to a culture as apart and demanding as the Gypsies.

6.   The Braves led by the slender thread of a run again, but here came Senor Lopez.

7.   The inconsistency rested with the filament, the slender thread of material that becomes incandescent as electricity passes through.

8.   The hope of progress therefore hangs on a slender thread of compromise.