1.   Although Bush was able to gain a thin margin in Florida, the results were subject to an automatic recount.

2.   After an elaborate study, the company concluded that personal computers would likely remain a tough market with thin margins at best.

3.   After years of grumbling about sluggish sales and thin margins, manufacturers were worrying about meeting demand.

4.   But the cost-plus contracts under which Technical Services did its work delivered thin margins, hurting stock performance.

5.   Cattle ranching operates on a thin economic margin, and any grazing land that is not fully productive is a liability.

6.   Compounding a thin margin for error is that refiners are running almost flat out.

7.   Democratic strategists say Price is leading by a thin margin while Republicans say the race is too close to call.

8.   Earlier projections based on television exit polls and vote tallies showed Netanyahu defeating Peres by a thin margin.

9.   Faced with thin margins, the multilayered market tended toward cutthroat tactics, with each producer trying to increase profits at the expense of its predecessor.

10.   Gordon buys stakes in banks with high overhead, inefficient balance sheets and thin margins, yet have potential for improvement.