1.  No side can rest easy with such a slender lead.

2.  The United States held a slender lead.

3.  A survey in the crucial state of Ohio gave him a slender lead.

4.  Assuming that his current slender lead in the popular vote holds up, Gore would have won a hypothetical direct national election against Bush.

5.  Or if the offense could make a first down to protect a slender lead.

6.  Australia holds a slender lead over South Africa on the points table.

7.  In a grittier second half, the United States picked up the tempo and Brazil, happy to sit on a slender lead, began to lose its composure.

8.  Sevilla was modest about the prospects for his holding the slender lead until the finish of the tour Sunday in Madrid.

9.  Without the suspended Patrick Kluivert and injured Carles Puyol, the Catalan team was made to battle hard in the second half to protect its slender lead.

10.  Hapoel now take their slender lead to Milan for the return leg in two weeks time.