Operating margins in the quarter grew to 33 percent from 31 percent a year ago.

But his margin for error grew smaller with each pass.

The Hawks' margin was 11 entering the final quarter and grew to 17 late in the game.

At the 2002 election, the seat's margin grew to 8.1%.

With 5 minutes 1 second remaining, the margin had grown to 26 points.

That margin grew to three strokes on the next hole, when Leonard made another bogey.

Eventually, the margin grew to more than half a minute.

The margin grew to 150 yards as the two men reached the stadium.

The margin has grown to almost 7,400, and Republicans also pursued independents, who make up 54,000 of the county's 266,000 registered voters.

The margin between great and ghastly grows ever more slender.