There was little margin for growth, as the ships' post-war careers showed.

So we had a little margin to play with.

They had better, as Odessa's location gave them little margin for error.

The high debt loads these companies have had to take on when they are converted to private control leaves them little margin for error.

That left him little margin for lost luggage or shopping.

This year, he said, "I'm trying to put a little margin between pain and injury."

Sometimes that was attractive to private contractors because they kept up with the differences in currency and could make a little margin on the exchange.

But their record allows them little margin for error.

You have to leave a little margin for the use of discretion.

"We had a little margin for a change," Howe said.