ADJ
- generous, wide
- Leave a generous margin on the left
- narrow
- left-hand, right-hand
PREP
- at the ~
- Start writing at the left-hand margin
- in the ~
- She scribbled notes in the margin
ADJ
- comfortable, considerable, greater, huge, large, wide
- narrow, slim, small
- clear, safe
PREP
- by a ~
- She won by a clear margin
- ~ over
- He had an 18-second margin over his nearest rival
PHRASES
- by the largest/narrowest, etc. of margins
- He won by the narrowest of margins
- a margin of victory
ADJ
- good, greater, wide
- Sales predictions are open to wide margins of error
- narrow
- adequate
- safety
VERB + MARGIN
- allow (sb/sth), give (sb/sth), leave, provide
- The device gives a greater margin of safety
PREP
- ~ for
- We have substantial reserves, which provide a good margin for uncertainties
PHRASES
- a margin for/of error
- The schedule left no margin for error
- a margin of safety
ADJ
- high, large
- low, narrow, small, tight
- We're working to rather tight profit margins
- gross, net
- profit
- operating, pre-tax, retail
VERB + MARGIN
- achieve, have
- These manufacturers have high gross margins
- operate at/on, work to
- improve, increase
- Higher productivity has enabled them to increase their profit margins
- cut, erode, reduce, squeeze
- Price rises have eroded profit margins
PREP
- at a ~
- They are operating at very low margins
- ~ on
- They hope to improve their margins on computers
