At the narrowest point, in 1566, the Turkish sultan had ordered the building of the bridge.
At its narrowest point, the Strait of Hormuz is only 21 nautical miles (40km) wide.
He is a past-master at squeezing the maximum of power from the narrowest of margins.
Even by the law's narrowest interpretation, the case against Welfare was far from overwhelming.
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It was at its narrowest in the 1970s, when commercial jet travel to small cities was subsidized.
Rather than issuing sweeping commandments from the bench, judges should decide cases on the narrowest possible grounds.
The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse in Nairobi says this was the tightest of races with the narrowest of margins.
But Parks' drop-goal ensured the narrowest of leads for Argentina at the break.
Mr Roberts can try to decide every issue on the narrowest grounds possible.
The deep channel is only about 2 miles wide at its narrowest point.
From the envelope emerges the MacBook Air--the thinnest notebook computer on the planet, measuring .16 inches at its narrowest point.
One thing is nearly certain: if Obama wins in November, his margin of victory will be among the narrowest in history.
UN's backers achieved only the narrowest of victories, 12 cantons to 11.
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Brcko is the narrowest point in the Bosnian Serb territory, and falls midway between the east and west halves of Republika Srpska.
Fiona May has taken World Championship gold by the narrowest possible margin.
And as a consequence, you know, that vacuum was filled by those who took the narrowest approach to interpretation of the Christian faith.
Obamacare passed with the narrowest of margins and would set up a self-perpetuating system that likely will never again face serious voter scrutiny.
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After a referendum in 1995, in which Quebeckers voted by the narrowest of margins to remain part of Canada, passions seemed to subside.
The Australian finished stage 20 second, to McEwen's third (by the narrowest of margins), thus finishing with 216 points to his rival's 214.
By the narrowest of margins, after a breathless and unpredictable roll call, the amendment passes, with most Republicans in favor but many Democrats opposed.
Many more, though, have been converted over the years into a ramshackle collection of cramped, one-storey homes, accessed via the narrowest of winding pathways.
Jones conceded his squad lacked the necessary mental strength as they lost out on a Championship play-off place to Preston by the narrowest of margins.
During his statement, he said the jury had faced an "intense, complex and arduous task" and that he had been convicted by the "narrowest majority".
Boeing, an American rival, beat it by the narrowest of margins.
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Proof of that was served when Giorgos Fotakis headed in four minutes before half-time, only to see his effort ruled out for the narrowest of offsides.
We stole down some of the San Juan's narrowest veins, where the river felt more like a flooded forest and palm fronds hung low over their reflections.
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