In the latest poll, there was a 12-point gap in support of the war decision.
However, with Sinfield missing the extras the six-point gap set up a tense finish.
The Black Cats have an 11-point gap between themselves and the bottom three in the Premier League.
Sunday's victory gave Milan a five-point gap over fourth-placed Fiorentina, who lost 2-0 at home to Palermo.
Warwickshire are trying to close a 29-point gap with table-toppers Worcestershire before their head-to-head at New Road next week.
Over the same period an 18-percentage point gap opened up between pass rates in A-levels and the International Baccalaureate.
Hook added his fourth penalty to give Wales some breathing space on the scoreboard and open a six-point gap.
Leinster did manage to open up a seven-point gap when Contepomi landed a penalty from in front of the posts.
Bayern Munich are strolling to the Bundesliga tile having opened a nine point gap on Bayer Leverkusen at the half-way stage.
Wigan now stare up at a five-point gap between them and the three teams currently sitting in table positions fifteen through seventeen.
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Cardiff's victory ensured the one-point gap between them and Swansea remained.
Their next league fixture is at Chelsea where they will have the opportunity to put a six-point gap between themselves and the Blues.
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However, there will still be a long-run 0.8 percentage-point gap, according to Stephen Nickell, a member of the Bank of England's monetary-policy committee.
Agirretxe scored both goals as Sociedad overcame Rayo Vallecano 2-0 to open up a four point gap between itself and fifth place Malaga.
Dixon's third penalty narrowed the gap early in the second half, Thomas missing a penalty then adding another to restore a six-point gap.
Nacewa added the extras and the four-point gap was enough to see Leinster complete their first five in-a-row over Munster since the 1930s.
Japan is the second worst performer with a -23 point gap between business efficiency (ranked 27th) and government efficiency (ranked a very low 50th).
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Now with a 10-point gap to shield them, New Zealand surged forward and Wales had to endure two nail-biting TMO decisions in quick succession.
Third-place Bayer Leverkusen also won on Saturday, beating second-from-bottom Augsburg 2-1 to remain one point behind Dortmund and open up a four-point gap on Frankfurt.
York prevented leaders Hartlepool from opening up an eight-point gap at the top of the Third Division as the teams fought out a goalless draw at Victoria Park.
Tyrer added the conversion and Sean Long put over a drop goal in the final act of a thrilling first 40 minutes to open up a five-point gap.
It was Stoner's second pole position this season and the 35th of his top-level motorcycling career as he bids to close the four-point gap on series leader Jorge Lorenzo.
But the Republican Party's favorable rating has risen 10 percentage points since April, while the Democrats' favorable number has dropped, leaving a 4 percentage-point gap in the Democrats favor.
Farrell restored a 10-point gap with another kick but soon Vyvyan was on the way to the sin-bin for not rolling away as Gloucester began to find their feet in the game.
Four years ago, exit polls showed Bush carried 54 percent of the white vote, to just 42 percent for Gore -- a 12-point gap identical to what was found in the Gallup poll.
With some pressure at last being exerted on Glasgow, Jenkins managed to pull the Welsh back within a score with his third penalty, but Howarth soon struck back to restore the 10-point gap.
For the least educated group surveyed, a 23 percentage point gap existed between the proportion of respondents who said they would prefer self-employment and the fraction that thought self-employment within five years was possible.
Hibs' third successive loss means that they now sit eight points behind second-placed Celtic in the Scottish Premier League, while fifth-place Motherwell open up a seven-point gap on Hearts, who face Hamilton on Sunday.
That four-point gap could have been brought back to one when the Dragons were caught offside five metres from their own line, but the Ospreys opted for a scrum instead and wasted their chance.
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