Example sentences of "[be] on [art] brink " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite apart from the political fallout , there is the nagging worry that the economy may already be on the brink of recession . |
| 2 | Manufacturing and service companies in the Midlands believe they may be on the brink of an economic turnaround . |
| 3 | But last night , as the couple were forced together in Korea , even that fragile arrangement appeared to be on the brink of failure . |
| 4 | When the company won its provisional licence last year it looked to be on the brink of success , but now the Department says that it is ‘ still considering how to move forward with the company on its application ’ . |
| 5 | A 17-year effort to protect some seven million acres of federally owned desert in California seems to be on the brink of success , the result of a new president and changing attitudes in Congress . |
| 6 | And fashion store Etam is thought to be on the brink of signing a letting agreement involving its switch from its Northgate store into the Cornmill . |
| 7 | Currie , who is Football in the Community Officer at Sheffield United a similar position to which Hankin filled at Feethams before becoming youth team coach was reported to be on the brink of joining Hankin 's management team . |
| 8 | Currie , who is Football in the Community Officer at Sheffield United a similar position to that which Hankin filled at Feethams before becoming youth team coach was reported to be on the brink of joining Hankin 's management team . |
| 9 | BRITISH troops are on the brink of being sucked into a war in the blood-stained Balkans . |
| 10 | Another Heineken weekend of records and dazzling rugby has convinced fans that Wales are on the brink of a new golden era of back play . |
| 11 | And despite the fact that Ministry are on the brink of a Metallica-scale take-over in the US , Barker hints that he and Jourgensen are now questioning how much further they actually want to push the band . |
| 12 | We are on the brink of a new revolution in the countryside , for already the process has begun whereby over the next 20 years millions of acres of farmland will be taken out of production . |
| 13 | On the television front we are on the brink of seeing the franchise auction pigeons come home to roost . |
| 14 | Nearly one million Somalians are on the brink of death by starvation or disease . |
| 15 | The Republic , 2–0 winners over Lithuania yesterday , are on the brink on qualification for next summer 's World Cup finals . |
| 16 | ‘ I feel I have another two years left and Saints are on the brink of achieving more success after their Premiership triumph . |
| 17 | JACK CHARLTON 'S Republic of Ireland are on the brink of two mighty milestones as they prepare to for today 's group three World Cup qualifier in Lithuania . |
| 18 | Philadelphia has been on the brink of going bust for months . |
| 19 | Much of the blame must be laid at the door of the disorganised America 's Cup Organising Committee , who for the past 10 months have been on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 20 | His father , a seaman , had jumped ship to seek a better life when Bulgaria had been on the brink of civil war in the 1920s . |
| 21 | Just when she had been on the brink of despair , one of her rich customers had given her a handsome order . |
| 22 | It was then revealed that the two brothers had been on the brink of a merger with a hotel group , a highly respectable one with over fifty good solid hotels in the provinces . |
| 23 | I remembered that Sally had been on the brink of a place in the university ladies golf team , and I discovered that she now sported a handicap of four . |
| 24 | Although the US may never have been on the brink of intervention in China she had sent 50,000 marines to Northern China in 1945 , followed by General Marshall acting as Truman 's personal representative . |
| 25 | For several days the world had been on the brink of nuclear war — and over an issue that appeared less than vital for those outside the conflict . |
| 26 | Often a son or daughter will have been on the brink of a promising career when they developed their first symptoms . |
| 27 | The Progressive Democrats had been on the brink of walking out of Prime Minister Albert Reynolds ' government team over an accusation of dishonesty he made against their leader , Des O'Malley , last week . |
| 28 | The idea of the New has always been a crucial part of pop 's rhetoric : the idea that the future is going to be a improvement on the past ( that sixties ' feeling of being on the brink of a whole new order , the beginning of an endless breaking down of barriers and limits ) . |
| 29 | Before being struck by a wave of arrests in 1848 , the most audacious among them — including the flamboyant M. V. Petrashevsky himself — were on the brink of establishing a radical organization . |
| 30 | She and her husband were on the brink of breaking up and she could not cope with personal relationships . |