be on the brink of disaster

If they lose them, their season might seem to be on the brink of disaster.

Quite simply, Turkey's economy is on the brink of disaster.

At this point, the entire expedition was on the brink of disaster.

The world of course was on the brink of disaster!

So far it has, but Burundi always seems to be on the brink of disaster.

Isn't it obvious why our economic system is on the brink of disaster?

When one is on the brink of disaster such inconsequential thoughts will come into the mind.

"We are on the brink of disaster.

I think of political trouble where we or someone is on the brink of disaster or war or something awful.

"Aunt Sophie is a dear lady who is far too naive to realize we are on the brink of disaster."

"The Major jumped into the end of it; the wars had been underway for nearly twenty years and the nation was on the brink of disaster.

In 892, when all southern England was united under Alfred the Great, Kent was on the brink of disaster.

Mary had told Rhoslyn that in spite of the favors recently shown the chamberlain, he was on the brink of disaster.

Yesterday, the major Israeli daily, , quoted the United Nations in its headline 'Gaza is on the brink of disaster'.

So the economy is on the brink of disaster, and all the Tories ever care about is whether or not we're in Europe, says a lot, doesn't it?

When the administration did finally ask for an intelligence assessment, Mr. Pillar led the effort, which concluded in August 2004 that Iraq was on the brink of disaster.

But before they can turn their attention to their opponents, the Jets will endure another week of painful introspection, with the season feeling as if it is on the brink of disaster.

Irene reveals that on the night she left Soames she was on the brink of disaster when a "lady of the night" took her in and cared for her.

"Frankly, I think we could be on the brink of disaster," said Robert P. Kelso, president of the Medford Corporation, the city's largest lumber company, which employs 1,100 people.

The new report indicates that when workers finally did try to shut the reactor down at 1:48 P.M. - significantly later than was orignally reported - the plant was on the brink of disaster.

It was by then evident that black and Latino men (whose infection rates were much higher than those of white men) had never been adequately reached, and that young homosexuals especially were on the brink of disaster.

In the early hours of the morning, they heard the sound that Qisib had feared (for a sixth sense told him that they were on the brink of disaster), the thunder of waters as the lake burst its bank.

And every time that things seemed to be on the brink of disaster, out of food, out of wood for fireplaces, out of blankets, in the words of the young lady in charge, "The Lord would provide."

Yoshii seemed to be on the brink of disaster in the third inning, when he gave up a leadoff double to Adrian Beltre, a triple to Mark Grudzielanek and a full-count walk to Gary Sheffield.

"While attention and resources are being absorbed by visions of glory with projects costing billions, the infrastructure of science and technology in this country is on the brink of disaster," Dr. James A. Krumhansl, a Cornell University physicist, recently warned Congress.