The phrase "and the brink of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation that is at the edge or verge of a particular state or condition, often implying a critical or precarious moment.
Example: "The negotiations were tense, and the brink of failure loomed over the discussions."
Alternatives: "on the edge of" or "at the threshold of".
In 1993, McDougal, an unheralded senior, replaced Rick Mirer and led the Irish to an 11-1 seandn and the brink of the national championship.
He is familiar with the league, and took a less talented Lazio team to third place and the brink of a Coppa Italia win two years ago.
One has gone from obscurity and the brink of financial ruin to Premier League stability as the other has taken a darker path.
In the former, Schoenberg used an intricate sequence of poems by Stefan George that seem to trace the progressively intimate encounters of two youths in a magical garden; for the latter, Berg employed deceptively simple texts by the decadent café poet Peter Altenberg, which arouse images of "measureless sorrow," "summer rainstorms," and "the brink of beyond".
The best news of 2012 is that six major auction lots, brought back from warehouse stints and the brink of decay and dispersal, are now headed for public view: A 1960s concrete map of the Gettysburg battlefield, studded with light bulbs that flashed to show troop movements, had been chopped up when the government auctioned it in September.
So who can begrudge them this 'golden generation' - a group of players who have propelled Belgium to their highest ever Fifa ranking of 10th and the brink of qualification for Brazil next year.
At 19 I was suffering from depression and anxiety and on the brink of giving up a university place.
The two are also longtime buddies, and Dennis, who is penniless, unemployed and on the brink of homelessness, is desperate.
CORNERED, and on the brink of an historic defeat, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are as cruel and brutal as ever.
