Sentence examples for perilous trade from inspiring English sources

In such a perilous trade it is presumptuous to peer that far ahead.

He admired Lupino Lane, probably Britain's best-known comic of the time, whose book, "How to be a comedian", is still a reliable guide to a perilous trade.

The glory of this perilous trade comes through in images of men scaling the skyscrapers' frameworks or eating lunch on a sky-high beam, as in a copy of a 1928 Lewis Hine photo.

Decades after the work of William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, and Eudora Welty, the American South remains a storehouse of good stories — tales in particular about people living off the grid, in ramshackle houses, in perilous trades on the verge of disappearing.

The perilous, triangular trade route circulated blue-and-white pottery from Japan, spices and exotic textiles from India, and technology such as globes, medicines and photography from Europe.

But in such perilous economic times, trade-policy conventions can hardly remain sacrosanct.

I still stand by my firm belief that Mr Barroso deserves a second term, and as soon as possible so the commission can get on with defending the single market and free trade in these perilous times.But if this political marchandage carries on until September, it is going to be very damaging to the delicate balance of power that operates in the EU.

This time it is not about the collapse of the world trading system but the perilous state of America's financial future.

The thespians exchange nostalgic anecdotes and bitchy complaints in the same colloquial style their successors might adopt now, but they also evoke a seedy, perilous London, where boys may be kidnapped, traded, starved or used for sex.

The makeover trades a problematic dud in Perilous Plunge for three workhorse rides that will entertain far more visitors for years to come.

He was hoping to trade the title of insurgent candidate for the perilous crown of front-runner.