Sentence examples for until the brink of from inspiring English sources

By persisting until the brink of canceling the season, Bettman won at least one other vital concession: a collective bargaining agreement that will last either 8 or 10 years, almost twice the length of what the players wanted.

Not until 1834, on the brink of adulthood, did she return to India.

90+4 mins: Bikey dons the unlikely garb of midfield general and pulls off the roll with aplomb, directing his troops forward with a series of deft passes... until they reach the brink of the Tunisian box, where the move breaks down.

I know with a prize as incredible as that, I'm surprised there weren't more people scoffing handfuls of gross, slimy bugs until they reached the brink of death.

have argued that failing to attach criminal responsibility to the actor--and therefore prohibiting law enforcement officers from taking action--until the actor is on the brink of consummating the crime endangers the public and undermines the preventative goal of attempt law.

But the rest of Europe wouldn't take this threat seriously until Greece was on the brink of defaulting.

They were hunted, shot, trapped and poisoned throughout the lower 48 states until they were on the brink of extinction.

In Afghanistan, its north-western neighbour, it is backing the militantly Islamic Taliban regime, which until recently seemed on the brink of war with Iran.

She had known all along about Anoushka's existence, but they didn't meet until each was on the brink of adulthood.

Jones had always felt highly regarded in her job, skipping from one promotion to another, until she was on the brink of a move to management.

Repeated exposure may lower the cholinesterase level until an individual reaches the brink of acute poisoning — a brink over which he may be pushed by a very small additional exposure.