They are involved in a life-and-death struggle to determine the future of their nation.
The two men began to wrestle in a life-and-death struggle.
Her father was out of practice for such life-and-death struggles.
The general had expected, within seconds of the assault, to be in a life-and-death struggle.
They had no way of knowing a life-and-death struggle was taking place just off shore.
This can mean the difference between success and failure in a life-and-death struggle.
There shall no longer be a life-and-death struggle for food and shelter.
And thus the mass of the people were always in a life-and-death struggle with poverty.
On another level, they were engaged in a life-and-death struggle.
The living room showed few signs of a life-and-death struggle.
