How To Use Against the clock In A Sentence
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That race against the clock should be extremely tight given the number of specialists in the field.
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It was a race against the clock to get the building work finished in time.
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In Time Trial you race against the clock on the games 20 different courses.
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On a sprint day, each athlete races against the clock to gain a qualifying time on the course.
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Each competitor has to complete the activity against the clock, with the one who completes the circuit in the fastest time the winner.
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To go not the fastest against the clock, but most efficiently with the powers one has, which includes an intimate knowledge of and a healthy respect for one's own limits.
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That race against the clock should be extremely tight given the number of specialists in the field.
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We are working against the clock to finish the report by Friday.
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Each will compete against the clock on a section of Rockingham's infield ‘street’ circuit.
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Their task was to complete 40 fiendishly fiendish puzzles against the clock and against each other.
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it was a race against the clock
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We are working against the clock to finish the report by Friday.
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When I'm out there I will be running against the clock rather than thinking in terms of placing.
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Now, bureaucrats are working against the clock to process 12,000 applications as the harvest begins.
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The frantic battle against the clock began when locals noticed a pod of whales beached on Aughacasla Strand, on the Dingle Peninsula, at around 10 am.
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It'd be a race against the clock, of course, until your youth runs out.
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Remarkably he beat the Texan in the first race against the clock at last year's event.
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The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise.
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It was all done against the clock, too: after the middle of October, the Barents Sea is too inhospitable for rescue work.
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A good book, written by one person for any number of selfish and unselfish reasons, goes against the clockwork agenda so ascendant everywhere in the world.
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When I'm out there I will be running against the clock rather than thinking in terms of placing.
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The Department of Finance faces a race against the clock: September 20 is the date on which the rules take effect.
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Champagne corks were popping when a three-week project against the clock was completed in time at a community centre in Ulverston.
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These are timed games against the clock - the faster you play, the higher you score.
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We raced against the clock so as to fulfill our production plan according to schedule.
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Basso looked very good in the Giro and has improved against the clock since last year.
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The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise.
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The teams then compete in different games ranging from giant size, inflatable obstacle courses to relay races, all played against the clock.
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In the Winchester Challenge competitors shoot against the clock.
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We are working against the clock to finish the report by Friday.
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They are working hard against the clock to translate the novel.
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In a time trial racers go one at a time competing only against the clock going out alone with no teammates to help.
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A note in Patrick's handwriting had been left propped up against the clock on the sitting-room mantelpiece.
THY BROTHER DEATH
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The initial plan was to use a friend's urban jungle as a location but unfortunately at quite short notice this wasn't possible so I came up with an utterly foolhardy alternative - shoot the whole thing on bluescreen and leave myself to post-produce everything Sky Captain style for the rest of the weekend, so it's been a race against the clock, particularly with the render time required for every scene.
The Day Before The Day After Tomorrow
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Thorns Gill is too precious to suffer damage by boots racing against the clock.
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The idea is to test ourselves against the clock during a hair-raising descent.
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The 70 officers assigned to the case are racing against the clock in the search for telltale clues in three key areas.
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This could be the day that effectively decides this year's race as the riders go against the clock for the individual time trial.
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We raced against the clock so as to fulfill our production plan according to schedule.
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Competitors battled it out against the clock.
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Wiggins's stance is always to race against the clock rather than give time to thinking about his opponent.
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The 70 officers assigned to the case are racing against the clock in the search for telltale clues in three key areas.
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We raced against the clock so as to fulfill our production plan according to schedule.
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Their task was to complete 40 fiendishly fiendish puzzles against the clock and against each other.
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Are you running against each other or against the clock?
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We are working against the clock to finish the report by Friday.
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Now, bureaucrats are working against the clock to process 12,000 applications as the harvest begins.
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The quiet Spanish country boy saw off the experienced American in the Pyrenees and then confirmed his win against the clock.
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As he feels the noose tightening, Whitlock finds himself in a race against the clock to uncover the mysteries surrounding the deaths and maintain his innocence.
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We raced against the clock so as to fulfill our production plan according to schedule.
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She said that while being older meant she had more words to hand, the younger competitors tended to be quicker against the clock.
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You only have an hour to complete the game so it's a mad dash against the clock.
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Crump had to win a race against the clock even to take part in the meeting.
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For a normally aspirated 2.5, the 325i's showing against the clock is complete and impressive.
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Driving against the clock increased the drivers' alertness, but led some to experience feelings of superiority or invulnerability.
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You only have an hour to complete the game so it's a mad dash against the clock.
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It's now become a race against the clock.
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Firefighters were battling against the clock to prevent the incident at Studley Grange landfill site from escalating into a major emergency.
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That race against the clock should be extremely tight given the number of specialists in the field.
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She sat on the bed and battled against the clock to do up the buckles on her shoes.
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The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise.
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These are timed games against the clock - the faster you play, the higher you score.
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The night's lengthy endurance challenge involved seven teams racing against the clock.
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He is 31 seconds adrift but will feel confident of overturning that because the Spaniard is weaker in the race against the clock.
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Club Penguin is a cute, happy virtual world in which you create an adorable little penguin in whose guise you can travel to all sorts of fun spots and play video games (making pizzas against the clock, playing ice hockey, going inner-tubing), for which you win coins.
Babes in the Woods
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Sullivan Sergeant Sullivan looked at the wristwatch his girlfriend had given him and checked it against the clock on the wall.
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In the jump-off, riders compete against the clock, as well as the course.
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The front-runner is racing against the clock to seal the deal because the F1 season closes in only a matter of weeks.
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They were dreading a race against the clock to get there in time until the M.E.N. stepped in to help organise cut-price air fares for the dedicated dozen.
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On a sprint day, each athlete races against the clock to gain a qualifying time on the course.