How To Use Against time In A Sentence

  • It becomes a race against time to stop the man committing a hideous crime. The Sun
  • The pilot then began a desperate race against time to land the plane before it ran out of fuel.
  • Many of the poems in Lateness use anaphora as a vehicle against time because it allows for sensual expressions of textures.
  • On a typical chart, the price of an instrument is notated (on the y-axis) against time (on the x-axis) in graphic form.
  • ‘Hercules’ boats are constructed with Valmex 1000 gr/m2 and their parts are cold-welded, for more durability against time.
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  • It became a race against time once the wreck was exposed to marine life. Times, Sunday Times
  • The astronauts are racing against time to repair the spaceship.
  • From the fact that Newton uses the letter v for the ordinate, it may be inferred that Newton is thinking of the curve as being a graph of velocity against time.
  • It was a race against time to stop people dying from starvation.
  • Plot distance on the vertical Y-axis against time on the horizontal X-axis.
  • An air force spokesman said the rescue operation was a race against time.
  • The International Organization for Migration IOM says it is racing against time trying to save the lives of about two thousand Chadian migrants in southern Libya. Thousands of Chadian Migrants Stranded in Southern Libyan Desert
  • The pilot then began a desperate race against time to land the plane before it ran out of fuel.
  • An air force spokesman said the rescue operation was a race against time.
  • But it is desperately in need of re-decoration and she now faces a battle against time and a shortage of money to make it habitable.
  • Police probing the alleged terror plot uncovered the immigration blunder as officers faced a race against time to find a suspected bomb factory. The Sun
  • It was a real race against time to get all the costumes sewn for the play.
  • Vote counters in Florida are racing against time to complete a hand recount that could decide who is the next US president.
  • Troop reinforcements from three Royal Artillery regiments were laying thousands of sandbags alongside the River Ouse between Barlby Crescent and Landing Lane in a race against time to stop the bank bursting.
  • An airliner uncontrollably gains altitude, leaving the crew with a race against time to avert tragedy and land safely. The Sun
  • He begins a race against time to find the real killer - fighting his way through a tangle of lies and deceit to uncover an act of evil which has destroyed the life of more than one young person.
  • It becomes a race against time to stop the man committing a hideous crime. The Sun
  • But it's a race against time to finish the build, as its maiden voyage is sold out. The Sun
  • It became a race against time once the wreck was exposed to marine life. Times, Sunday Times
  • Stetko is suddenly involved in two races against time—first, she needs to solve the mystery before the transfer of personnel and she must solve it before a massive storm moves across the camp, resulting in a storm called a whiteout, where vision the hundred-mile-per-hour winds reduce vision to no more than six inches. Archive 2009-09-01
  • But the race against time is on. Times, Sunday Times
  • The pilot then began a desperate race against time to land the plane before it ran out of fuel.
  • A senior detective who led the hunt for two armed robbers behind a series of terrifying raids across Bradford today told of the desperate race against time to catch them before someone was shot.
  • Often a race against time,[Sentence dictionary] such programs can generate much excitement.
  • But it's a race against time to finish the build, as its maiden voyage is sold out. The Sun
  • It was a race against time to stop people dying from starvation.
  • But the race against time is on. Times, Sunday Times
  • Police probing the alleged terror plot uncovered the immigration blunder as officers faced a race against time to find a suspected bomb factory. The Sun
  • The pilot then began a desperate race against time to land the plane before it ran out of fuel.
  • But this unruly, unforgettable play takes its unpredictable course to something that makes you feel afresh our powerlessness against time. Times, Sunday Times
  • Simple Ratios: The ratio of two primary measures is plotted against time.

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