How To Use Against the clock In A Sentence
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The night's lengthy endurance challenge involved seven teams racing 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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You only have an hour to complete the game so it's a mad dash against the clock.
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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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We raced against the clock so as to fulfill our production plan according to schedule.
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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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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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Now, bureaucrats are working against the clock to process 12,000 applications as the harvest begins.
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We are working against the clock to finish the report by Friday.
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The idea is to test ourselves against the clock during a hair-raising descent.
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Their task was to complete 40 fiendishly fiendish puzzles against the clock and against each other.
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We raced against the clock so as to fulfill our production plan according to schedule.
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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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Wiggins's stance is always to race against the clock rather than give time to thinking about his opponent.
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Competitors battled it out against the clock.
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We raced against the clock so as to fulfill our production plan according to schedule.
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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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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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Are you running against each other or against the clock?
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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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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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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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In the jump-off, riders compete against the clock, as well as the course.
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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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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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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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For a normally aspirated 2.5, the 325i's showing against the clock is complete and impressive.
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These are timed games against the clock - the faster you play, the higher you score.
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The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise.
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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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That race against the clock should be extremely tight given the number of specialists in the field.
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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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It's now become a race 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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Driving against the clock increased the drivers' alertness, but led some to experience feelings of superiority or invulnerability.
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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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The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise.
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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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It'd be a race against the clock, of course, until your youth runs out.
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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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Now, bureaucrats are working against the clock to process 12,000 applications as the harvest begins.
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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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We are working against the clock to finish the report by Friday.
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it was a race against the clock
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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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Each will compete against the clock on a section of Rockingham's infield ‘street’ circuit.
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We are working against the clock to finish the report by Friday.
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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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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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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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On a sprint day, each athlete races against the clock to gain a qualifying time on the course.
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In Time Trial you race against the clock on the games 20 different courses.
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It was a race against the clock to get the building work finished in time.
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Their task was to complete 40 fiendishly fiendish puzzles against the clock and against each other.
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Thorns Gill is too precious to suffer damage by boots racing against the clock.
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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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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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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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They are working hard against the clock to translate the novel.
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We are working against the clock to finish the report by Friday.
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In the Winchester Challenge competitors shoot against the clock.
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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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The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise.
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Basso looked very good in the Giro and has improved against the clock since last year.
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We raced against the clock so as to fulfill our production plan according to schedule.
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These are timed games against the clock - the faster you play, the higher you score.
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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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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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When I'm out there I will be running against the clock rather than thinking in terms of placing.
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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.
