Sentences with phrase «against the clock for»

It is a race against the clock for Spitzer, whose campaign is paying canvassers up to $ 800 a day to gather valid signatures, according to reports.

Getting ready for work is a race against the clock for most...

Geostorm: When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate starts to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock for its creator to uncover the real threat before a worldwide Geostorm wipes out everything and everyone.

Undoubtedly a high speed adventure, this film's real genius lies beyond the actors» faces and directly on the shoulders of stunt coordinator Charlie Picerni (Lethal Weapon, Die Hard), who was in charge of the stressful and exciting action pieces that had Hawke's Magna racing against the clock for ninety minutes.

It becomes a race against the clock for members of the FBI and the Boston P.D. to track down the perpetrators of such a heinous crime.

Why should the Board continue to torture students, including some with disabilities, by putting them up against the clock for no valid reason?

NaNoWriMo pits writers in a race against the clock for the entire month of November with the lofty goal of writing a 50,000 - word novel during its thirty calendar days.

Not exact matches

While the world has made incalculable gains in the struggle against mosquito - borne diseases, new challenges — like resistance to artemisinin treatments for malaria — are now threatening to turn back the clock.

For women, these fears are only heightened by a race against the clock, an arbitrary expiration date that all good Christian women should be wed by or lose the possibility of starting a family altogether.

Similarly, a momentary and passing sensitivity to time, or even a lasting one, are well known phenomena: when a decision has to be made in a fairly short span of time; when a job to be done is so urgent that its accomplishment amounts to a struggle against time itself; or when in waiting for pleasant or unpleasant events one's gaze becomes increasingly fixed on the hands of the clock.

Please come to Mount Parnassus for the view: The winding streets, the flowered hills, the dock, The cable cars, the Ferry Tower clock, The Golden Gate against Pacific blue.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs today announced their filing of a collective action lawsuit against Darden Restaurants, the world's largest full - service restaurant group, alleging servers were paid less than the minimum wage and were not compensated for time they were required to work off the clock.

I'm betting that Ginobili can do for San Antonio what he did against some of the best NBA players in the world championships — create his own opportunities with the clock running down and drive the lane either to score or set up a teammate.

His poor clock management at the end of the first half was a disadvantage for the Broncos against the Patriots.

A side judge was suspended following a clock error in a Steelers - Chargers Monday night game early in the season, and a back judge was moved off a Sunday night game after failing to throw a flag on Seahawks linebacker K.J. Wright for batting a Calvin Johnson fumble out of the back of the end zone during a Monday night game against the Lions.

That said, I somewhat doubt Peko was warning his teammates to look for the run against a team attempting to stop the clock with six seconds left and no timeouts.

That night, for a game against Reno, Huffaker, the public defender, took over the PA duties, announced the 24 - second countdowns in lieu of a shot clock (which Speed kept) and then used the mike to introduce buxom cheerleaders, infant ball boys, puzzled journalists and practically everybody else in the «crowd» who was breathing.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

Mangala's debut for the Blues arrived in a 1 - 1 draw against Chelsea and he went on to clock up 31 appearances in his maiden campaign in Manchester.

The strange thing for me about recent insipid performances and disastrous results is that I am calm before the Spurs game.This does not mean in the slightest that I am confident but it has now reached the point where it can't get much worse.If we were still in with a realistic chance of winning the league -LCB- not un-reasonable expectations of wins against Blackburn, Sunderland, West Brom and Liverpool would have had us ahead of Man Utd -RCB- I would have at best been hiding behind the settee or at worse avoiding the game totally and watching a crap film until 10 0 / clock.

Bekele's outing in Manchester will be his first ever race against Kenya's Kipsang, who clocked 2:03:23 for the marathon world record in Berlin last September.

A pure standing start effort against the clock, the time trial is 500 metres for the women and a kilometre for the men.

Defenders José Giménez (hamstring) and Stefan Savic (foot) continue to run against the clock in order to be available for Wednesday, but they are highly unlikely to feature.

Do it just for fun, or race against the clock.

Sperm banks exist in large numbers, providing hope for women who are racing against the time line of the clock.

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer arrived late to and left early from a last - minute «petitioning party» thrown to boost confidence in his surprise comeback bid for city comptroller as he races against the clock to collect the nearly 4,000 signatures he needs to make it onto the ballot ahead of tomorrow's deadline.

The combination is difficult for a leader to cope with, much more so than the overt disapproval of stroppy Labour MPs, not fully formed politically, who brief against Corbyn around the clock, seeming cleverer than they are.

It seems to go against what the Prime Minister said in her very first words from Number Ten; fighting for ordinary families (or the «mainstream» as she called them today), who work around the clock but worry about the cost of living.

All claims against Erie County are clocked in at the Legislature and are available for any Legislator to see, so if Dixon had actually reviewed these claim reports she would have known what actions have been alleged against Erie County.

As Nixon railed against the governor's «inhumane budget,» the clock tower struck one, and she paused to add, «I guess the bell is tolling for Andrew Cuomo.»

That quick turnaround is particularly important for rare and orphan diseases, those that affect fewer than 200,000 people nationwide, because families and family - run foundations typically fund that research and they do so against a ticking clock — the life of their loved one.

Astronomers from almost all over the world worked against the clock to present their observation proposals on time for the new cycle that begins in October this year and ends in September 2018.

Waiting in line for an (overpriced) salad wastes time when you're up against the clock.

HOT BODY TIP: Keep in mind that when you work against the clock, you not only override your inner slacker (lol) you also bump your heart rate up enough to create what's known as the «afterburn effect» — which keeps you burning fat and excess energy for hours after your workout!

Living against the clock - working late - night shifts or eating at inappropriate times, for example - can come with real health risks, metabolic syndrome, obesity, and diabetes among them.

The small amount of calories you are eating need to be used for keeping your body running optimally — not for fighting against the clock to make sure your muscles are torn down and repaired again in time for another workout 24 hours later.

Living against the clock — working late - night shifts or eating at inappropriate times, for example — can...

Living against the clock — working late - night shifts or eating at inappropriate times, for example — can come with real health risks, metabolic syndrome, obesity, and diabetes among them.

«Living against our body clocks is detrimental for our health,» says Roenneberg, who spoke to Health.com from Munich at 11 p.m. local time, just before heading to bed.

And for people like me who are almost always racing against the clock, Paperless Post offers online cards!

For someone always running against the clock, it's great to have a high quality service that can always fit into my schedule.

Great pride is taken to keep only real users on our site Jack Bauer, Director of Field Ops for the Counter-Terrorist Unit of Los Angeles, races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation

It makes for a supremely gripping story — filled with government secrets, meetings in dark rooms, late - night shouting matches, and a race against the clock, all framed against a group of dogged professionals doing their job under the specter of a vindictive, power - mad president.

A word for the grace notes, too: Bruno's manicure from his mother; his hound at the top of the stairs, his nail - biting grope for the lighter dropped down a drain, spliced with Guy's epic, against - the - clock tennis match, which must be completed before Bruno plants it as incriminating evidence.

But living against the clock — eating late at night or working overnight — may set the stage for weight gain and chronic disease.

Boulder Dash XL has players mining against the clock to find scintillating jewels, dodging a variety of enemies, and keeping a look out for falling boulders.

Add the time limits and you've got missions ranging from an enjoyable romp in the dirt, to fast - paced, «no time for thinking» races against the clock more than anything else

«Tangerine,» an against - the - clock chronicle of a hectic day in the lives of two transgender hustlers in Los Angeles, won some of its fame for having been shot with an iPhone camera.

They begin retracing their steps in a desperate race against the clock so they can find Doug and get him home in time for his wedding.

But most of all, this is Freeman's show, and Cargo works best as a showcase for an actor at the top of his game, turning a gruelling quest against the clock into a melancholic search for a future.