Sentences with phrase «racing against the clock»

The race against the clock was on.

Avoid racing against the clock.

Airlines were racing against the clock to clear as many customers as possible from the likely Florida path of Hurricane Irma.

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 - U.S. lawmakers raced against the clock to avert a federal government shutdown on Friday but it was not clear if hectic negotiations would bring a deal before a midnight deadline.

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Building wealth is actually a race against the clock to get it done before you're too old to enjoy it and time taken to recover from serious falls is LOST time.

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.

And although it's lovely (and cost - effective) to grow from seeds like he does, at one point every summer it's a race against the clock to use all the vegetables without them going bad.

Plus, the process of making pancakes becomes a race against the clock.

Racing against the clock, the 15 - year - old Schollander swam the 440 freestyle in 4:18.5, another national record.

In races against the clock, you'll see riders using tri-bars with elbow pads and extensions, that allow them to adopt a stretched out aerodynamic tuck.

Race against the clock using skills acquired in the Learn to Ride event.

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

Getting places early may sound like a drag, but better to be there early and have time to kill, than be racing against the clock to board a plane.

How to Play: Race against the clock and pop as many balloons as you can.

Teams are given a secret engineering conundrum which sees them race against the clock to solve a real - life engineering problem, putting their STEM knowledge and skills to the test.

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.

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.

Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has described the struggle to avoid meltdown at the nuclear plant's six reactors as a «race against the clock».

But despite the optimism engendered by her démarche, Britain's lead negotiator, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Miliband, warned that the talks may still founder: «It's a race against the clock,» he said.

Join marine biologists in a race against the clock to save sharks before they're gone.

Hard science is finally chipping away at a centuries - old riddle, but the quest now involves another obstacle: a race against the clock.

It was a race against the clock: Kilpatrick and his team needed to collect as much data as they could in just minutes before the Earth's rotation made that portion of the sky inaccessible.

With medical facilities potentially far away and no existing tools to prevent deterioration, medics are in a high - stakes race against the clock.

Successfully treating rabies can be a race against the clock.

It was a race against the clock — Bill had so much angioplasty and heart surgery he was being glued together.

Racing against the clock, since rod cells lose their viability after one to two hours, the researchers measured ten rods cells taken from ten different frogs.

Athens, Ga. — Successfully treating rabies can be a race against the clock.

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

Take a closer look at how every curveball, tough project, or race against the clock can be an opportunity to flex your strengths and work on your skills.

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

While I'm not racing against the clock on most of my runs, I still love tracking my time with the Polar FT4 training watch — it comes in multiple colors, so you can choose your favorite!

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

Patriots Day: In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg) joins survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the bombers before they strike again.

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.

You have 30 minutes to run through our list of cinema's best to worst «Race Against the Clock» movies, or something bad will happen....

In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg) joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the bombers before they strike again.

With the wedding set to start in a matter of hours, the trio races against the clock to piece together what happened and locate their friend.

Throughout the mayhem, Ben is in full damage control mode, racing against the clock to bring his deals in on time.

The «coup,» as Petit called it, is plenty thrilling on its own; seeing these men infiltrate the building, talk their way to the top, and race against the clock to get the wire in place is the stuff of first - rate popcorn entertainment.

In the aftermath of the attack, Boston cop Sergeant Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg) joins survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the bombers before they strike again.

When Fonny is falsely accused of rape before Tish finds out she's pregnant, family and a lawyer race against the clock to find evidence before the baby is born.

Bottom Photo: «Mark» (Colin Firth) and «Jack» (Patrick Dempsey) race against the clock to get Bridget into the hospital before the baby arrives.

Presented in Dolby Digital with Widescreen 2.39:1 aspect ratio, Oscar Faura's handsomely photographed frames generally capture the sense of war torn England as a prolonged race against the clock transpires at Bletchley Park.

These tasks range from traveling from Point A to Point B, racing against a clock, or exploring a mini-area hitting switches.

When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate start to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything and everyone.

In CROSSNIQ +, you'll be racing against the clock — a timer is always ticking, and if it hits zero, it's GAME OVER.

SYNOPSIS: When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate start to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out -LSB-...]

The film was released to theaters in a 137 - minute cut, but Cameron's preferred 154 - minute director's cut is even better; he keeps the suspense slowly building until it becomes almost unbearable in the final, tense minutes, with Ripley racing against the clock to rescue Newt from the bowels of the endless green - blue fortress.

If only Emmerich could figure out how to better integrate these cool effects shots into his films, rather just drop them in the middle of some tedious story about a scientist racing against the clock to blah blah blah...