Sentences with phrase «up against the clock»

They managed to get a victory last year in week 16 to avoid an 0 - 16 record, but they're up against the clock this season.

Chances are he will move on in the summer so he's up against the clock to claim the record.

«When that first round of chemo fails, we're up against the clock and the timeframes are ruthless,» Professor Grimmond said.

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

In reality most of us are fortunate enough to have something to wear so the drama can be very silly but when you're up against the clock and you don't know what to wear it can be a bit stressful.

Cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi's muted palette respectfully reflects the seriousness of the story, the chilly, humdrum environs and the frosty reception that greets the paper's investigation; while Howard Shore's unobtrusive score creates a sense of a story gathering momentum and keeps things nail - biting when they're up against the clock.

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

In addition you are up against the clock...

It's being billed as a first - person suspense game that puts you up against the clock in horror filled sewers.

Another minigame sees players performing push ups against a clock, which is guaranteed to work you up to a sweat.

This game tosses more patterns at you than you can count, and this time you're also up against the clock.

The temptation to skimp on employer research can be strong, particularly if you're up against the clock with application, degree or decision deadlines.

We're up against the clock, but there's a few things I definitely want to get through.

Not exact matches

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.

If the offense would have done something, even just chewing up some more clock, the 14 points against the defense wouldn't look as bad

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

The former and future Arsenal players will be trying to help the land of the cuckoo clock enjoy a successful summer tournament, where Xhaka will come up against a few of his new team mates as the Swiss have been drawn in the same Euro 2016 group as France.

Because the defense knows the offense doesn't want to risk an incomplete pass — which would stop the clock — it loads up against the run.

The 26 - year - old clocked up four goals against Norwich City during the week, and added another to his ever growing tally at the weekend against West Ham to secure a victory that took them up to second place in the league table.

It's not his fault because he can't control the clock, but he was picking up yards in largely futile situations against teams that had already pretty much won.

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.

«At a time when the White House wants to turn back the clock on critical protections, it's more important than ever that we stand up against discrimination.»

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.

A few moments later the clock is smashed and David Cameron pops up to warn against Miliband wrecking the economy.

She is especially concerned about the attrition rate of physician - scientists — men and women — who come up against the academic tenure clock at a time when many are starting families.

And he's up against another ticking clock: the November 2010 elections that will decide whether his party retains control of Congress.

And he's up against a ticking clock: the November 2010 elections that will decide whether his party retains control of Congress.

«In real life,» Pochet says, «we would be working against the clock, struggling to keep up with the news cycle.»

These two celestial phenomena «beating against each other,» as Hillis puts it, produce variations in the the sun's apparent rate of travel through the sky that would add up to about 15 minutes per year over the clock's lifetime.

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!

Warm - Up 3x 400m run 10 Push Press (empty barbell) 10 Scots press Skill Movements And scaling options WOD 2 Rounds at each station Against a 3 minute running clock Partner 1: Row 500 meters Partner 2: max double unders station 2 Partner 1: run 400m Partner 2: max wall balls station 3 Partner 1: 15 Burpees -LSB-...]

Tom Hanks» Inferno follows Robert Langdon who wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Dr. Sienna Brooks, and together they must race across Europe against the clock to foil a deadly global plot.

As he works against the clock to solve the loving puzzle, he realizes a deadly and unloving plan is unfolding and is unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy.

THE WHISPERS (formerly THE VISITORS) PICKED UP TO SERIES STUDIO: ABC Studios TEAM: Soo Hugh (w, ep), Dawn Olmstead (ep), Darryl Frank (ep), Justin Falvey (ep), Steven Spielberg (ep), Mark Romanek (d) LOGLINE: Based on a Ray Bradbury short story, it chronicles the race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien enemy out to destroy the world using our most precious resource against us.

The entire film takes place on one night, so there is a nice against - the - clock backdrop that keeps up the pace, even as the film flits from the North Pole to Toronto to the Pacific Ocean to Africa and, finally, to England.

Up to 10 teams compete against the clock to answer as many questions as possible in each round before moving on to the next round.

Pupils will be tested against the clock on their tables up to 12x12 in new computer - based exams that the Department of Education (DfE) said were part of the government's «war on innumeracy and illiteracy».

This goes up against the 5.0 - inch FHD AMOLED display of the OnePlus X. LG chose the 64 - bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 hexa - core processor with four cores clocked at 1.44 GHz and dual cores clocked at 1.82 GHz for the brains of the LG V10.

This goes up against the 5.0 - inch AMOLED display with 441 PPI on the OnePlus X. Motorola stuck with Qualcomm and chose the 64 - bit Snapdragon 615 octa - core processor with a quad - core clocked at 1.0 GHz and a quad - core clocked at 1.7 GHz.

OnePlus went back on the shelf and picked the 32 - bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad - core processor clocked at 2.3 GHz that goes up against the LG G4's 64 - bit Snapdragon 808 hexa - core processor clocked at 1.82 GHz.

When Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Dr. Sienna Brooks, and together they race across Europe against the clock to foil a deadly global plot.

Caught between a hurricane and a deadly secret, Rick Harris struggles against a ticking clock when the wrong people show up at his door looking for shelter.

Before I reached out to him, I had been racing the clock against a crushing deadline and had nearly given up hope on being able to pull things together in time.

The Intel Atom Medfield Z2460 CPU clocked a meager 5335 which if we put it up against...

They went up against Sony in their own backyard (hardware) and got their clocks cleaned.

Further, an extra gameplay mode titled «Jack's 55th Birthday» provides a race against the clock as players serve up the Daddy of the family with lots of special treats for his no doubt... special celebration.

It's not easy though and the controls are a little counter-intuitive, so probably don't expect to knock it out of the park immediately, Sonic has a very straight turning angle which is a little bit off, and you're against the clock with rings only boosting up your time, still, run into a barrier and you lose your rings, which means you lose your time.

Once gaining a power pellet, you are against the clock to chase the ghost trails around the map to eat them for the major points, all of which is in order to climb up the ranks of G to Star.

Select an acrobatic janitor and clean up the world by dashing off walls and ceilings in a race against the clock.

It can be played entirely chilled, meticulously chipping away without any care for how long it takes; or against the clock, where the smallest mistake totally messes up your score.