| Driving against the clock increased the drivers' alertness, but led some to experience feelings of superiority or invulnerability. |
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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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| She sat on the bed and battled against the clock to do up the buckles on her shoes. |
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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 quiet Spanish country boy saw off the experienced American in the Pyrenees and then confirmed his win against the clock. |
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| Like television he is over-excitable, bonhomous, hungry for novelty, permanently racing against the clock. |
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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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| In Time Trial you race against the clock on the games 20 different courses. |
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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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| The night's lengthy endurance challenge involved seven teams racing against the clock. |
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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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| Remarkably he beat the Texan in the first race against the clock at last year's event. |
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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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| Crump had to win a race against the clock even to take part in the meeting. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| On a sprint day, each athlete races against the clock to gain a qualifying time on the course. |
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| Basso looked very good in the Giro and has improved against the clock since last year. |
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| It'd be a race against the clock, of course, until your youth runs out. |
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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 flying lap is a race against the clock with a flying start from the finish line aimed to rank the participant for the omnium event. |
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| They should be reminded that this is not a race against the clock, it is important to try to answer the most questions correctly. |
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| Every time the fire brigade is called for an operation, it is a race against the clock for the firefighters. |
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| Haiti is currently engaged in a race against the clock to prepare for the hurricane season. |
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| It is like a race against the clock to save our cultural memories through the magic of digitization. |
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| The nature of our profession often means that we're working under pressure and racing against the clock. |
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| Each day, TV helicopters, which bring back rally images filmed on the special, launch a race against the clock. |
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| When the blood bags arrive at Héma-Québec, a veritable race against the clock begins. |
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| Acurspee is a game where you have to control a ball through a maze with your stylus. You play against the clock. |
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| In this race against the clock, NICTs represent the most effective means of ensuring continuing business viability. |
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| In a race against the clock every Tour rider has to give it everything from the very start. |
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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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| In the jump-off, riders compete against the clock, as well as 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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| In the Winchester Challenge competitors shoot against the clock. |
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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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| Method 635 subjects the participants to considerable creative stress: they have to come up with a great many ideas while working against the clock. |
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| The annual event is a chance for the military's top swimmers to race against the clock in a competitive setting and break provincial and national records. |
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| The increasing pressure of competition and the race against the clock in transport activities lead to difficult working conditions for drivers that can result in excessive driving times and fatigue. |
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| You can clear the board at your own pace, or race against the clock. |
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| A contestant races against the clock, or against one other hot-rodder. |
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| A race against the clock is engaged to fully mobilize the programme's potential over the next three years to the benefit of intermediary organisations serving the ACP private sector. |
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| I will not take up much time because we are running against the clock. |
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| The rest of the world is not standing still and the Community steel industry is engaged in a race against the clock to get itself fit to compete in an increasingly aggressive international environment. |
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| First, in the Stocking Stuffer Challenge, it is a race against the clock to create an edible Christmas-themed cake. |
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| Because of the weather, we had no other choice but to lay low. But it's hard to be patient zigzagging along the coast since we're in a race against the clock. |
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| Runner-up in Beijing four years ago, Pooley is among the favourites on the 29km pedal-off against the clock at Hampton Court. |
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| Doctors racing against the clock as they help diagnose life-threatening viral infections can now get results in as little as 30 minutes, thanks to pioneering work in DNA analysis by an NSERC industrial fellow. |
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| In Antarctica, we had a certain rhythm and we didn't really feel the work load that had accumulated, even during the week prior to the station's inauguration when we worked day and night racing against the clock. |
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| Time trial races, another form of road racing require a rider to ride against the clock. |
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| Going up against the clock, you will be able to get to grips with a BMW Sauber F1 car and actually change one of the tyres as part of the BMW Sauber F1 team pit lane park. |
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| Drivers will be tested for memory and car-handling skills while they pit their wits against several tests as they navigate the twisting course against the clock. |
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| Now, as the dibbuk takes a stronger and more frightening hold on his young daughter, Clyde races against the clock to find an expert who can remove the dibbuk and save her. |
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