Sentence examples for beginning the countdown from inspiring English sources

It is seen as a time of renewal and means the days start to get longer, beginning the countdown to spring.

And so begins the countdown.

The pilot, having fired his weapon, begins the countdown.

Sunday's qualifying draw for the Cup began the countdown to the event in South Africa.

A determination to withdraw the measure would begin the countdown to war within days.

In 1987, Loneese's heart began the countdown to its last beat and she started spending more time at George Washington University Hospital than she did in the apartment.

Bush presented the President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief in his 2003 State of the Union address, which also began the countdown to the war in Iraq.

A year ago, I began the countdown for my departure as my younger daughter prepared to move up from fifth grade to middle school.

That would be David Stern, the N.B.A. commissioner, who has begun the countdown to departing his longtime post with the satisfaction of having doubled the competitive pleasure of his two largest television markets.

WHEN Tony Blair looks back on the events that began the countdown to his departure from Downing Street, he will surely regret the interview published by the Times newspaper towards the end of last week.

Fifteen seconds to air, as the stage manager, Debbie Williams, began the countdown, Ms. Abdul scurried into the auditorium from the green room, ducking into her seat as Mr. Seacrest began his routine.