Sentence examples for the clock was being from inspiring English sources
The clock was being turned back to the days when Britain actually made stuff.
"The Clock" was being shown in a warehouse on the waterfront; it was the anchor of the show, which had been given the companionable title "Our Magic Hour".
One passing New Yorker wondered why the clock was being retired now, just when the debt picture was finally getting rosy: "So we only need to be aware of it when it's going up? Oh.
But many anti-secessionist Basques have rallied to Medem's defence, with the socialist mayor of San Sebastian Odon Elorza claiming the clock was being turned back to the "time when the man with the little moustache (Franco) covered women's breasts, had the bottoms of nudes draped and eliminated all 'red' films..
It's as if the clock is being turned back and the propaganda of the war believed all over again.
The tower stonework is being cleaned and repaired, the clock is being relighted and 1,100 windows are being replaced.
An audit of Nassau County's Probation Department has found that some sex offenders who were supposed to be monitored around the clock were being checked only on weekdays during regular business hours, according to the county's comptroller.
Work done over many years under the last Labour government to reduce domestic violence, increase the number of prosecutions and keep more victims safe has been cut and the clock is being turned back.
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, as I hear more stories like Violet's, I am deeply worried that the clock is being turned back.
While studying the deep hole in the ground at Yucca for tips on building his clock the site, like the clock, is being designed to survive unscathed for thousands of years—he had an epiphany.Although greens and other anti-nuclear activists oppose the Yucca Mountain project, Mr Brand says he realised that "we are asking the wrong question" about nuclear power.
Instead, once again, it looks like the clock is being turned back".
