Sentence examples for tick rather than from inspiring English sources

He also insisted that his decision to draw on his north London comprehensive education background in his "one nation" speech was to explain what makes him "tick", rather than playing the class card.

Hence the algorithm is run for a fixed number of iterations (1000 per tick) rather than to some equilibrium criterion.

Where respondents ticked rather than ranked options on the four ranking questions, one tick alone was coded as rank one.

Examples of this included making illustrative questions clearer, emphasising where only one box should be ticked (rather than "multi-punch") and including a "not applicable" option where appropriate.

Listen for the telltale "tick, tick, tick" rather then a much more rapid ticking noise.

Our modern passion for fact-collection and box-ticking rather than a deep comprehension of the world around us would have horrified him too.

What gets you about Warfighter straightaway is that it's even sharper, harder and more clinical than Battlefield 3. Weapon sounds are dull thuds and staccato ticks rather than meaty Hollywood blasts, while stepping into enemy sights is often followed by relentless, sickening volleys of remorseless bullet fire that send brick dust spraying into the atmosphere, and health meters plummeting fast.

Therefore, we propose that in a marine natural cycle B. garinii survives in I. uriae ticks rather than in the birds, a hypothesis testable through examination of fledglings for the presence of Borrelia infection.

Most PCR-positive rodents were positive only once, suggesting that rodent infections are generally short-lived and that ticks rather than rodents may maintain the infection over winter.

We collected adult ticks rather than the conventionally sought nymphs (6 – 8 ) because we believe adults best indicate the pathogen pool in an area.

European critics (and a growing number of Americans) say the American system permits companies to follow the letter of the law while violating its spirit -- to "tick boxes rather than use sound judgment," said Peter Wyman, president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.