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1 Photo: RNZ Chris Hipkins said the area is a ticking time bomb.
2 It was a problem without a solution, and the clock was ticking .
3 They set to work ticking the Bedouin routes and establishing new lines.
4 You don't work in politics without ticking off a lot of people.
5 He was afraid to open it and thought he heard ticking inside.
6 That moment formally set the clock ticking on Britain's two-year exit process.
7 The challenges posed by global warming and climate change are ticking away.
8 The clock is ticking , said University of Basel law professor Mark Pieth.
9 The ticking of the clock could be heard, in the dim light.
10 For many parents, the financial clock starts ticking right from the start.
11 She had set it and wound it; he could hear it ticking .
12 Time was ticking down on the Human World Conference in New York.
13 Well, go ahead, but I warn you: my biological clock is ticking .
14 With the clock ticking , there were still a number issues to resolve.
15 He then put it carefully away in the ticking of his bed.
16 The clock is ticking down to their independence day on April 1.
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