Rather, the researchers have determined that the neuron signals were marking intervals of time, ticking off time-stamps down to tens of milliseconds.
The business of the company has been ticking over for some time.
Find yourself something that matches the rest of your decor and avoid a loud ticking clock at all costs!
We can practically feel it ticking away, marching on in the same direction with horrifying regularity.
But Naughtie said it would have been "death" to judge by box-ticking and they had had to decide on the individual merit of the books, not reputations.
So the clock was ticking, the meter was running, and I had a choice to make; pursue my own needs, or save his life.
Meanwhile, global population is ticking skyward.
Meanwhile what he called the “Population Monster” was breathing down his neck, or rather ticking, like Captain Hook’s crocodile.
Plus it helped keep the business ticking over and you never know where things might lead, in terms of sponsorship.