Sentence examples for a block for from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a block for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate something that serves as an obstacle or hindrance to a particular action or process.
Example: "The new regulations are a block for many small businesses trying to expand."
Alternatives: "an obstacle to" or "a barrier for".

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Mélenchon has told his supporters to vote as a block for Hollande.

That amount does not include a block for which bidding failed to meet the reserve price.

Sometimes the character of a block, for better or worse, seems to endure longer than any single building.

Andersen said a block for the Heat can essentially become a turnover leading to a fast-break scoring opportunity.

They still suffer from the same problems (too little in common; unlikely to vote in a block for either party).

He added that he felt bad last Sunday when he missed a block for Hixon during a 29-17 victoverover San Francisco.

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Now there may be something odd about being entertained by jokes to which everyone knows the punchline but it is stranger still – and a marketing miracle – that Lord's should be chock-a-block for a sporting contest where no one cared which team prevailed.

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Such a device can be used as a building block for a "silicon photomultiplier".

I recognised the anaesthetist as having given me a spinal block for a previous knee replacement.

It is a block party for 26.2 miles".

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