The phrase "a long block of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a substantial or extended section of something, often in reference to text, material, or physical objects.
Example: "The report contained a long block of text that detailed the findings of the research."
Alternatives: "an extensive section of" or "a lengthy piece of".
Her neighborhood is a long block of silent apartment buildings damaged by bombs and artillery fire.
Some, they say, will lay flowers at the base of the memorial's wall, a long block of glass the color of an old-style Coke bottle.
The beef rib is an instant conversation stopper, a long block of impressively tender meat clinging to a Jurassic curve of bone.
VICTORIA SIZER stood on a long block of Merrick Boulevard on a wintry Saturday morning last month and pondered a mildly impertinent question: Why on earth had she just spent $90 to ride 10 hours on an overnight bus from Rochester with 53 other passengers to shop in downtown Jamaica, Queens?
Harrison's Concerto for Organ and Percussion develops two of Cowell's interests: not only the general sounds and rhythmic patterning of the gamelan but of clusters, which are made by hitting the white or black keys of the keyboard with the forearm or with a long block of wood to produce dense, little packages of sound.
A long block of text that follows includes this typical sentence: "The Communication Shield checks all DNS lookups against a list of Web sites known to host malware or domain names used for command-and-control of botnets, and then blackholes any site even before a browser can load the page, or before a running piece of malware can retrieve its payloads".
But for Stan's, it's now a long block to the gates of the new stadium.
The conventional hack was to place it in parentheses after one's name, but Facebook maintains a long block list of unacceptable words, and too many unauthorized name switches can cause one's name to become unchangeable.
The bomb was obviously directional because shop windows across the street were shattered, and destruction rained on storefronts down a long block in front of the bomber.
The fourth problem is the illustration of heat conduction through an infinitely long block of a material.
"What she needs now is a real, long block of uninterrupted, consistent work, and she'll be fine by the time we get to August.
