The phrase "as not to block" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate an action taken to avoid obstructing something or someone.
Example: "She adjusted the furniture in the room as not to block the entrance."
Alternatives: "in order not to obstruct" or "so as not to hinder".
The case has cutouts for the front and rear-facing cameras and speakers so as not to block the sound.
The wires connecting 2 clips are quite flexible enough, and we attached them to towers over the motors so as not to block the rotation of the motors.
In cricket, it's the custom to wait for play to stop before leaving or resuming your seat, so as not to block fellow spectators' view of the action.
The instructor, from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, demonstrates how to position the head so as not to block the airway of a person suffering from an overdose.
Earlier on Tuesday, McGuinness said that even if the negotiations had not yet satisfied nationalists on the legacy question, it could be put to one side so as not to block progress on other issues.
I quickly realize that this isn't enough for the 40-degree weather and put on a scarf, draping it carefully so as not to block the word "Writer" on my back.
China, which regards Taiwan as a breakaway province, agreed not to block its joining.
The peers' role, as it has evolved, is not to block the Commons, but to ask MPs to have another think.
The news comes a week after the FTC unanimously approved the deal, after holding it up for months as it decided whether or not to block it on antitrust grounds.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed also lectured protesters, invoking King as he urged the activists not to block the highway.
I always thought jockeys were hired to help their horses win -- as Edgar Prado did for Birdstone -- not to block someone else from winning.
