Sentence examples for block off access from inspiring English sources
"block off access" is a grammatically correct phrase and is commonly used in written English
It means to physically or metaphorically prevent someone from entering or using a particular area or resource. Example: The construction workers have blocked off access to the park while they work on repairing the playground equipment.
The assailants then opened fire as people tried to flee, and set fire to parked vehicles to block off access to the mosque.
The local authority will be able to block off access from the main road should the FA wish to provide Capello with more privacy.
People looted shops, vandalised cars and stores, and set a building alight as police tried to block off access to several areas of the city.
People looted shops and vandalised cars and buildings as police tried to block off access to several areas of St Louis.
Maybe you want to focus the efforts of the vacuum on carpeted areas and you want to block off access to rooms with tile or hardwood.
The idea would be that if a site is found to contain, say, a bunch of Rapidshare links for a Blu-ray rip of The King's Speech (or whatever), the site could be flagged and ultimately the ISP could block off access to it.
At some of the checkpoints on major highways, orange cones could be seen blocking off access to the roads along which motorists normally are funneled to checkpoints for queries about citizenship status and visual inspection of vehicles.
CAIRO — The security crackdown on Syria's coastal region tightened on Tuesday, with checkpoints blocking off access to the city of Baniyas and its outlying areas and a violent raid by government security forces on the nearby village of Bayda, local human rights advocates said.
Police blocked off access to the camp while the operation to clear out tents and protesters got under way.
But that would mean blocking off access to the rest of the building, something that is still being worked out.
Putting his travel ban into immediate effect, stranding hundreds at airports, and blocking off access to the U.S. arbitrarily is as Heartless and cruel as can be imagined.
