Sentence examples for blockade about from inspiring English sources

As the protests grew, scores of National Guard troops in riot gear and gas masks fanned out around the Xcel Energy Center, where the convention is being held, and set up a blockade about three blocks away.

The authors administer very large amounts of antibodies without indicating any isotype controls, raising worries about the specificity of the blockade and about possible FcR mediated APC effects.

Stephen King's upcoming novella "Blockade Bill" is about baseball.

By Lucy Tang March 31 , 2010Stephen King's upcoming novella "Blockade Bill" is about baseball.

Transit police broke up the blockade after about 90 minutes and traffic moved again.

The blockade of about 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of Confederate coastline was a factor of incalculable value in the final defeat of the Davis government, although the blockade did not become truly effective before the end of 1863.

A week ago, the government launched intense attacks on the rebel-held neighborhoods of southern Damascus, which have been under blockade for about a year and face severe food and medicine shortages.

This is relevant because regular human consumption of caffeine leads to the blockade of about half of the body's A1 receptors.

At the moment, continued future blockades could bring about similar scenarios if cooler heads don't prevail.

When Hieron II of Syracuse defeated them near the Longanus River and blockaded Messana about 265, the band appealed for and received troop support from the Carthaginians.

Several operatives rejected the notion that the Hagel blockade is largely about politics.