Sentence examples for blocking the conversion of from inspiring English sources
In Seville and some other Spanish cities, groups of local activists have succeeded in blocking the conversion of historic buildings into luxury hotels.
Washington has done all it can without breaching World Trade Organisation rules to prevent its fracking boom from driving down the world price of gas by blocking the conversion of terminals designed to import the stuff into terminals that can export it.
Vitamin C, an antioxidant found in citrus fruits and many vegetables, may lower risks for cancer of the esophagus and stomach by neutralising cancer-causing chemicals formed in the body and blocking the conversion of nitrates to carcinogenic nitrosamines in the stomach.
In MTAP-positive, but not MTAP-negative cells, adenine derived from MTA (or another MTAP substrate) competes with such analogs for reaction with PRPP in their respective phosphoribosylations, thus blocking the conversion of these drugs to their nucleotides.
A variety of pathways induced by HIF have already been reported to protect from the latter effect, for example induction of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase inhibits the enzyme complex of pyruvate dehydrogenase and blocking the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl coenzyme A, the first step in the Krebs cycle [6] and enhances lactate production [7].
They reduce cholesterol synthesis by blocking the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate [ 7].
For instance, in Indonesia, where habitat loss threatens the few remaining populations of orangutans, money has been earmarked to block the conversion of forests to commercial oil palm and rubber plantations.
These results focus attention on understanding what processes allow religious fundamentalists to block the conversion of knowledge about evolution into evolutionary acceptance.
The presence of an alpha-methyl group will not prevent binding of the substrate to the enzyme, but it does block the conversion of the substrate into the product.
