Sentence examples for challenged block from inspiring English sources

This argument has been challenged (Block 1980b; see also Shoemaker's response in 1994d, and Balog 1999), but successful or not, it raises questions about the nature of introspection and the conditions under which, if functionalism is true, we can have knowledge of our own mental states.

Fearless despite the magnitude of those two minutes, the Capitals penalty killers challenged, blocked shots and made short-handed opportunities of their own.

Over the last six weeks, the Obama administration's policy for financing embryonic stem cell research has been challenged, blocked and temporarily reinstated.

Again, the ban was challenged and blocked, partly on the grounds that Trump repeatedly said on the campaign trail that he intended to block Muslims from entering the country.

"Our analysis to date makes clear that if the deal were challenged and/or blocked we would need to take immediate actions to mitigate public exchange and ACA small group losses," Bertolini wrote.

And Parliament can challenge or block many of the decisions made by government ministers.

But legal challenges blocked Selig's path.

Selig had planned to eliminate the Expos and the Minnesota Twins before this season to help ease baseball's economic problems, but legal challenges blocked him.

But even if Dr Weed were a flatterer with a less bitter pill to swallow, there would still be a host of challenges blocking his health-care cure.

The technology, once downsized into a pair of glasses, is intended to overcome the most significant technical challenges blocking an explosion of virtual reality.

From the resulting throw-in the Socceroos are almost caught napping but a late challenge blocks the shooting opportunity from a narrow angle.