Sentence examples for electricity blocks from inspiring English sources

Before there were fridges and electricity, blocks of ice were a common sight, delivered week in week out in Victorian London by a Swiss-Italian family, the head of which, Carlo Gatti, seemed to have the business of staying frosty sewn up.

Under three weather scenarios, Peanut uses more electricity at Block 2 than Block 1, indicating the joint operation of green-roof heat-sink effect (GHE) and building heat-sink effect (BHE) at Block 2. Thicker substrate with higher moisture-holding capacity generates GHE.

The explosions cut off electricity for blocks around the two synagogues, shrouding both areas in darkness.

And, of course, about 200 electricity workers blocked the main westbound artery for an hour.

In the face of electricity shortages, blocked roads and land disputes, the Bangladesh economy has been doing remarkably well.

The gunmen have cut electricity and blocked access roads, allowing only a single party of women out once a week on an eight-hour hike to fetch food.

After fired electricity workers blocked traffic for a day on the main north-south artery, Insurgentes Avenue, he said the union's leader had to understand that the city's residents "shouldn't have to suffer".

Others formed buyers' groups and purchased electricity in large blocks.

Water, sewage, electricity, whole apartment blocks — all were built and installed by the residents in a process of spontaneous development, and many corners of the neighborhood are extremely poor.

Carpenter and his crew persuaded the city to shut off the electricity to ten blocks at a time at night.

East St . Louisallowed Carpenter to shut off electricity for entire blocks, and the abandoned bridge used in the film's chase finale was purchased from (and then resold to) the Army Corps of Engineers for one dollar.