Sentence examples for may block or from inspiring English sources

In other instances, one infection can stimulate the immune system leading to a bystander effect that may block or decrease other potential infections.

It's not clear how TENS works; it may block or scramble pain signals, act directly on the joint tissues, or both.

The current partisan battle is over a parliamentary custom that Republicans are considering changing, which governs whether a senator may block or delay a nominee from his home state.

A thrombosis, which is a blood clot in a blood vessel, may block or slow circulation of blood to tissues; if blood vessels become blocked, the condition is known as an embolism.

With an informal constitution based on centuries-old precedents and traditions, British governments are spared the balance-of-power constraints of the American Constitution, though they can be subject to restraint by the courts or, occasionally, to backbench rebellions that may block or delay government bills.

It looks, specifically, at atmospheric steering currents and suggests air patterns may block or push extreme weather offshore if greenhouse gas emissions were tripled by 2100 (subscription).

Brinkema's injunction is a reminder of the many ways in which courts in different parts of the country may block all or part of the executive order.

AA&D may block, remove, or deny further access to these services to those who engage in these or similar practices.

As Long Osk also contains the Slimb binding site, the folding of its additional N-terminal extension may block phosphorylation or the interaction with Slimb.

In fact an increasing number of so-called 'smart drugs' or targeted therapies, which may block oncogenic pathways or stimulate pathways specifically inactivated in tumour cells are either approved or in trial for clinical use.

In some cars, such an installation may block air vents or make it somewhat uncomfortable for a passenger to enter or exit the vehicle or sit in the passenger seat.