Sentence examples for merchants block from inspiring English sources

More dramatically, many merchants block all transactions from certain countries.

The big tree is in its berth at Rockefeller Plaza, and the city is ablaze with the unsynchronized light displays of business organizations, individual merchants, block associations and private citizens.

Dahlstrom says he considered robots but "it's just getting out of control, with robots attacking sites and merchants blocking them.

Until Salem began to decline in importance as a port in the early 19th century, its merchants built block after block of stately houses.

Microsoft's Mr Kursh reckons that such agents will ultimately fail: "Either merchants would block them, or pricing would become so uniform and efficient that they would be irrelevant".But tomorrow's middlemen will bear little resemblance to today's.

There's another complicating factor for these particular merchants: their block lies within the Jackson Heights Historic District, and so the Landmarks Preservation Commission must approve any designs before a permit for a sign is even sought.

The earliest recorded contact was in 1614, when the Dutch merchant Adriaen Block (c. 1567-1627) sailed up the Quinnitukqut on an exploratory voyage for the Dutch West Indian Company.

But the sites make far more money in their capacity as merchants, buying blocks of rooms at wholesale prices from a hotel and selling them to consumers at higher prices.

In a moment, he was off again, to pacify a group of angry tent builders who said a merchant was blocking their way.

Like many merchants on the block, he removed the original facade several years ago without permits.

I learned later, from other merchants on the block, that this kind of scheme was commonplace, and that the credit card and cellphone he offered probably had no value.