Sentence examples for roadblock about from inspiring English sources

I texted the organiser, Ken, from the bus: "Daft question, but is there any chance you could lay your hands on a brick?" Security was evident, but not obtrusive: a roadblock about a mile out of Enniskillen; two tooled-up police officers at the bus station; a few more Land Rovers than might be expected on a Saturday afternoon, but no ring of steel, at least not in the town centre.

Mr. Kabila was never in danger in the attack, Mr. Mende said, which happened at the first of three heavily fortified roadblocks about a half mile from the presidential residence.

Researchers studying human embryos in the lab have always hit a roadblock at about 7 days the point where the embryo would usually attach to the uterus.

Nazila Fathi (NYT) PACIFIC FIJI: GUN BATTLE -- Government soldiers exchanged gunfire with ethnic Fijian rebels trying to overrun a roadblock near Parliament, where about 60 gunmen have been holding Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, an ethnic Indian, and more than 30 members of his government hostage since May 19.

The chase continued until the morning of January 9, when the fugitives were forced off the road by a police roadblock near Dammartin-en-Goële Dammartin-en-Goële Dammartin-en-Goëleis.

Yalda's brothers and cousin were on their way to deliver blood for a transfusion to their infant nephew who was having an open-heart operation when they were stopped at a roadblock, and interrogated about the blood.

In their assessment, the Italians do not pick out any one individual but talk about the "state of tension" at the roadblock and unclear rules about how to operate.

A. Well, I am very troubled by a lot of the stories that have been reported about a roadblock on the way to one precinct, questions raised about various activities there.

They complain about the British soldiers who trample their gardens, about the news reports that tell them nothing about explosions they hear just blocks away and about the roadblock that could make going to the local nightclub impossible.

One reason for the public's confusion is that screening statistics can be difficult for even highly educated physicians to understand, and this innumeracy presents a roadblock to consumer insight about the true benefit of mammography [ 10].

The simple solution for just about any bureaucratic roadblock is to assemble your teams and ask a series of questions: What are we trying to accomplish here?