Sentence examples for use it to block from inspiring English sources
In the wider social sphere, the more power we take away from oil companies, the less they will use it to block important legislation.
This would add a fascinating strategic wrinkle to the legislative process: say it's the end of next year and Republicans have only one filibuster left — do they use it to block a progressive tax bill, or hold on to it in case President Obama nominates Bill Ayers to the Supreme Court in 2014?
I also use it to block Gmail in the morning".
Of course, this setup means that you can also use it to block any unwanted content from Facebook, based on keywords.
There's a standard glass sunroof up front (tilts, slides, and has a split mesh shade so that either passenger or driver can use it to block out glare while the roof is still open), but there's another opening over the heads of the backseat passengers as well.
The king is a powerful piece, use it to block and attack pawns.
The Obama administration has embraced the secrecy argument and has used it to block several cases.
The U.S. Congress, having apparently been granted the right under the Constitution to exercise power without responsibility, has often used it to block worthwhile international agreements.
The Judiciary chairman, Orrin Hatch, liked the blue-slip rule when the G.O.P. used it to block President Clinton's judicial appointments, but now he wants to loosen it up.
When they had gathered enough materials, Sawyer and fellow-members of the Housing Committee packed up the furniture and drove it down to the city's Housing Preservation and Development department, on Gold Street, where they used it to block off the intersection, putting the furniture in the middle of the street and chaining themselves to it.
LONDON — On Aug. 1, six friends drove a 1970s-era firenginene to the village of Balcombe, south of London, and used it to block the entrance of a site where Cuadrilla Holdings, a leader in the fledgling British shale gas industry, was about to commence drilling.
