block release
noun[U]
HRukusasystemin the UK thatallowsemployeestospendperiodsoftimeaway fromtheirjobinordertostudyfor aqualificationat acollegeoruniversity:
Training consists ofblockreleasestudyandhomeworkforaccountancyexams.
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Academic learning during an apprenticeship was achieved either viablockreleaseor day release at a local technical institute.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The question of whether toblockreleaseof the petition on narrower grounds was decided before the district court.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In glycolysis higher levels of insulin promote storage of body fat andblockreleaseof fat from adipose tissues, while in ketosis fat reserves are readily released and consumed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Part-time students include those following day andblockreleasecourses, other day courses, and courses in the evenings only.
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He went on to say that the ordinaryblockreleasesystem had not had time to operate.
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In round figures, about 1,000 of them are full-time; 250, sandwich; 1,000,blockrelease; and 5,000, part-time, day and evening.
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About a quarter of a million 16 or 18 year olds in employment receive day orblockrelease.
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The alternative,blockrelease, is inconvenient for industry and costly for local authorities.
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There will also be a great increase of day release andblockreleasecourses as part of the expansion of industrial training.
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There should he a great expansion of day release for commercial study and the advantages ofblockreleaseshould be explored.
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