entire block

collocation in English

meaningsofentireandblock

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entire
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪnˈtaɪər/us
/ɪnˈtaɪr/
whole or complete, with ...
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block
noun
uk
/blɒk/us
/blɑːk/
mainly US
the distance along a street from where one road crosses it to the place where the next road crosses it, or one part of a street like this, especially in a town ...
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(Definition ofentireandblockfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the first two cycles, theentireblockof 42 paired rhyme/target trials was randomized.
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Thatentireblockof apartments is fully occupied.
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Theentireblockof higher order terms was forced in after main effects and then nonsignificant higher order terms were removed one at time.
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Therefore, the power cannot be applied to anentireblockof flats.
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His consent was needed before theentireblockcould be renovated.
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The new complex covered theentireblock.
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Can we really stay outside theentireblock, not now, not next year, but in 10 years' time?
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The house occupies anentireblocknear the church park.
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The hall is entirely detached, and occupies anentireblock.
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The building fills theentireblockwith its irregular footprint.
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It spanned anentireblockand was three stories high.
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Within a year, however, theentireblockhad been rebuilt.
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Another fire in 1921 destroyed anentireblock.
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Theentireblockon which the fort stood was fortified.
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To go on like this would mean that in another 200 years the country would be anentireblockof concrete.
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In many instances a single flat in this sort of tenement property has been sold for the price that theentireblockcost originally.
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The nine buildings occupy anentireblockand surround an oval shaped common lawn.
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The town never really recovered from the fires which burned anentireblockof buildings.
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As a result, theentireblockwas threatened and several buildings were destroyed.
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One parcel was set aside, and turned into a park, which takes up anentireblock.
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The first two suggested one large building that would have covered theentireblock.
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The disk read time above was actually for anentireblock.
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With an open courtyard in the middle, only the first floor covers theentireblock.
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Anentireblockof stores composed entirely of wooden buildings was destroyed.
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