Sentence examples for a significant patch of from inspiring English sources

The slow, calm waters of the Sargasso have collected a significant patch of non-biodegradable waste.

South-east England is one of the most heavily populated parts of Europe but there is a significant patch of countryside on either side of the Sussex/Kent border that is strangely remote, both inland and on the coast, even though you are only two hours from London.

David Applegate, senior science adviser for earthquakes at the geological survey, said during a conference call with reporters that the rupture occurred along a section of the fault zone about 180 miles long and 50 miles wide, "a very significant patch of the earth's crust".

Hurricane Harvey is looking like the biggest hurricane to make landfall in the United States in 12 years, and it's heading for a particularly vulnerable and economically significant patch of the Gulf Coast.

Many, but not all, of the significant patch size relationships disappeared when the three smallest patches (0.6 1.8 ha) were eliminated from the analysis.

■ Martiodrilus, Glossodrilus and new genus 2 group: one significant patch in the western zone of the plot where trees were present and a large significant gap in the upper part; another two significant patches were in the eastern zone.

The unbiased inspection at time 0 (90 min post plating) of multiple fields revealed the acquisition of GFP-H-RasG12V-labeled membrane patches in a significant percentage of the red-labeled Jurkat cells.

At the patch scale (10 km), house density rather than road density was a significant negative predictor of wolf patch selection.

SADIE (Spatial Analysis Distance IndicEs) analysis [ 64, 65] was used to assess the presence of significant patches and gaps within species assemblages.

Some participants showed a second, smaller patch of significant classification accuracy on the PT (6 participants) or planum polare (1 participant).

The mantle plumes impinge, on the other hand, at the base of the lithosphere create locally hot and weak patches, which cause a significant topography of the lithosphere-asthenosphere interface.