Sentence examples for as islands from inspiring English sources
Yet other parts of the South (like western Virginia) appeared as islands of lightness.
Again if they are referred to as islands in song, they can come into contention.
Like Rhode Island in recent years, they will be seen as islands of old thinking.
"Artist pages exist as islands on the Internet," Mr. Toffler said.
Now they stand out of a sea of green as islands in time, each sheltering unique ecosystems.
Hospital trusts have to accept that they can no longer behave as islands within the overall health and care system.
She described her district's gifted programs as "islands of relatively happy functionality within the city as a whole".
The stories sit (and this is one reason); they sit as islands in stagnant lakes of body hatred.
Even when they play well, it's often as islands of individuals rather than as a cohesive unit.
"I thought of that as the spiral of a shell, and the bedrooms as islands," she said.
It consists of a series of offshore basins and ridges, some of which are exposed as islands.
