Sentence examples for as pockets of from inspiring English sources

A number of homes were evacuated as pockets of fire continued to burn, Greater Manchester fire and rescue service said.

As borders fall and as pockets of war and drought make people more desperate, the tides surge.

"The North Shore has a lot of wealth as well as pockets of poverty," Ms. Gold said.

But the nativist right has long viewed them as something more sinister and dangerous — as pockets of wholesale criminal impunity.

He has laid the blame on consecutive governments and the leadership of the police force for turning a blind eye to what he describes as "pockets of fascism".

The battle for Tunisia's mosques is one front in a broader struggle, as pockets of extremism take hold across the region.

At a Pentagon news conference, he blasted critics of America's treatment of the prisoners as "isolated pockets of international hyperventilation".

These patrols were resumed, however, in late July and into August, as isolated pockets of Japanese began to attack the 3rd Division's supply lines and support units.

The school is surrounded by some of the toughest housing projects in the country and by astounding poverty, as well as scattered pockets of affluence.

For January, the analyst said PC shipments experienced demand within seasonal bounds, as well as some pockets of weakness.

The fines enriched city coffers as well as the pockets of a few public officials.