The phrase "as some islands" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when making a comparison or analogy involving islands, often to illustrate a point or describe a situation.
Example: "The city is isolated, as some islands are, cut off from the mainland by vast stretches of water."
Alternatives: "like certain islands" or "similar to some islands".
The ruler has to decide what to trade with its trading partner as some islands are better for manufacturing labor-intensive products while others might be advantageous in making capital-concentrated goods.
The microspheres in the scaffold can be regarded as some "islands," which facilitate the adhesion and proliferation of some cells [ 37, 38].
Ae. albopictus for example has only been reported from some West African countries (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire) and Madagascar, and South Africa (as well as some islands in the Indian Ocean).
Human pygmies are found on mainlands as well as on some islands and aren't generally considered an example of island dwarfing.
Or how about seeing an entire nation disappear under the waves, as some island nations in the Pacific fear will happen as sea levels rise?
Some simple models of population subdivision do not affect the effective population size N e and probabilities of the fixation [such as some island models [ 16, 17]].
Prior to Friday, votes had already been cast in some islands as well as hospitals, hospices and nursing homes.
In June 1997 the Pacific ENSO Application Center alerted governments that a strong El Niño was developing, that changes in rainfall and storm patterns could be expected, that severe droughts could occur as early as December, and that some islands were at unusually high risk of typhoons and hurricanes (Hamnett et al. 1998).
As a result, some islands, like Grenada and Trinidad, are actually getting more service this season than they did last winter, I.A.T.A. figures show.
Expanding China's reach into the South China Sea and northward into the East China Sea off Japan as well, where it claims some islands, permits it to dominate its neighbors and effectively make it harder for the US to defend Taiwan, which China claims as its own, as well as possibly Japan.
While it was able to establish itself on some islands, such as Barbados, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, other introductions, such as in Cuba before 1900 and in 1946, and on the islands of Dominica and Grand Cayman, were unsuccessful.
