They become isolated from standard practice, and their ability to study it diminishes.
The quantity of ash in the plume has dropped because the crater has become isolated from surrounding glacier ice.
Some patients become isolated from friends or family, or are unable to continue working, causing financial difficulties.
As Exxon has become isolated from its peers, it has faced increasing pressure from shareholders and environmentalists.
Towards the end of its 40-year existence, the unit had become isolated from the rest of the police.
But members of a species can become isolated from each other in other, nonphysical ways — through the way they sense the world, for instance.
He adds that mental health clients held in hospitals may become isolated from friends and family and their solicitors can become highly significant figures in their lives.
Waves of immigrants have been housed on estates in the suburbs that have become isolated from the city, engendering a sense of alienation among youths.
Ray Marsh's sister, Hazel Harris, 85, who lives in Chattanooga, said her brother and his wife had become isolated from the rest of the family in recent years.
Many followers of Islam have been indoctrinated by the radicalizing culture of the mosque and have become isolated from our society.
Children who do not attend Japanese schools tend to become isolated from Japanese society, said Kiyoe Ito, the chairwoman of Torcida, a private organization that teaches Japanese to Japanese-Brazilian children in Homi.
