Sentence examples for group of islets from inspiring English sources

It is within sight of the Tobago Cays, a group of islets with beautiful beaches protected by a snorkeling reef.

He promoted a still version of the wine, which helped make him such a hit with Charles II that he was rewarded with the lucrative position of governor of the Duck Islands, a group of islets in St James's Park.

THIS year has seen a lot of concern about the confrontation between China and Japan over a group of islets in the East China Sea.

He has made similar pledges in relation to the Takeshimas, another group of islets (called Dokdo in South Korea) claimed by both sides.

Farne Islands, group of islets and reefs lying 1.5 to 6 miles (2.5 to 10 km) off the North Sea coast of Great Britain in the unitary authority and historic county of Northumberland, England.

The name of their Cosmographer was Diego Ramirez, and it was for him that the brothers named the group of islets, which they sighted on Feb. 12, 1619, after they had successfully rounded Cape Horn and confirmed the Dutch claim that there was an end to the American continent.

In this study, we identified a group of islet miRNAs that display expression changes during ageing and are likely to contribute to the progressive failure of beta cells to compensate for insulin resistance.

Although ATP was reduced by 23% in both groups of islets, the ATP ADP ratio increased by 42 and 141%, respectively.

This allowed us to later correlate in vitro islet [Ca2+]i oscillations with in vivo insulin pulsatility in groups of islets taken from these same individual mice.

After rinsing, groups of islets were allowed to attach to the central part of poly- l-lysine-coated coverslips.

When the two groups of islets were compared after IE normalization, there was statistically more DNA in the small islets/volume.