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Algeria left the forerunner of the EEC when it became independent in 1962; the 56,000 residents of Greenland departed in 1985; the French Caribbean colony of Saint Barthelemy (which, with nearly 10,000 inhabitants , has as roughly the same population as Glastonbury, in Somerset) formally exited the EU in 2012.
Unlike those on Qeshm, Hormuz island inhabitants are in no way wealthy, and so it will be capital brought from outside the island that will dictate the rules.
The Myall Creek Massacre, as it came to be known, was not the first of the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of such crimes that unfolded across the colonial frontier between the first inhabitants , soldiers, settlers, vigilante groups and Indigenous "black police".
The lowest rate in 2011 was in Chile, where 12.8 daily doses were prescribed for every 1,000 inhabitants.
"Currently, 2.8 million inhabitants in Mumbai are exposed to coastal flooding, but this figure projected to increase to 11 million by 2070, with exposed assets growing from $46.2bn to $1.6tn in the same period".
The fierce nature of this fixture may be lost on those beyond the towns and villages of Ayrshire whose inhabitants will descend on Hampden Park.
So I will do everything to keep the UK in the EU as a good partner, and that is why I'm going to London and I will ask the inhabitants of the wonderful island to reflect that they will not be happy if they are alone in this world.
Few white people see Namatjira Camp, a grim nest of iron sheds and outdoor mattresses whose only obvious sign of modernity is a single electric light and a government sign listing everything the inhabitants can't do.
It also has white beaches, secret coves, prehistoric sites and 80 inhabitants.
Then there is the dark history of Easter Island, where former inhabitants destroyed their future by cutting down all the trees, and, perhaps more broadly related to human behaviour this, Vanuata, recently devastated by cyclone Pam, surely evidence of human-induced climate change.
There are no beaches on this stretch of coast, so tourism has passed Marano by, and it remains a functioning port, with 300 of its 2,000 inhabitants still working as fishermen.
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The primary grammatical function of "inhabitants" is as a plural noun . It refers to the collective group of individuals or creatures living in a specific location or environment. As shown by Ludwig, this term is frequently found in various news articles and travel guides.
Expression frequency: Very common
