Oak savannas, once common in the Midwest, are now isolated remnants within agricultural landscapes.
People who had previously been joined in argument are now isolated from one another, alienated, at odds.
The forts were now isolated and surrendered one by one, with Fort Morgan the last to do so.
After 9/11, insurgent groups found fewer sympathisers and, realising that the Tigers were now isolated politically, the Sri Lankan government, backed by Iran and China, moved in for the kill.
The chemicals and soil are now isolated on a specially built metal tray and covered with plastic sheet to prevent dust blowing away.
McPherson puts forward the vivid image of a black middle class storming the castle, only to find that the drawbridge has been raised behind them: "The new black middle class was now isolated from the masses".
"There is more room for maneuver," said Mr. Fritz-Vannahme, who added that the hawkish president of the German central bank, Jens Weidmann, who has made clear his opposition to bond-buying by the central bank was now "isolated".
Claudius therefore assailed the Carthaginians, who were now isolated, and attacked their rampart, which was situated on a kind of peninsula.
By the end of June Potter told the prime minister that Patten and Portillo, still arguing for more government funds, were now "isolated".
