Sentence examples for islands matter from inspiring English sources

Immersing myself in all things Galapagos has also helped me clarify my thinking on why these islands matter so much, and not just to fans of the natural world or self-confessed Darwin nuts like me.

A recent poll suggested that just over half of China's citizens thought the next few years would see a "military dispute" with Japan.The islands matter, therefore, less because of fishing, oil or gas than as counters in the high-stakes game for Asia's future.

These islands matter because of nearby shipping lines, fish grounds and potential oil and gas fields.

Altogether, a fascinating body of work, which looks better and better as time passes, and stays true to the spirit of the island no matter how the island itself might change.

The second approach is based on primers that amplify a region of the desired template including CpG islands, no matter what its methylation status is.

And – since Britain is still a small island, no matter which way you slice it – how come things look so very different in London and in Lerwick?

Mr. Patterson said the governing People's National Party "garners no political advantage whatsoever with high levels of crime and violence or the outbreak of violence anywhere on the island, no matter what the cause".

No people and no nation is an island, no matter how much some try.

Huge beasts now wander the island, complicating matters for Carmen and Juni.

Noxious stimuli also cause responses in many areas of the cerebral cortex and the deeper islands of gray matter.

In Buenos Aires, though, Argentine officials dismissed the referendum as irrelevant, describing the dispute over the islands as a matter of sovereignty, not popular will.