Sentence examples for remain islands from inspiring English sources

But they remain islands.

She tells The Creators Project, "the blue stains remain islands, or an unknown geographical spot of the map, in connection to the birds which also connect us to foreign environments".

Other Europeans discovered the remaining islands between 1799 and 1826.

Following a second treaty signed in 1971, the remaining islands were returned in 1972.

In 1479 the Treaty of Alcáçovas recognized Spanish sovereignty over the Canaries, and the conquest of the remaining islands was completed in 1496.

Until about 12 months ago China's top universities "remained islands of relative freedom", said Cohen, who has studied the Asian country for nearly six decades.

Whatever may be the fate of the remaining islands in the Aegean Sea, Italy appears to be determined to retain possession of Rhodes and to convert it into a new Mediterranean society resort, as well as an artistic and archeological centre.

Also, some remaining islands of the melted nanorods can be seen in Figure 3d.

In some cases these research projects have remained islands of excellence within a relatively underfunded national health system.

On the losing side will be the jobs in the still remaining islands of routine work in accounting, laboratory analysis and manufacturing.

A combination of GOCO02S and EGM2008 (GOCO02S/EGM2008) was used for geoid determination in the Shikoku area, while EGM2008 was used for geoid determination in the remaining islands (Hokkaido, Honshu, and Kyushu).