Thus came compulsory schooling, which isolated them from the world.
It was Eritrea's long history of conflict, which isolated it from the outside world, that preserved Asmara.
Jafari's remarks show that his forces support a compromise to find a way out of a decades-long dispute, which isolated Iran and badly hit its economy.
"They were done in by secrecy, which isolated them," said Paul Saffo, an industry consultant at the Institute for the Future.
Instead, he said, the Islamists had chosen, at times, to act unilaterally, which isolated them and "created distance," he said.
It resembles a woodland, in which isolated knots of trees surround a few dense thickets of forest.
Schreier and Libow depicted a world in which "isolated women in rapidly expanding suburbs" were in thrall to fantasies of all-powerful male doctors — fantasies fed by soap operas and sixties shows like "Dr. Kildare".
To try to clarify cause and effect, the researchers said they were preparing a new suite of tests in which isolated bee colonies would be intentionally infected with the virus, both with and without possible secondary causes like certain parasites.
And this is where Barnes disappoints: I can't remember reading a novel which showed so little interest in the politics of everyday relationships - or one, at any rate, which isolated them so ruthlessly from the speculative realm of 'ideas'ideas
He was given a separate dressing area for physical education class — which isolated him from friends — and assigned to a distant, cross-campus restroom, the use of which required him to miss class time.
This separation initiated limited circum-Antarctic circulation, which isolated Antarctica from the warmer oceans to the north, and led to cooling, which set the stage for later major glaciation.
