Sentence examples for worked to isolate from inspiring English sources

He was among the researchers at the University of Rochester who worked to isolate insulin in the 1920's.

The US has worked to isolate Sudan since the military coup that brought Bashir to power in 1989.

Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Arab regimes also halted their assistance and worked to isolate Hamas, fearing that its ascendance would embolden the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Obama administration, which has worked to isolate Mr. Assad diplomatically and has called for him to step down, reacted tepidly to Mr. McCain's call.

Even as the Bush administration has worked to isolate North Korea in a campaign to make it drop its nuclear program, Asian and European governments have been actively engaging it on diplomatic, cultural and economic levels.

The Ford Motor Company has not tried to intensify the new-car smell, but it has worked to isolate each component that goes into a car to make sure it doesn't detract from the overall aroma, said Dr. Jorg Sassmannshausen, who heads the Analytical Section of Central Laboratories in Germany.

Scientists work to isolate the "human virus".

He said the US would continue to work to "isolate" Iran, claiming the NIE was a "warning signal" to the international community.

According to some Republicans, the White House has been working to isolate Senator McCain; others insist McCain alumni are being locked out of the administration.

The scientists are working to isolate these principles and boil them down to a succinct concept that can be included in the climate prediction models.

"It's hard to imagine any of these things working" to isolate Libya from the world economy, said an analyst at the American Petroleum Institute.