After living in the city for years, the family was ready to relocate to a small, tropical island. From LearnThat.org.
Near the straits formed by Negros island and that of Çubu, there is an island which we call the island of Fuegos. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 05 of 55 1582-1583 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Correct, the island is the place existance stops being. From Wordnik.com. [The Tail Section » Lost 3.18 D.O.C Vote and Discuss Thread!] Reference
Joining the Irishmen on the island is another group of clichés. From Wordnik.com. [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference
Prado, with which I baptized the island in honour of the greatest. From Wordnik.com. [Across Unknown South America] Reference
Sydney with sandalwood, beche-de-mer, and what they call island trade. From Wordnik.com. [Robbery Under Arms] Reference
The other island is as high as the wall shelves and holds all my other books. From Wordnik.com. [Send Us Your Shelf Porn! | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment] Reference
If one only stops to think about it, one can see that the island is a butterfly. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonderful Adventures of Nils] Reference
But at least, Penangites know for sure that their island is an international industrial town. From Wordnik.com. ['Tis Tasmania (from a Malaysian eye)] Reference
So the "growth" in the GDP of the island is the difference between nothing and the fish caught. From Wordnik.com. [Social Security Privatization Debated, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Essentially, the island is the future, just waiting for the “present time” to catch up to it. From Wordnik.com. [The Tail Section » Your Voice: A ‘Back to the Future’ Reference?] Reference
A few miles from San Felipe, the island is a submerged volcanic mountain with only its peak showing. From Wordnik.com. [The Road To El Dorado] Reference
So if you think about it, it would seem that 20 hours off the island is about 1 hour on the island. From Wordnik.com. [The Tail Section » Episode 4.5 “The Constant” Afterthoughts] Reference
Immediately after we went ashore at the port of an island which they called the island of the Macreons. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4] Reference
A redesigned Trump Hotel and Tower on the island is also expected to open sometime in 2009, Kazim said. From Wordnik.com. [Dubai’s First Man-Made Island Nearly Finished | Impact Lab] Reference
The name of the island is a secret, and rentals will be by invitation only, to protect against paparazzi. From Wordnik.com. [Inside the Billionaire Service Industry] Reference
Perhaps since they are not enslaved by time and space - maybe the island is their true home, where they belong. From Wordnik.com. [The Tail Section » My ‘Lost’ Duplicates Theory Lives!] Reference
It seems Geraldo and all the PR political figures are making it seem like the island is a majority against Obama. From Wordnik.com. [Schneider: Puerto Rican voters divided] Reference
For example, the English I speak on the island is a mixture of English with Islandese bits and made-up funny words. From Wordnik.com. [boss] Reference
There was in this strait an island, which we called the island of the Three Kings; the cape of which we doubled, with. From Wordnik.com. [Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier] Reference
The image of drenched passengers crawling out of a flooded pit onto the island is a keeper as is the wonderful score. From Wordnik.com. [How do you measure a year?] Reference
I found a blurb about this city and the river where the island is, and on the map the island is there, it just doesn't have a name. From Wordnik.com. [Help to find island's name] Reference
Northeast of the island of Panay and three leagues from its extreme point, lies the island of Osigan, which we call the island of Tablas. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 05 of 55 1582-1583 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Our heroes, who have turned up to discover more about the death of an old friend, conclude that the island is a nest of telepathic mutants. From Wordnik.com. [March Books 24) Ten Little Aliens, by Stephen Cole] Reference
Java after the English wrested the island from the Dutch in 1810. From Wordnik.com. [The Critic in the Orient] Reference
Still, Britishers called their island "the most civilized country in Europe.". From Wordnik.com. [The Forever War]
"I think we had better ask Captain Curtis to let us call our island Ham Rock.". From Wordnik.com. [The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger] Reference
“I think we had better ask Captain Curtis to let us call our island Ham Rock.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Survivors of the Chancellor] Reference
After World War II, the Kuomintang gained control of the island from the Japanese. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
ABOUT THIS CANDY: From Akita Prefecture near the top of the main Japanese island of. From Wordnik.com. [Recently updated products at JBOX.com] Reference
They agreed that it shouldn't, but during Ward's answer he called the island a "country.". From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
Small numbers of the animals clung on in island caves and were rediscovered only decades later. From Wordnik.com. [This seal was declared extinct in 1892. So what is it doing alive and well today?] Reference
A quarter of the Yanbaru forest on the northern tip of the island is occupied by a US army base. From Wordnik.com. [Biodiversity 100: actions for Asia] Reference
The World War II recording is from the second Battle of Guam in which the U.S. forces retook the island from the Japanese. From Wordnik.com. [WTVM - 1- WTVM Home] Reference
While the entire island is a preserve and no human contact with any part of it is allowed, people can see Surtsey from neighboring isles. From Wordnik.com. [New Natural Wonders] Reference
Starting from Sicily, Messina (station #1) is the city on the shore of the sea strait that separates the island from the Italian mainland. From Wordnik.com. [Watts Up With That?] Reference
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