isolated pocket

collocation in English

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isolated
adjective
uk
/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪ.t̬ɪd/
not near to ...
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pocket
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒk.ɪt/us
/ˈpɑː.kɪt/
a small bag for carrying things in, made of cloth and sewn into the inside or onto the outside of a piece ...
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(Definition ofisolatedandpocketfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This was an indication to me that this was not merely a small,isolatedpocketof technology, but that it had a sophisticated industry behind it.
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Thisisolatedpocketof advanced economic development stood in stark contrast to the relative backwardness of most of the country.
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Due of the highway construction, the site remains a ratherisolatedpocketbetween downtown and the waterfront.
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Thisisolatedpocketof humid subtropical climate exists due to the orographic enhancement of precipitation levels and summers still being just hot enough to qualify for the climate type.
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Microbial life, however, survives successfully in the few, isolated pockets not continually covered by snow and ice.
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Establishing effective communication channels among the isolated pockets of preservation activity soon became a major component of the program.
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In cases where the interstices form isolated pockets of solvent, transport may be impossible and unless the solvent contracts the correct amount, lattice damage may result.
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Wild vegetation mostly consists of forest of pines, pine-holm oak, warm climate mountain forest and some high growth rainforest in isolated pockets.
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Inland from these areas there are isolated pockets where the climate is borderline subtropical but these zones are usually classed as oceanic or humid continental.
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They are all isolated pockets of similar alpine ecosystems with similar fauna and flora.
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Isolated pockets of monsoon forest grow along the coast and river banks.
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A few isolated pockets of humanity survived in underground bunkers, while others quickly reverted to pre-technological savagery.
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Gene flow is either absent or greatly restricted among these isolated pockets.
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Because of a lack of travel between indigenous people, sleeping sickness in humans had been limited to isolated pockets.
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Damage was sporadic in the region, with isolated pockets of varying degrees of damage.
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Only five percent of the ecoregion remains in forest, which is found in isolated pockets.
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Towns and settlements are under attack from hordes of undead, with small, isolated pockets of human survivors huddling together for protection.
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But amaranth cultivation did survive in a few isolated pockets.
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