isolated region

collocation in English

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isolated
adjective
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/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪ.t̬ɪd/
not near to ...
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region
noun[C]
uk
/ˈriː.dʒən/us
/ˈriː.dʒən/
a particular area or part of the world, or any of the large official areas into which a country ...
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(Definition ofisolatedandregionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Taihang is anisolatedregionof dense cloud forests punctuated by jagged peaks.
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The site employs 782 full-time workers (most from the immediate area which is anisolatedregion).
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Theisolatedregionwas researched for a three-year period before filming began.
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The old-growth forest here was never logged (as most forests in the area were), most likely due to the difficulty in transporting materials to and from theisolatedregion.
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Under-staffed and under-stocked public health centres were located up to 50 kilometres away from some villages in this extremelyisolatedregion; a long hard walk through dense spiny forest.
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Although this overall description applies to channels in all three classes, there is virtually no direct sequence homology between classes, even in isolated regions.
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Nevertheless, despite all the difficulties of working in such anisolatedregion, with no repair shops and a largely inexperienced work crew, construction proceeded at a rapid pace.
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This approach requires the species already to be in equilibrium on the isolated regions, and that the time of isolation is known (by geological clues, for instance).
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Berber is employed by only 60,000 individuals, most of whom live in the desert south or other isolated regions.
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Another important capability of supported bilayers is the ability to pattern the surface to produce multiple isolated regions on the same substrate.
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It is found in two (possibly three) isolated regions.
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Most cases are not documented because it is difficult for poor and illiterate women to travel from isolated regions to file police reports.
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These algorithms are best suited for processing a point cloud that is composed of a number of spatially isolated regions.
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Moreover, the coffee farms were located in rather isolated regions.
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In some more pristine and isolated regions the species can be common.
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He has described the circumstances of his youth in various interviews as exceedingly harsh due to his family's dwelling in isolated regions and general poverty.
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Although it is restricted to certain isolated regions, it is common in few places within its distributional range.
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Only in a few isolated regions were wild yeasts still used.
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A training school was established for the first time, and a mounted troop, while the force's administration divided the province into divisions to better serve its geographically isolated regions.
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