1.   A crowd looked down from the edge of a small island of muddy roadway.

2.   Even the best examples of habitat types can not exist in isolation like islands of richness in a sea of poverty.

3.   For real life, visit Moila, the island of the ivory tower.

4.   Great Groups tend to be islands of excellence that exist apart from their surroundings.

5.   It is an island of contrasts with superb climate and dramatic scenery.

6.   Just ahead lay the outlying volcanic islands of To Shima and Nii Shima, and the wind carried us slantwise between them.

7.   On occasion he found himself scanning the lake, throttling down as he passed bleak islands of rock and pine.

8.   She had found her island of happiness and would never swim away from it.

9.   The commander sat in a pinstripe suit behind his desk, an island of teak in a sea of purple carpet.