1.   He then joined Nichia, one of the few companies of any size on Shikoku, a sparsely populated island.

2.   Just listen to the sounds of hammers and saws across Providenciales, or Provo, the most populated island.

3.   The hurricane dwarfed the sparsely populated Bahamian islands, drenching them with some rain and gusty winds.

4.   The more remote the location, the theory goes, the better the shelling, which explains the boat ride from the more populated islands to Cayo Costa.

5.   Wood, like many other natural things in this densely populated island country, is remarkably expensive.

6.   Attempting to jump-start the economy, the government has lavished funds on bridges to sparsely populated islands, concrete linings for rivers and roads to nowhere, they said.

7.   Earlier in the month, three students were stabbed and wounded on St. Croix, the other heavily populated island in the territory.

8.   Early this year it designated Kulup, a sparsely populated island, as a candidate.

9.   Here, and on the hundreds of other sparsely populated islands that dot the broad Congo River, most villages have barely changed for decades, or even centuries.

10.   Last month, three students were stabbed and wounded on St. Croix, the other heavily populated island in the U.S. Caribbean territory.