"island" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Europeans settled on the islands permanently beginning in the 19th century.
- In the early 16th century the islands began to enjoy a period of prosperity.
- And they couldn't stay there very long, as their "island" was beginning to crumble under them.
- The islands began emerging from the sea shortly after the last ice age.
- The islands began rising from the water 10,000 years ago.
- The Hawaiian islands began to form as a result of volcanic activity about 5 million years ago.
- In the 1970s the island began to be converted into a park with numerous sculptures.
- It seemed forever before the little island began receding in the darkness.
- It was from about this date that the island began, for the first time, to enjoy a prolonged period of prosperity.
- The island is beginning to see an increase in foreign visitors, but as yet very little development has taken place.
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