Again, this is such an isolated place, Alex.

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Our trysting place was an isolated cottage not far from Bury St.

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He also sees the New York Stock Exchange as an expensive, scandal-prone and internationally isolated place to do business.

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As the researchers report in a forthcoming issue of Physical Review Letters, they managed to hold significant numbers of isolated rubidium atoms in place by shining a laser beam on to an array of microscopic lenses.

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Decisions were made a long time ago that this transuranic waste, a legacy from our nuclear weapons days, should not just sit around at the surface waiting for an accident to happen, but should be put in the safest, most isolated place on Earth, so that nothing can happen to it.

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Admittedly, standing slightly isolated on the edge of an industrial estate, it is perhaps not the most welcoming place, but older streets of terraced houses are only a minute's walk away.

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Hawaii, which became a state in 1959, is a place of ironies, geographically one of the most isolated places on Earth, yet home to an eclectic mix of cultures.

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