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offshore island

collocation in English

meanings of offshoreand island


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offshore
adjective
adverb
uk /ˌɒfˈʃɔːr/ us /ˌɑːfˈʃɔːr/
away from or at a distance from ...
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island
noun[C]
uk /ˈaɪ.lənd/ us /ˈaɪ.lənd/
a piece of land completely surrounded ...
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Examples of offshore island


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We are an offshoreisland of an offshoreisland.
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We are an offshoreisland off another offshoreisland.
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Is it an offshoreisland?
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We have been so used to being an offshoreisland.
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We cannot remain an offshoreisland with our huge population.
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Does he appreciate the problems of an offshoreisland?
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If they do not, the alternative is that we remain as a declining offshoreisland.
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It is a pretty miserable sort of rôle to be asked to defend an offshoreisland.
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We have known what it is to have an offshoreisland which may be very troublesome.
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Without that network, we should literally be at sea—an offshoreisland without any negotiating rights.
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That is not a bad record for a small, offshoreisland.
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It could end with our country an offshoreisland with no inhabitants.
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That concern is shared by the vast majority of people who inhabit this small offshoreisland.
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Are you advocating that the country should remain an offshoreisland totally cut off from everywhere?
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We know what we stand for, but it is no good being a shrinking little offshoreisland, not playing a positive part in the game.
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I am quite sure that we should be false to all our traditions of the past if we chose to remain an offshoreisland.
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It is an offshoreisland, but it does not have the advantage of the oil, gas and coal reserves that we possess.
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And he went on to say that if we do not make this dash for freedom we should remain a down-at-heel, offshoreisland.
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It is difficult to describe the impact of living on a small offshoreisland to someone who does not share that experience.
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It would be absurd if we, as an offshoreisland, were to be deprived of the opportunity to take part in collective, corporate negotiation.
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They might be joined by a few adjuncts from places such as my city, which sometimes tends to function as an offshoreisland to the metropolitan establishment.
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