Below you will find example sentences with "canary islands". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Canary Islands in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: islands
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.9 words

Words in this phrase

canary islands

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • canary can mean: A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands. Less frequent word
  • islands can mean: plural of island Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

of the canary islands 2× and the canary islands bucked the 1× claim the canary islands 1× from the canary islands 1× from the canary islands emphasis added 1× from the canary islands spain chattanooga 1× goose etc canary islands main the 1× in the canary islands citation the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

again note the 1× also included is 1× among the meats 1× b critically endangered 1× his picture was 1× in 2023 alone 1×

Common sentence endings:

the canary islands 5× 18th century buildings 1× asylum in europe 1× europa press said 1× islands by sea 1× islands emphasis added 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

spain 7× people 3× atlantic 3× isle 3× boats 3× migrants 2× ocean 2× used 2× africa 2× may 2× balearic 2× hierro 2×

Related phrases

virgin islands falkland islands pacific islands cayman islands cook islands marshall islands caribbean islands

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around islands:

virgin islands 20× falkland islands 13× cayman islands 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

canadian securities canadian prime canadian pacific canadian national canadian musician canadian imperial

Just after it in the phrase index:

canceled renewed cancelled due cancelled renewed cancer cells cancer diagnosis cancer research

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

virgin islands falkland islands pacific islands cayman islands cook islands marshall islands

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "canary islands" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as of the canary islands, and the canary islands bucked the, spain, people and atlantic stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with virgin islands, falkland islands, pacific islands, virgin islands, falkland islands and cayman islands, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with canary islands

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The Canary Islands have become the gateway for many migrants trying to seek asylum in Europe. (16 words)

His picture was taken in the island of La Palma, which is part of the Canary Islands. (17 words)

There stood the old warehouses of Canary Wharf (once the transit point for goods from the Canary Islands). (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Ptolemy used as his basis the " Fortunate Isles ", a group of islands in the Atlantic which are usually associated with the Canary Islands (13° to 18°W), although his maps correspond more closely to the Cape Verde islands (22° to 25° W). (42 words)

The people who landed in the Canary Islands on Friday brought the number of migrants reaching Spain to more than 1,500 since Monday, most of them arriving to the Canary Islands, the private Spanish news agency Europa Press said. (40 words)

Also included is the 'frozen world' of the Magdalen Islands in Canada, El Hierro in the Canary Islands with its 'lunar-like terrain' and the Mexican city of Puebla, which 'teems with ornate 17th and 18th-century buildings'. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

The people who landed in the Canary Islands on Friday brought the number of migrants reaching Spain to more than 1,500 since Monday, most of them arriving to the Canary Islands, the private Spanish news agency Europa Press said.

Among the meats are: the beef steaks, pork loin with milk, fig leaf quail, marinated goose, etc. Canary Islands main The Canary Islands have a unique cuisine due to their geographical location in the Atlantic ocean.

Ptolemy used as his basis the " Fortunate Isles ", a group of islands in the Atlantic which are usually associated with the Canary Islands (13° to 18°W), although his maps correspond more closely to the Cape Verde islands (22° to 25° W).

There stood the old warehouses of Canary Wharf (once the transit point for goods from the Canary Islands).

Puffins make the long journey from northern Africa through Spain's Canary Islands to several Scottish islands, including the Isle of May, Fair Isle, Lunga and Noss National Nature Reserve.

The Balearic islands, Cantabria, Asturias, Galicia, Extremadura and the Canary islands bucked the trend with a rise in turnout, while all other regions, particularly Catalunya, Madrid and the Basque Country have seen a decline.

Quarantine measures apply to those returning from mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, such as Majorca and Ibiza.

Also included is the 'frozen world' of the Magdalen Islands in Canada, El Hierro in the Canary Islands with its 'lunar-like terrain' and the Mexican city of Puebla, which 'teems with ornate 17th and 18th-century buildings'.

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B ), critically endangered and no longer present in the Canary Islands. citation The dense population of seals may have been the characteristic that most struck the few ancient Romans who established contact with these islands by sea.

The move to claim the Madeiran islands was probably a response to Castile's efforts to claim the Canary Islands.

Again, note the actual title of the papal bull: “Against the Enslaving of From the Canary Islands” (emphasis added).

His picture was taken in the island of La Palma, which is part of the Canary Islands.

In 2023 alone, 140 people have died or gone missing while attempting the trip to the Canary Islands, according to the International Organization for Migration.

Pitt’s basketball team is crossing the Atlantic Ocean this summer for a 10-day trip to Spain, including Tenerife in the Canary Islands, the home of Guillermo and Jorge Diaz Graham.

Residents of the Isle of Man will be able to enjoy direct flights to the Canary Islands this winter.

Spain’s coastguard was on Tuesday searching for three migrant boats reported lost at sea by an NGO a day after rescuing scores of people from another vessel near the Canary Islands.

The boats try to reach Spain’s Canary Islands, an archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa that has been used as a steppingstone to continental Europe.

The Canary Islands have become the gateway for many migrants trying to seek asylum in Europe.

The coastguard said they had also found two dead bodies among those rescued from four boats in the waters off El Hierro, the smallest and most westerly of the Canary Islands.

Top picks ranged from the Canary Islands; Spain; Chattanooga, Tenn; and Bucharest, Romania; to Colorado Springs, Colo.; Edinburgh, Scotland; and Moorea, French Polynesia.

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