Below you will find example sentences with "falkland islands". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Falkland Islands in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: islands
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 13
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26.9 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "falkland islands" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 1880s the falkland islands government was, and the falkland islands and crown, british, south and century stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with virgin islands, pacific islands, canary islands, virgin islands, canary islands and cayman islands, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with falkland islands
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The article interesting enough refers Gentoo penguins in the Falkland Islands. (11 words)
One of the planes will always be available on the Falkland Islands. (12 words)
The Falkland Islands are a British overseas territory in the south-west Atlantic Ocean. (14 words)
Exploitation of maritime resources The Falkland Islands were used as a base for whaling ships hunting the southern right whale and sperm whale from the 1770s until British authority was established over the islands and surrounding seas. (37 words)
Stanley and the Falkland Islands are famous as the repository of many wrecks of 19th-century ships that reached the islands only to be condemned as unseaworthy and were often employed as floating warehouses by local merchants. (37 words)
Sir Rex Hunt, Falkland Islands Governor in 1982 invasion:“Harold Briley in Argentina and Sir Anthony Parsons (British Ambassador) at the UN were the two most comforting and reassuring voices to the Falklands in the 1982 crisis. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
The dogs will operate on vessels departing for South Georgia from the Falkland Islands but will also be available to spend time internally in the Falkland Islands and at Mount Pleasant until mid-May.
The Falkland Islands flag flew above No.6 Convent Place yesterday to commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands.
Map of the modern Falkland Islands sidebar The history of the Falkland Islands ( Spanish Islas Malvinas main) goes back at least five hundred years, with active exploration and colonisation only taking place in the 18th century.
Twentieth century Establishment of communications Although the first telephone lines were installed by the Falkland Islands Company in the 1880s, the Falkland Islands Government was slow to embrace telephony.
After the conflict, the Falkland Islands expressed their appreciation with a huge banner outside Government House saying “God bless you Harold” (p 346, Rex Hunt’s Autobiography “My Falkland Days”.
The author of the bestselling book Britain’s Treasure Islands is releasing a new work, with a section dedicated to the Falkland Islands.
Exploitation of maritime resources The Falkland Islands were used as a base for whaling ships hunting the southern right whale and sperm whale from the 1770s until British authority was established over the islands and surrounding seas.
Inter-colonial period Following the departure of the Spanish settlers, the Falkland Islands became the domain of whalers and sealers who used the islands to shelter from the worst of the South Atlantic weather.
Lines continued to be laid to most of the major settlements in the islands, with the Falkland Islands police responsible for their maintenance till 1927.
No human casualties from mines or UXO have been reported in the Falkland Islands since 1984, and no civilian mine casualties have ever occurred on the islands.
Politics in the Falkland Islands is minimal as no political parties exist on the islands, and the governmental and legal proceedings very closely resemble British standards.
Stanley and the Falkland Islands are famous as the repository of many wrecks of 19th-century ships that reached the islands only to be condemned as unseaworthy and were often employed as floating warehouses by local merchants.
The CJ is not resident in the Falkland Islands but travels to the islands if and when necessary to hear cases.
British commandos march toward Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, with Royal Marine Peter Robinson carrying the Union Jack flag, bringing up the rear in 1982.
Not only did Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar reject Brexit, but other Overseas Territories such as the Falkland Islands have suffered from the 2016 initiative.
One of the planes will always be available on the Falkland Islands.
Sir Rex Hunt, Falkland Islands Governor in 1982 invasion:“Harold Briley in Argentina and Sir Anthony Parsons (British Ambassador) at the UN were the two most comforting and reassuring voices to the Falklands in the 1982 crisis.
The article interesting enough refers Gentoo penguins in the Falkland Islands.
The coats of arms from the BOTs – which include Bermuda, Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands – and crown dependencies feature on the new windows at the entrance of Speaker’s House in the Palace of Westminster.
The Falkland Islands are a British overseas territory in the south-west Atlantic Ocean.