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Example sentences for: mainland

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Most of the items you’ll find in Madeira, like pretty hand-painted plates, planters, jugs, and jars, come from the mainland — but if you’re not traveling to other parts of the country, Madeira is still a good place to pick them up at bargain prices.
This can breed insularity; some villagers have never been as far as Funchal and the thought of making the long trip to the mainland is even more remote.
The lack of soil and rivers on the Yucatecan mainland mean that there is no silt in the sea to reduce underwater visibility, and there is little heavy industry in the area to pollute the ocean, leaving the marine life relatively healthy.
Set in the fictional Cuyama (clearly Guyana), Shiva's A Hot Country is a West Indian masterpiece, even though islands characterize the community and Guyana (formerly BG, or British Guyana) is mainland.
Unzen itself, once the favored “hill station” of Europeans escaping the steaming summers of the Asian mainland, is now a rather noisy, crowded spa resort.