| So it may seem odd to hear complaints about the insularity of our publishing industry. |
| The historic insularity and xenophobia of the Japanese have perpetuated a style of cooking relying on the indigenous ingredients of the country. |
| The result is an impasse, which is normally the case when blind insularity meets common sense. |
| Ornithologists describe them as endemic, birds that have evolved into distinctive species because of the insularity of their habitats. |
| But China's diverse folk art reflected the insularity of Chinese society and the great distances that separated different parts of the country. |
| You will be hounded and pilloried by the institutional left, ruled as they are by a parochial insularity and dogmatism. |
