If you have to be there for part of the busy period, ask for a table that is somewhat insulated from the clamor.

When stocks start falling, however, executives are somewhat insulated.

Like trees, tires are somewhat insulated, fill with water after a rainstorm and hold leaves for nutrition, he said.

Algeria now feels somewhat insulated from the Arab Spring movement because of his actions.

This occurred despite "a long-held belief" in the hotel industry "that the top end of the market was somewhat insulated from recession," he said.

It has always been somewhat insulated from politics, and led by strong, independent figures with substantial administrative experience.

North Korea remained somewhat insulated from these larger currents.

It is therefore somewhat insulated from the shortage of teen-agers.

As long as oil and gas keep flowing, Indonesia remains somewhat insulated economically.

"We like to think that we're somewhat insulated here from the ugliness of the world," he said.