Converse of object

• invade: Britain would not risk invading the French mainland yet, but she might attempt to seize back one of her Channel Isles.

• reach: Please bear in mind that the nearest shop is 10 miles away over single track roads after reaching the mainland by boat.

• link: They are reinforcing the bridge that links the mainland to Portsea Island.

• visit: We are also well situated, if you wish to visit the Welsh mainland.

Preposition: at

• tide: This is a long steep sided ridge jutting into the sea and almost cut off from the mainland at high tide.

Adjective modifier

• Antarctic: On 30 January 1820 he made the first definite charting of the Antarctic mainland.

• Chinese: Tourist visits to Taiwan by people from the Chinese mainland will be promoted.

• Scottish: The Orkney Isles lie within sight of the northern shores of the Scottish mainland.

• Greek: He was evacuated on 21st May and taken back to the Greek mainland where he spent several months in hospital.

• Spanish: Some of its members have already served time on the Spanish mainland for serious offenses.

• continental: Why is it that the British have such a reluctance to embrace the idea - popular on the continental mainland - of European federalisation?

Modifies a noun

• uk.: Bristol & West only lend within mainland UK. * Lines open 8.00am 8.00pm Monday to Friday, 10.00am 1.00pm Saturday.

• shore: It is considerably more exposed than the corresponding mainland shore to waves and tidal currents.

• coast: There are some diving locations along the mainland coast too, both south and north, which are well worth visiting.

• colony: Open daily One of the UK's largest mainland seabird colonies.

• delivery: UK mainland delivery starts from just three pound fifty pence per order.

• destination: Overseas: Our standard delivery charge applies to UK mainland destinations only.

Used with adjective complement

• cover: Panoramas covering mainland Scotland plus mainland England & Wales from Leeds ( Yorks ) south.

Preposition: by

• causeway: Terminal built on an island sticking out into West Loch Tarbert, joined to the mainland by causeway.

• bridge: The island, about 15-20 miles across is joined to the mainland by the bridges across the Menai Straits.