Sentence examples for islands of security from inspiring English sources

Law firms, commonly seen as islands of security and stability to their employees, are proving vulnerable to the turbulence in the economy.

Both faculties are, in this respect, connected to temporality: from the standpoint of the present forgiving looks backward to what has happened and absolves the actor from what was unintentionally done, while promising looks forward as it seeks to establish islands of security in an otherwise uncertain and unpredictable future.

Eco-villages could provide a practical scale and foundation for a sustainable future and become important islands of security, camaraderie, learning and innovation in a world of sweeping change.

That an island of security in an unsecure world is impossible.

But by United Nations mandate, the peacekeepers will be confined to Kabul and its vicinity, which increasingly seem an island of security in a relatively lawless country.

A few months later, he is safe in the Green Zone, an island of security in London overseen by occupying American troops led by General Stone (Idris Elba).

But aid workers warn that Kandahar, once the Taliban's de facto capital and now a bustling city brimming with construction projects, could become an island of security in a sea of needy and religiously conservative villagers.

Today Bamiyan is an island of security in a country where insurgency has spread like a virus, and the valley is Afghanistan's main (or rather, only) tourist attraction.

Mr. Medvedev chose Pyatigorsk — an island of security in a turbulent region — as headquarters for a major effort to stifle the insurgency by attracting jobs and investment to the area, and analysts saw the attack as a harsh message to him and his envoy.

In its first four months of trading, the speculative investors that are looking for some sort of island of security have boosted the coin's market price to more than $85 million.

Increasingly, Turkey is being viewed "as part of the Middle East rather an island of security outside of it".