Sentence examples for provided havens from inspiring English sources

And these organizations have long provided havens for conservative political figures not currently in office.

During this period convents provided havens where women could become considerable scholars.

It's obvious enough that these institutions, full of emotionally needy and incompetently supervised children, have provided havens and hunting grounds for sexual criminals since their beginning.

A mass exile of Mozambique's political intelligentsia to neighbouring countries provided havens from which radical Mozambicans could plan actions and foment political unrest in their homeland.

The Dutch provided haven to exiled English royalty and peasants from across Europe who fled war and repression.

General Petraeus made clear that Al Qaeda continues to maintain a small presence inside Afghanistan, which under Taliban rule provided haven for Osama bin Laden to organize the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

The lakes and the upper reaches of North Carolina's rivers provide havens for fishing and camping.

That process can take years, frustrating nearby residents and providing havens for crime.

Pakistan uses the Taliban to project military power across the border.The author shows how the ISI provides havens for the Taliban and directs them to attack Western forces.

That strategy is in tatters.Afghan and American officials lay much of the blame on Pakistan, for providing havens for the Taliban.

"The sole purpose of many of these banks is to provide havens for criminals," Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, said in an interview.