concept of sovereignty
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconceptandsovereignty
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concept
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.sept/us/ˈkɑːn.sept/
a principle ...
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sovereignty
noun[U]
uk/ˈsɒv.rɪn.ti/us/ˈsɑːv.rən.i/
the power of a country to control its ...
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(Definition ofconceptandsovereigntyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This was a major success because it redefines theconceptofsovereigntyas a positive concept, putting human beings at the core of security concerns.
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We do not expect the general power, theconceptofsovereignty, to be exercised.
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First, there is the ordinaryconceptofsovereigntyin international law, which we share with other nations.
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I do not think that theconceptofsovereigntyis meaningful these days.
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In the nuclear age, the wholeconceptofsovereigntyis a nullity, or should be.
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I believe it will be many years before there will be a deep inroad into theconceptofsovereignty.
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He was turning theconceptofsovereigntyon its head.
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She and others distort theconceptofsovereignty.
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On this administrativeconceptofsovereignty, again, it cannot seriously be said that there is a loss of sovereignty.
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There is, however—this is the point that was raised with me earlier—the legalconceptofsovereignty, which is understood, and the political concept.
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Theconceptofsovereigntyneeds amending to cover the removal of tyrants.
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Most of them seem to set some especial store by thisconceptofsovereignty.
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We are not considering some academicconceptofsovereignty.
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To some people, it is an assertion of that somewhat old-fashioned and much-deridedconceptofsovereignty.
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I find it difficult to see how this could be done within theconceptofsovereigntyhere.
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The international instruments on human rights recognise that the 19th-centuryconceptofsovereigntyis outmoded.
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Those hard material considerations will soon overwhelm reservations based almost entirely on an ideologicalconceptofsovereigntywhich is beginning to look distinctly quaint.
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We do not demur from theconceptofsovereigntyresting with the people but, as in any popular democracy, the sovereignty of the people is vested in institutions.
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Unless we are capable of thinking in new ways about theconceptofsovereignty, we will continue to fail our citizens on the major challenges we face.
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What is amazing to me is the 19th-centuryconceptofsovereigntybeing put forward by those two speakers and the many others who agree with them.
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