sovereign country

collocation in English

meaningsofsovereignandcountry

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sovereign
adjective
uk
/ˈsɒv.ər.ɪn/us
/ˈsɑːv.rən/
having the highest power or being ...
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country
noun
uk
/ˈkʌn.tri/us
/ˈkʌn.tri/
an area of land that has its own government, ...
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(Definition ofsovereignandcountryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsovereign country

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First, human rights is the only source of law that legitimizes international scrutiny of mental health policies and practices within asovereigncountry.
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We cannot interfere in the internal affairs of asovereigncountry.
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It is asovereigncountry, which has placed its sovereignty in a union.
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At the same time, what can one do to bring pressure to bear upon anothersovereigncountry?
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We shall lose rights which anysovereigncountrycan claim for the protection of its vital national interests.
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At the moment this is a totallysovereigncountry, with its sovereign legislature.
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Under international law we are prohibited from intervening in individual cases before the courts in anothersovereigncountry.
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An armoured division walked into asovereigncountrybefore anything could be done.
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I do not forget that - as you both rightly said - we are talking about an independent andsovereigncountry.
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An attempt to maintain sovereignty in anothersovereigncountryis a mistake.
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It is profoundly dangerous to attack an independentsovereigncountry.
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I know that some lawyers take the view that we have already gone beyond the point at which we remain asovereigncountry.
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The government of asovereigncountrymust have the authority to act in the very best interests of their country.
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However, we cannot easily intervene in the affairs of an independentsovereigncountry.
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We also strongly reject his accusation that what we are doing here constitutes an attack against asovereigncountry.
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Some countries can prosecute individuals for committing an offence in another country, and allegedly bringing discredit to theirsovereigncountry.
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I repeat that this is an independent,sovereigncountrydealing with an issue of some importance to itself.
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A composite group of nations with varying races will never be as militaristic as a singlesovereigncountryfired by aggressive intension.
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The central difficulty is that we have both a post-colonial situation and one within the jurisdiction of asovereigncountry.
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