foreign interference

collocation in English

meaningsofforeignandinterference

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foreign
adjective
uk
/ˈfɒr.ən/us
/ˈfɔːr.ən/
belonging or connected to a country that is not ...
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interference
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɪn.təˈfɪə.rəns/us
/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈfɪr.əns/
an occasion when someone tries to interfere in ...
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(Definition offoreignandinterferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Chapter 10 concludes with the transforming relations between state, land granting and society under the impact of changing global relations (imperialism andforeigninterference).
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We believe that allforeigninterferencemust stop and the foreign armies must withdraw from the area.
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Theforeigninterferencehas been the main explanation, or at any rate a chief explanation, of why one peace effort after another has been overturned.
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Secondly, it is necessary to help build democratic structures in these countries, enabling them to decide independently on strategic priorities withoutforeigninterference.
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One sees their resentment atforeigninterference; but they welcome sympathy, and the sympathy they get will pay far better dividends than hostility.
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For this purpose they should have the right to declare their neutrality free offoreigninterference, and to have that neutrality respected by international agreement.
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He also committed himself and his party to do so withoutforeigninterference.
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That means anyforeigninterferencein our democratic processes which is calculated to affect those processes.
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My third recommendation is to establish tolerance criteria forforeigninterferencein the process of democracy.
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And then they want reunification without anyforeigninterference.
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What we want is a government which is freely elected, and able to conduct the business of government withoutforeigninterference.
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There is another factor which affects all of us, and that is an increase inforeigninterferenceat night, which is particularly bad.
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They do not wantforeigninterferenceor outside influences.
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We resentforeigninterferencein our domestic affairs just as much as any foreign country would resent our interference.
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It also means that anyforeigninterferencemay prejudice the conclusions we may reach during our discussion on such matters.
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The trouble is due toforeigninterference.
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In fact, the whole suggestion offoreigninterferencein national elections in the name of self-government is somewhat paradoxical.
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No one could point to anyforeigninterferencethen.
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It isforeigninterferencewith our internal financial matters.
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Is it not a fact that of all the wavelengths this one suffers less than any other fromforeigninterference?
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