foreign soil

collocation in English

meaningsofforeignandsoil

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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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soil
noun
uk
/sɔɪl/us
/sɔɪl/
the material on the surface of the ground in which ...
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(Definition offoreignandsoilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This use of miasma theory shows how closely the link between disease, drug, and poison depends on imperialist constructions offoreignsoiland the people who live on it.
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To pursue this policy one must face the fact that bases onforeignsoilare to some extent a wasting asset.
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They must therefore be prepared to face this: that the expenditure would be just as justifiable if the money were expended on aforeignsoil.
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We do not have anything to do, generally speaking—with one or two exceptions, which are not material—with any crimes committed onforeignsoil.
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The land in the tax-free zone would beforeignsoil.
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For all tax purposes the port would be viewed as being onforeignsoil.
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Is it not a disadvantage to have a stopping place of this kind onforeignsoil?
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It is the first time in history that women have been sent abroad to help to fight a war onforeignsoil.
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Can it not be arranged to have these exercises onforeignsoil?
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The worker will always fight more heroically in defence of his own soil than onforeignsoil.
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That is the usual practice for forces operating onforeignsoil.
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I have said very little about the fate of ponies once they reachforeignsoil.
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We know that when soldiers are stationed onforeignsoilwithout their families trouble occurs.
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Exteriors and so on have to be taken onforeignsoil.
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The police have footage of offences, both in this country and onforeignsoil, following which there has been no conviction.
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I understand that if we export a variety suitable for growing onforeignsoilthere are safeguards against it being pirated.
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Whether bases are established on home soil, colonial soil orforeignsoilalso seems to me to be quite irrelevant to the argument.
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I take the point that a court might well regard it in the best interests of the child to remain onforeignsoilafter a certain time.
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If a war crime is committed onforeignsoil—and we know of the ugly and sad cases which have occurred in recent times—the soldiers concerned should be tried.
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