adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a territorial dispute (= about which country land belongs to )
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The war started as the result of a territorial dispute.
Territorial Army, the
territorial integrity
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the territorial integrity of the country
territorial waters
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
advantage
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Civil Service had most of the play throughout but were unable to convert their territorial advantage and possession into goals.
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The home side enjoyed territorial advantage in the second period but never looked like penetrating a well organised Malone defence.
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Although Liverpool held the territorial advantage for long spells, their elaborate patterns were woven to little effect.
ambition
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Belpan had little crime, no enemies, nothing worth stealing, and no territorial ambitions .
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Although Britain had long had trading connections with these areas, hitherto she had had no territorial ambitions there.
army
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They were mostly Londoners who had belonged to the territorial army before the war.
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He was especially noted for his hostility to the scheme to form a territorial army .
boundary
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This system prevailed over a colony whose territorial boundaries were not determined by the pre-colonial boundaries recognised by the indigenous populations.
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Those treaties accept the territorial boundaries of member states, yet the countries that sign them blithely ignore their undertakings.
claim
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The doctrine rested on the assumption that the country had no natural enemies and advanced no territorial claims on its neighbours.
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Both sides seem to be saying that they care more about security and sovereignty than they do about exclusivist territorial claims .
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Thus, a certain historical myopia is required to substantiate territorial claims .
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They declare that they have no territorial claims against anyone and that they will not make such claims in the future.
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Moreover, in 1914 the Empire had no urgent territorial claims and there was no direct threat to her territorial integrity.
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Co-operation with the South was obstructed by the Republic's territorial claim to the North.
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It seems highly unlikely to result from the subdivision of territorial claims .
dispute
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This was a formal combat to settle a territorial dispute .
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Most income came from the hiring out of paladins as mercenaries in territorial disputes .
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Keep just one male in a small tank as territorial disputes will otherwise occur.
expansion
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During this period of rapid territorial expansion the empire was almost continually at war.
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Victor Amadeus Il was therefore following an established maxim of dynastic policy when he resumed territorial expansion into Lombardy after 5690.
gain
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After the war Stalin did not wish to give up these territorial gains .
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Other territorial gains had been short-lived.
integrity
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They called for a negotiated settlement restoring the republic's sovereignty and territorial integrity .
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Associated with the idea of sovereignty is the doctrine of territorial integrity .
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What mattered was not the territorial integrity of the empire, but the just rights of each member of the family.
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First, territorial integrity is a fuzzy concept when there is a dispute over boundaries.
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The maintenance of territorial integrity has become a joint enterprise.
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Disputes over legitimate rulers are a second underlying problem with claims that territorial integrity has been violated.
limit
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Continental use Your policy covers you while you are using your car in any country defined in the territorial limits .
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Cover includes transit by sea, air, or rail in or between the territorial limits .
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In extending the territorial limits of Canterbury's jurisdiction, he also made a notable advance.
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The country where the loss occurred is within the territorial limits covered under the policy. 5.
waters
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From 1995, the dumping of all forms of industrial waste will be prohibited outside of territorial waters .
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The United States wanted the treaty to apply only outside the 12-mile limit of territorial waters , but it was overruled.
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After a further two hour chase the Sea Rover was within our territorial waters where she was stopped and arrested by Seeker.
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The research ship Solo was seized when it crossed into territorial waters .
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Heaven forbid that she should wander into any of his territorial waters .
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Governors say they are afraid of a rebuff if they venture too near territorial waters .
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New Zealand legislation prohibiting nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships from its territorial waters had been first enforced in February 1985.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A committee has been set up to deal with territorial disputes in the area.
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The country has suffered substantial territorial losses in this war.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both Clownfish and Dwarf Angelfish are very territorial .
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But this ship was down in Vadinamaina territorial space, directly in my way.
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Civil Service had most of the play throughout but were unable to convert their territorial advantage and possession into goals.
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Cover includes transit by sea, air, or rail in or between the territorial limits.
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Even before the 1923 Grouping some companies were strongly territorial , and several had working arrangements with one another within one geographical area.
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It must be something to do with ancient territorial instincts.
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What was needed was some one outside and above the territorial nexus, requirements fulfilled only by the young king.