1.   Argentine diplomats insisted that the accords did not in any way imply recognition of British sovereignty over the Falklands Islands.

2.   Iran has, after all, infringed British sovereignty by forcing it into massive protection for one of its own citizens.

3.   But achieving this would still be a challenge, as Protestants have said they will fight any institutions that seem to erode British sovereignty.

4.   But Protestant unionist parties fear this would be an erosion of British sovereignty.

5.   For her son to thrive, Wu said, much about Hong Kong must outlive British sovereignty.

6.   More understandably, all reminders of British sovereignty will be expunged as the royal insignia are removed from the law courts and police uniforms are modified.

7.   On the other side of the debate, European integration is making it harder for unionists to argue for the indivisibility of British sovereignty in Northern Ireland.

8.   Spain has imposed strict border controls on Gibraltar in a fishing-rights dispute that has renewed debate on British sovereignty over the peninsula.

9.   The IRA also rejected demands that it disarm soon and declare an end to its war against British sovereignty.

10.   The IRA policy still calls for an end to British sovereignty in the province.