| claim sovereignty | 18.96 | Both sides claimed sovereignty. | ||
| violate sovereignty | 7.57 | Iraq says such inspections violate its sovereignty. | ||
| recognize sovereignty | 6.25 | No country has recognized its sovereignty. | ||
| have sovereignty | 2.76 | But Israel has sovereignty. | ||
| retain sovereignty | 2.57 | But overall sovereignty would be retained by Israel. | ||
| regain sovereignty | 2.17 | China regained sovereignty over Hong Kong last July. | ||
| relinquish sovereignty | 1.97 | Israel says it will never relinquish sovereignty over all of the city. | ||
| resume sovereignty | 1.91 | China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong on July. | ||
| cite sovereignty | 1.71 | Iraq cites national sovereignty. | ||
| demand sovereignty | 1.51 | But Arafat demanded full sovereignty. | ||
| recognise sovereignty | 1.38 | A way forward would be to get him to recognise Croatian sovereignty. | ||
| share sovereignty | 1.38 | Negotiations reportedly center on a plan to share sovereignty. | ||
| assert sovereignty | 1.32 | China swiftly asserted its sovereignty. | ||
| infringe sovereignty | 1.32 | Baghdad has rejected the resolution as infringing its sovereignty. | ||
| undermine sovereignty | 1.32 | Mahathir reiterated his belief that free trade can undermine national sovereignty. | ||
| accept sovereignty | 1.25 | He has said he would support autonomy that accepts Chinese sovereignty. | ||
| maintain sovereignty | 1.25 | Israel will maintain sovereignty. | ||
| threaten sovereignty | 1.25 | One reason, he says, is that the accord will threaten American sovereignty. | ||
| respect sovereignty | 1.18 | We do respect their sovereignty. | ||
| defend sovereignty | 1.12 | It will also help Romania defend its sovereignty. |