Sentence examples for established sovereignty from inspiring English sources

"By now [the navy has] established sovereignty in that whole territory," said Daniel Ortega, its president.

"By now [the navy has] established sovereignty in that whole territory," said Daniel Ortega, the president.

Deviating from its strictly maritime policy, Venice established sovereignty over Treviso, thereby ensuring its own food supply but also taking on the defense of a land frontier.

When, threatened by a conqueror, they covenant for protection by promising obedience, they have established "sovereignty by acquisition".

But Japan's Foreign Ministry says on its website that Japan established sovereignty over the islands by the mid 17th Century, its sailors using it as a "navigational port, docking point for ships and a rich fishing ground".

But China remains interested in establishing sovereignty over territory it believes is rightly its own.

Their attempt to establish sovereignty was thwarted by the zamorin (hereditary ruler) of Calicut.

The San Francisco Peace Treaty between Japan and the Allies in 1951 did not clearly establish sovereignty of the islands.

As it did in the southern city of Basra last month, the Iraqi government advanced its goal of establishing sovereignty and curtailing the powers of the militias.

Establishing sovereignty on a territory perceived as occupied or dominated by non-Muslims.

These are equally legitimate ways of establishing sovereignty, according to Hobbes, and their underlying motivation is the same namely fear whether of one's fellows or of a conqueror.