Example sentences of "claim to [noun] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Less than a week after achieving full independence on June 19 [ see p. 18159 ] , Kuwait was threatened by a claim to sovereignty over the whole of its territory by the Iraqi leader , Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem . |
| 2 | When Argentina recognises the right to self-determination and freedom of association of the Falklands people , and gives up her claim to sovereignty over the territory , we might be more amenable to trade and contact . |
| 3 | However , he confirmed that Argentina 's claim to sovereignty over the Falklands , set to one side during the negotiations , would continue to be pursued in international forums . |
| 4 | It concerned Canterbury 's claim to primacy over the whole of the British Isles . |
| 5 | Several years passed before the claim to authority over the archbishop of York was put to the test . |