Which preposition to use with territories

of Occurrences 1135%

The territory of Morosofia is about 150 miles square.

in Occurrences 243%

It is well-nigh impossible to tell the truth of these recent discoveries of gold, but while I can only briefly describe the territory in this small work, it shall be my endeavor to give the intending prospector, in the large work above mentioned, as many facts as possible, and these may thoroughly be relied upon, as from one who has lived continuously in those regions since 1882.

to Occurrences 91%

But since it descended to me, on the east we were defeated by Ts'e, and then my eldest son perished; on the west we lost seven hundred li of territory to Ts'in; and on the south we have sustained disgrace at the hands of Ts'oo.

on Occurrences 76%

All know how, in Article 428 of the treaty, it is laid down, as a guarantee of the execution of the treaty terms on the part of Germany, or rather as a more extended military guarantee for France, that German territory on the west bank of the Rhine and the bridgeheads are to be occupied by allied and associated troops for fifteen years, methods and regulations for such occupation following in Articles 429 and 432.

from Occurrences 67%

There was about 12,000 gallons of whisky imported into the territory from Canada the past year.

by Occurrences 62%

Add to this her harsh and brutish ill-treatment of the Belgian civilian people, her ravage of their ancient buildings and works of art, and her clearly expressed intention both in word and deed to annex their territory by force should the fortunes of war favour herall these facts, which we may say are proven beyond the shadow of a doubt, form a most serious indictment.

of Occurrences 61%

Within the Territories of the Grand Seignior, and this a Palace of Pleasure, where he recreates himself with his Mistresses.

for Occurrences 53%

The winter of 1853-54 was spent by father at our little prairie home in cutting house logs and fence rails, which he intended to use on his farm, as soon as the bill for the opening of the territory for settlement should pass.

with Occurrences 49%

In pre-war times the ancient continent supplied new continents and new territories with a hardy race of pioneers, and held the record as regards population, both adult and infantile, the prevalence of women over men being especially noted by statisticians.

BETWEEN Occurrences 43%

II THE PROBLEMS OF THE DEEP SEA III ON SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE EXPEDITION OF H.M.S. "CHALLENGER" IV YEAST V ON THE FORMATION OF COAL [1870] (A Lecture delivered at the Philosophical Institute, Bradford.) VI ON THE BORDER TERRITORY BETWEEN THE ANIMAL AND THE VEGETABLE KINGDOMS (A Friday evening Lecture delivered at the Royal Institution.)

as Occurrences 40%

England lay in wait until the favourable opportunity for inflicting a lasting injury upon Germany should come, and promptly seized upon the unavoidable German invasion of Belgian territory as a pretext for draping her own brutal national egotism in a mantle of decency.

at Occurrences 38%

Six feet in his gymnasium shoes, and with a ripple of muscle beneath the well-fitting, well-advertised Campus Coat for College Men, he had emerged from the three years into man's complete estate, which, at nineteen, is that patch of territory at youth's feet known as "the world."

under Occurrences 30%

He next went to the aid of the Aedui, ancient allies of Rome, against the Arverni and Sequani, who had invaded the Aeduan territory under a German chieftain, Ariovistus.

into Occurrences 29%

Since yesterday bomb-dropping airmen have come into Baden and Bavaria; further, by violating Belgian neutrality, they have fled over Belgian territory into the Rhine province and tried to destroy our railways.

within Occurrences 27%

The territory within the seas would embrace nine divisions, each of a thousand li square.

without Occurrences 15%

Apart from her colonies, Germany has given up all her mercantile marine fleet, her submarine cables, much railway material and war material, government property in ceded territory without any diminution of the amount of public debts, etc.

beyond Occurrences 14%

The formula (Art. 119) is that Germany renounces in favour of the leading allied and associated Powers all her territories beyond the seas.

over Occurrences 11%

The object, therefore, for which the American government fought, was the perpetual maintenance of that peculiar state of things which the federal union had created,a state of things in which, throughout the whole vast territory over which the Union holds sway, questions between states, like questions between individuals, must be settled by legal argument and judicial decisions and not by wager of battle.

than Occurrences 11%

It showed the want of dignity in Louis, who, rather than run the hazard of a battle, agreed to subject his kingdom to a tribunal, and thus acknowledge the superiority of a neighboring prince possessed of less power and territory than himself.

around Occurrences 10%

The matter was hurried through Congress; the Northern Democrats made no serious opposition, since they saw in this annexation a vast accession of territory around the Gulf of Mexico, of indefinite extent.

against Occurrences 9%

Such levies are certainly more fit to pillage the Emperor's coast-towns than to defend his territory against the foreign enemy.

during Occurrences 9%

Attempts at foreign invasion of France were renewed very often and in many parts of Gallo-Frankish territory during the whole duration of the Carlovingian dynasty, and, even though they failed, they caused the population of the kingdom to suffer from cruel ravages.

through Occurrences 8%

Many blessings will come to us and our territory through him."

in Occurrences 8%

The amount which has been heretofore sold by the United States, distinguishing between the States and Territories in which it is situated.

along Occurrences 6%

1911 WILLIAM T. ELLIS THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS Italy, by her sudden action in seizing possession of Tripoli in September of 1911, established the authority and suzerainty of western Europe over the last unclaimed strip of territory along the African shore of the Mediterranean.

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