"It doesn't matter how," he said and I realized that it did matter a lot. "All that matters is that he doesn't kill Kusenov on British soil." "Suppose he stays on the pavement?" Tim asked. Mr Waverly swallowed hard. "I mean, we have to ensure that Kusenov is not killed while he is anywhere in Britain," he explained, choosing his words carefully.
OED: “soil, n.1” 1a: The earth or ground; the face or surface of the earth. OED: “soil, n.1” 3: A land or country; a region, province, or district. Two annotations on different levels of communication (Change of Communication Level).
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on British soil
on British territory
on the soil/ground/dirt one finds in Britain
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structure of two or more elements, expandable, may be composed ad hoc or be established components (e.g. phraseme, single phrase, figure).
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network of thematically, structurally and/or functionally linked sub-units, separated and independent from other complexes, and complete in itself (e.g. text; discourse; speech; poem; dramatic text; picture and circumstances of reception)
an in principle indefinite amount of thematically, structurally and/or functionally comparable complexes (e.g. thematically, structurally and/or functionally linked texts/discourses/speeches/pictures in comparison; political debate)
TYPE 3: reanalysis ORDER: P: Par1-->Par1+Par2; R: Par2 CONTEXT FEATURES: cognitive context; linguistic context (meta-language); sociocultural context
TYPE 3: reanalysis ORDER: P: Par1+Par2; R: Par1-->Par1+Par2 CONTEXT FEATURES: linguistic context (language knowledge, meta-language); cognitive context; sociocultural context (characters)
