allegiance

Preposition: of

• people: Let us start with allegiance of the people involved.
• majority: Here in loyal Ulster there should be no question where the allegiance of the vast majority of people lie.

Possessives

people: As this book will hopefully show, motor sport develops fast and people's allegiance to Oulton Park sticks.

Converse of object

• swear: Anyone failing to swear allegiance would suffer the full penalty of the law.
• owe: Some of these owed a very shaky allegiance to the new republic.
• profess: The decline in the number of people professing allegiance to Christianity is alarming.
• pledge: As part of the induction he was baptized with wine and took some solemn oaths pledging allegiance to the Clan Chief.
• switch: Have to say the first guy who scored against us was pretty hot too - nearly switched allegiance mid way!
• declare: The province's security forces and the 10th army division deployed in Basra have declared allegiance to Maliki.

Adjective modifier

• tribal: We wanted to get away from basing the building on our tribal allegiances.
• political: Swedish papers, I was told, have to declare their political allegiance.
• religious: Property qualifications rather than political or religious allegiance carried weight.
• ultimate: His commitment to both camps, however, makes the question of his ultimate allegiance a difficult one.
• blind: This is exactly what occurred in the blind allegiance to the Newtonian paradigm.
• true: This really highlights his true allegiance - he is loyal to those that are directly under his command and that is it.

Noun used with modifier

• pledge: A person like me can never pledge allegiance to a person like him.. .
• party: People allow their views to be swayed by their party allegiance.
• class: It is essential to recognize that, in such cases, there is likely to be a degree of ambivalence about their class allegiances.
• switch: Had disgruntled Labor supporters stayed at home rather than switch allegiances?
• community: However, some people find such friendships to be problematic, rather in the way that community allegiances may be.