Example sentences of "that theirs " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shorts are betting that theirs is an industry with a bright future . |
| 2 | Correctly surmising that theirs was the room with the broken bolt hanging from the door , he entered it just as I was catching up with him . |
| 3 | The police responded by re-routing the march to the Catholic sector of the town but NICRA refused to accept this , since it would have implied that theirs was a sectarian march . |
| 4 | They represent to the world that theirs is a relationship based on strong human emotions , exclusive commitment to each other , and permanence . |
| 5 | Advertisers are not allowed to name other products , or claim that theirs is ‘ the best ’ , but these vague comparisons imply that brand X is better than all the opposition . |
| 6 | All claim that they are not writing for clever people but this does not mean that theirs is the voice of a simple , unlettered piety . |
| 7 | Just under half of the housewives ( 49% ) agree with Barbara Cartland and Lady Lothian ( organiser of the Women Of The Year lunches and patron of the National Council of Women ) that theirs should be a salaried job . |
| 8 | But it certainly could not be said of the master-manufacturers that theirs was the whisper of a faction , nor of the unions in their post-1832 revolutionary phase that theirs was the voice of the nation . |
| 9 | But it certainly could not be said of the master-manufacturers that theirs was the whisper of a faction , nor of the unions in their post-1832 revolutionary phase that theirs was the voice of the nation . |
| 10 | The padre told them that they must not think that theirs was a wasted journey . |
| 11 | Briefly she allowed herself to think that theirs was a normal , everyday sort of thing , with people to meet and places to go ; with a life that they could share . |
| 12 | JR had a feeling that theirs would be a hotch potch of additions and amendments over many years , and written in semi-archaic English , with scant regard for cohesion and the most recent legislation . |
| 13 | Most of the Cubists were united in declaring that theirs was an art of realism , and in so far as Cubism was concerned with reinterpreting the external world in a detached , objective way it was also in a sense a classical art . |
| 14 | Pluralists do not deny such a possibility , even probability ; they simply say that theirs is the pragmatic solution to the difficult methodological problems involved in the analysis of power and interests ( discussed in chapters 3 and 4 respectively ) . |
| 15 | He had concluded that there was no likelihood of a breach of the peace , largely , it would seem , because the protesters had emphasised that theirs was to be a peaceful event . |
| 16 | Her friends all thought that theirs was a match made in heaven , the union of two gilded human beings . |
| 17 | When in January 1645 the French agreed to give the Dutch representatives the coveted title of " Excellency " this at once led to demands from the imperial electors that theirs must be given it also . |
| 18 | Just be prepared for Connemara enthusiasts to tell you that theirs is the only breed worth bothering about , Welsh Cob experts too insist that nothing compares with a good Section D and Highland/Fell/Dales etc exhibitors feel exactly the same ! |