Theirs Sentence Examples

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  • Now, take theirs and do the same.

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  • My place was on the street behind theirs, one house over so the corners of our lots touched.

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  • The rest of the night was theirs to spend as they pleased.

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  • Its arrival pre-dated theirs, as it would have passed them back in the basin.

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  • Every act of theirs, which appears to them an act of their own will, is in an historical sense involuntary and is related to the whole course of history and predestined from eternity.

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  • She does not look like one of theirs.

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  • She was roused from her reverie by the talk of the maids in the next room (which was theirs) and by the sound of their hurried footsteps going to the back porch.

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  • Unlike the cold rain of her father's energy, theirs was warm and cheerful, like her bond to Jule.

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  • Theirs were not the everyday experiences of ordinary men, but of men lifted out of themselves and transported into a higher sphere.

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  • The United States mine nearly all of their iron ores, Austria-Hungary, Russia and France mine the greater part of theirs, but none of these countries exports much ore.

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  • Many of them are known as "Jogi," and lay claim to miraculous powers which they declare have become theirs by the practice of abstinence and extreme austerities.

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  • It was going to be hard, maybe even harder than finding his soul in the underworld, but the opportunity was theirs for the taking.

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  • His theories of life were very different from theirs; and they had taken a strong line against his Maxims of the Saints, holding that visionary theories of perfection were ill-fitted for a world where even the holiest could.

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  • This knowledge of theirs was not based on reflection, on scientific inquiry and proof, but on revelation.

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  • It was theirs to do with as they pleased and they chose to give it to you.

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  • Children seldom have any difficulty in understanding her; which suggests that her deliberate measured speech is like theirs, before they come to the adult trick of running all the words of a phrase into one movement of the breath.

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  • By these treaties, negotiated in 1866, the Cherokees gave the United States permission to settle other Indians on what was approximately the western half of their domain; the Seminoles, to whom the Creeks in 1855 had granted as their portion the strip between the Canadian river and its North Fork, ceded all of theirs, and the Creeks, Choctaws and Chickasaws ceded the western half of theirs back to the United States for occupancy by freedmen or other Indians.

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  • His disciples speak of theirs as the "exact philosophy," and the term well expresses their master's chief excellence and the character of the chief influence he has exerted upon succeeding thinkers of his own and other schools.

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  • The afternoon was theirs to use as they wished, and he always knew the best way to use it.

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  • And yet he knew war was not so simple between two clans with a history of blood feud as theirs had.

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  • She brought both hands to her face, realizing the diamond was theirs and then fell into his arms.

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  • The Chickasaws ceded their lands to the United States in 1816 and the Choctaws theirs in 1830-1832; and they removed to the Indian Territory.

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  • In this it resembled the middle ages rather than the Roman empire or the present day, and it resembled them all the more in that its love of beauty, like theirs, was mixed with a feeling for the fantastic and the grotesque.

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  • Moreover, if the white light come from a source at a higher temperature than theirs, the sections, or lines, absorbed by them show dark against a continuous background.

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  • It wasn't her business – it was theirs.

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  • A slave of theirs had denounced them to the Holy Office, and though the details of the accusation against them seem trivial and even contradictory, Antonio was condemned to death.

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  • They seemed very helpless in that pit of theirs.

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  • It seemed an invasion of his privacy, but he had insisted that it was now all theirs, not his.

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  • The Jews claimed that the city was theirs, because King Herod had founded it.

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  • But it does not, like theirs, sacrifice our personality; because, according to Fechner, the one divine consciousness includes us as a larger circle includes smaller circles.

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  • How this religion may have grown up and come to be theirs will be considered later.

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  • There were no sounds, no movement but theirs.

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  • He had actually talked about the baby as if it were theirs.

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  • But the chief responsibility was not his but theirs.

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  • Such a basis could not be found, and when Charles stirred up a fresh civil war and a Scottish invasion (1648) the leaders of the army vowed that, if victory was theirs, they would bring him to justice.

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  • My family and my pack will have to make theirs.

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  • It is to be monistic ideal realism, like that of Fichte and Hegel; not, however, like theirs idealistic in method, a Phantastisches Begrifsgebaude, but realistic in method, a Wissenschaftliche Philosophie.

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  • Tell them what job you would like to perform (theirs).

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  • My biggest tip is to get out of your own head and into theirs.

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  • The two stayed together through the years, even attempting to be lovers once, though they quickly realized theirs was a relationship of brother and sister.

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  • Her gaze followed her finger as she rested it on her name below theirs.

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  • The big names listed above will send theirs for free.

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  • Orpheus, Linus, Thamyris and Eumolpus were theirs, and in later days the Dardanii were noted for their love of music as well as for their uncleanliness.

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  • Protestantism; on the contrary, he yearned to beat these by their own weapons, chiefly by showing them that Catholics could interpret the Bible in a manner quite as mystical and pietistic as theirs.

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  • As the assemblies, said he, could not make permanent laws without the king's consent, " neither could he make a law for them without theirs."

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  • The clergy naturally stoutly defended the powers which they had long enjoyed and believed to be rightly theirs.

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  • Thus he traversed France, avoiding all ceremony, entering towns by back streets, receiving ambassadors in wayside huts, dining in public houses, enjoying the loose manners and language of his associates, and incidentally learning at first hand the condition of his people and the possibilities of using or taxing them - his needs of them rather than theirs of him.

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  • His efforts resulted in their liberation; he went himself to Brest in search of them; and a civic feast was decreed on his behalf and theirs, which gave occasion for one of the few poems published during his life by Andre Chenier.

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  • But his fame and influence now far exceeded theirs.

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  • The Black God's vamps haven't lost theirs, Damian said.

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  • These men will stand patiently guarding the spot which is theirs by right of " the first comer.

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  • The latter provide the excavation equipment in return for which all the finds are considered theirs by right.

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  • Theirs, yours, their wives, everyone they 've ever met.

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  • Why should I accept your claims over theirs identical ones?

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  • In order to operate at maximum efficiency, we must integrate our plans with theirs.

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  • While many couples realize the wedding is theirs, they often like to keep the feelings of their parents in the back of their minds when planning unusual aspects.

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  • Microsoft has jumped the gun and released its next-gen system, the Xbox 360, before Sony and Nintendo pushed theirs out the door.

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  • Working to include these aspects into your life may seem like a chore, but once you get started you'll be glad you did, for your own sake, as well as theirs.

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  • Between a more restricted social language (norms in our society were unacceptable in theirs, like cursing), different gestures and coloring, the movies certainly have a different feel.

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  • If a bid has already been entered, that bidder may be notified of your bid and have the opportunity to raise theirs.

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  • True Ravel fans will probably keep theirs and wear them often to remember when the company sold some of the most beautiful footwear around.

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  • For additional styling tips, you can see how Rihanna, Whitney Port, and Jessica Szhor wear theirs at StyleBakery.

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  • Younger kids can make theirs out of paper bags (slightly coated bags are a good choice because they are more durable), while older kids can use clean, label-free aluminum cans with adult supervision.

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  • They didn't have to wait long before a friend of theirs, Charlie Gillet, DJ of a London radio station, plugged their first album for them, entitled 'Dire Straits'.

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  • She rises above this by singing that these people will get theirs eventually, and that she hopes she'll be around to see it when it happens.

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  • Now their future is theirs to create or not, on their efforts alone.

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  • This message shows up on your home page as well as theirs.

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  • Of course, you're going to want to share this great insight with your other friends, whether it's to compare your answers to theirs or encourage them to try out the surveys themselves.

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  • That experience is the virtual satisfaction of having your restaurant succeed and grow, and watching your friends also build theirs.

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  • When a female voice answered, he pressed the speaker button and the phone call became theirs.

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  • In spite of the happy group that greeted him, Fred's somber mood didn't mirror theirs.

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  • Maybe she didn't want her wedding day overshadowed by theirs.

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  • Gabe and a few other assassins in black fought off hordes of demons.  Surprised, Rhyn launched into the melee with his dagger.  He slashed through several demons before the creatures realized he was there.  Wanting to keep them off balance, he morphed into his demon form and shredded the creatures with talons and fangs as deadly as theirs.

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  • She'd never be able to trust someone with everything or find her equal the way Damian and Dusty had found theirs.

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  • But it neither raised the prestige of the papacy, nor could it satisfy the Italians, who rightly regarded the Roman see as theirs.

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  • If his influence or theirs dictated her policy, there is no evidence of any objection to the union of the secular power with the highpriesthood.

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  • Idumaean or Philistine of Ascalon, Antipater had displayed the capacity of his adoptive or adopted nation for his own profit and theirs.

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  • Erigena translated Dionysius into Latin along with the commentaries of Maximus, and his system is, essentially based upon theirs.

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  • The master (dominus) could inflict on his coloni " moderate chastisement," and could chain them if they attempted to escape, but they had a legal remedy against him for unjust demands or injury to them or theirs.

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  • The break-up or sale of obsolete warships is a diminution of the paper effective of a navy, and their purchase by another state a paper increase of theirs.

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  • To obviate the unsteadiness of motion which this tends to cause, the shafts are provided with a second set of cranks at right angles to the first, connected by means of a similar coupling-rod, so that one set of cranks pass their dead points at the instant when the other set are farthest from theirs.

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  • With one exception, that of Moshesh, the chief of the Basutos, none of the chiefs with whom treaties were made were men powerful enough to found kingdoms, nor had they, in most cases, any better right than their neighbours to the territory recognized as theirs by the British government.

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  • A sense of utterly untamed wilderness beckons tantalizingly at the capital's boundaries, reminding the inhabitants of a life that was once theirs.

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  • When she called it his money, he always corrected her and said it was theirs.

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  • He would take them to see his father if they wished, but his father's life was nothing like theirs.

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  • Even after the discussion of the case with Bacon, he would not give his opinion until the others had handed in theirs.

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  • The Zulus under Cetywayo claimed the ceded district as theirs and the Swazis as their subjects and for over ten years no white farmers were able to settle in the district.

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  • Those members who stood out were, indeed, bought by a lavish distribution of money and coronets; but the advantages to Ireland which might reasonably be expected from the Union were many and obvious; and if all the promises held out by the promoters of the measure have even now not been realized, the fault is not theirs.

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  • However cruel and rapacious the Vikings may have been, the work of disorder and ruin was not all theirs.

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  • With surrogacy, they could follow the pregnancy with ultrasounds, knowing that the baby was actually theirs.

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  • Seven British children even study in the local school, and a fellow countrywoman of theirs teaches Bulgarians English there.

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  • A blood stem cell donor whose tissue type matches theirs could mean the difference between life & death.

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  • Theirs was the affectation of respectability; if indeed there be an affectation so honorable.

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  • The United States have the cleanest hands, and even theirs are not immaculate.

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  • Northstar also does say that this project of theirs is actually the latest in their list of lowered floor side entry minivan conversion.

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  • Should any side show a modicum of consistency in a cramped leading pack, then a clear run to promotion might be theirs.

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  • The ultimate standard is still ours, not theirs.

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  • We, two market traders, had ours within 24 hours, they were still waiting for theirs.

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  • They live in a 3-bedroomed house, and I live in a little outhouse with a friend of theirs, Marianne Robbins.

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  • Theirs is the language we all still use now, and the one we are trying to become reflexive about.

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  • Indeed, Anglicanism has a natural inbuilt reticence to ' stealing ' from lower levels the decision-making responsibilities that are properly theirs.

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  • Some of our men met some of theirs half way, and the officers arranged a truce till midnight on Christmas Day.

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  • But it is a mistake to assert, as many have asserted, that after the era of the above ten mastersthe latest of whom, SOmin, ceased to work in 187 InO bronzes comparable with theirs were cast.

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  • The amiable duke and duchess of Luxembourg, who were his neighbours at Montlouis, made his acquaintance, or rather forced theirs upon him, and he was industrious in his literary work - indeed, most of his best books were produced during his stay in the neighbourhood of its author in effigy.

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  • Davies, "that the different manner of constructing the needle amongst the Chinese and European navigators shows the independence of the Chinese of us, as theirs is the worse method, and had they copied from us, they would have used the better one" (Thomson's British Annual, 1837, p. 291).

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  • The titles which he bestowed on them carried little power, and served chiefly to denote the shares of the paternal inheritance which were to be theirs after his death.

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  • Mr. Irons, a neighbour of theirs, was a good Latin scholar; it was arranged that I should study under him.

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  • The soldiers, for the most part handsome fellows and, as is always the case in an artillery company, a head and shoulders taller and twice as broad as their officer--all looked at their commander like children in an embarrassing situation, and the expression on his face was invariably reflected on theirs.

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  • I give this order in my brother's name; and tell them that what is ours is theirs.

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  • The rapidity of the Russian pursuit was just as destructive to our army as the flight of the French was to theirs.

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  • Theirs is an impassioned approach to free jazz allied with certain rock sensibilities.

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  • I 'd promised myself I would n't have a dessert but theirs sounded far too tempting !

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  • Make the company theirs and loyalty is no longer an issue it 's a fait accompli.

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  • You owe it to yourself and your kids to incorporate Time-Out into your life and theirs today.

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  • The exhibition is uniquely theirs and is not just another children 's exhibition created by adults.

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  • By thus ensuring that additional savings are theirs to enjoy, the state can set new rules for personal saving and employer contributions.

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  • Can they show you receipts or past valuations to prove it is theirs to sell?

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  • The rich market for Sea Bass is theirs for the taking.

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  • In his absence, Alcester made the game theirs scoring 10 unanswered points.

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  • A sense of utterly untamed wilderness beckons tantalizingly at the capital 's boundaries, reminding the inhabitants of a life that was once theirs.

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  • If you have other children, you have to recognize that the loss of your baby isn't just your loss but theirs as well.

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  • While other celebrity kids were squandering their money, the Olsen twins were investing theirs by establishing Dualstar Entertainment Group, a multi-divisional corporate umbrella.

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  • It seemed as if theirs was one of the more stable marriages in Hollywood, but alas, Hilary and Chad had their problems too.

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  • Manufacturers who clearly state that theirs are not the genuine article (and not buried somewhere in the fine print, but right out in the open) are doing a legitimate and legal business.

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  • For most people the benefit of having a ring that is as special and unique as themselves, that can't be found on anyone else's finger but theirs, far outweighs the cost.

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  • Pete said a freight wagon the size of theirs would normally only travel ten to twelve miles a day, but the seats he had put in for the riders reduced the weight they could carry.

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  • Orders the English courtiers to have theirs cut short too, to show sympathy, but grows his own long again quite soon.

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  • But theirs,' he says, 'are white as paper and not so much smell as a whiff of gunpowder.'

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  • First " thine own ", and then theirs !

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  • The Apprentice Boys felt this decision was not theirs to make and was a matter for the RUC.

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  • These men have made Iraq theirs by right of conquest, not law.

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  • In contrast to other bids we received theirs was very high, but they have the most experience.

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  • This is another reason why crate training is so valuable; it gives dogs a safe haven and space that is exclusively theirs.

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  • It could also lead to inappropriate marking of the house because the cat will try to let the dog know that this territory is theirs.

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  • Consumers may be asked to pay off a debt that isn't really theirs, and despite their denials of responsibility, the creditor may keep aggressively pursuing payment.

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  • Alice, Tym, and David got to see videos of their potential clients and the rooms that were to be remodeled, but they did not find out which job would be theirs until they arrived at their destinations.

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  • In addition, if you refer other submitters you can earn three cents for each file of theirs that gets downloaded.

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  • In light of these expectations, it's easy to see why many high school students get the feeling that their teachers don't understand they're taking five or six other classes in addition to theirs.

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  • When a player was seen to be a valuable part of the team, or had achieved some sort of big accomplishment, they were allowed to keep their uniform, while the average players had to return theirs at the end of the year.

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  • While not everyone has access to the Internet at home, just about all high schools now have computers that are Internet ready, and most teens who do not have Internet at home will have a friend or two who will let them use theirs.

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  • If you are planning your own special day, or helping a friend of member of your family with theirs, finding good wedding planning books can provide both help and inspiration.

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  • Theirs were long, straight tops with slit necklines and short sleeves that were worn over another garment and typically belted at the waist.

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  • Generally, if a housing unit becomes available, statistics show that at least 10 seniors are waiting hopefully for the rental to be theirs.

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  • Eyeglass.com does have theirs set aside for shoppers looking for this specific look, however.

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  • When you meet other trainers you can pit your Pokémon against theirs.

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  • However, T-Mobile customers were able to pre-order theirs almost a month earlier and the devices were scheduled to be shipped at the end of July.

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  • They find it difficult to share since they are just starting to learn who they are and what is theirs.

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  • There is no point in wasting your time or theirs by overestimating your creditworthiness or the amount you can afford to invest into a new home.

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  • They should be given different toys and different clothes that are just theirs.

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  • For example, Hog's Breath, a Key West, Florida saloon, has theirs in October.

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  • With terrific attitudes like theirs, it's no wonder that folks clamor to meet The Roar!

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  • Websites such as Craigslist and eBay often offer Sharp microwaves, used and new, from retailers or individuals who wish to get rid of theirs.

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  • Those who donate hair to help those who have lost theirs due to chemotherapy give more than just their hair.

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  • If you can find out when the other schools are having their fundraising event, try to schedule yours before theirs.

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  • This designated spot is all theirs to go crazy decorating any way they want with their ornaments.

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  • Fortunately, for you, this decision is not theirs to make; it is yours.

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  • One of the great things about sending a text message is that since it is going directly from your phone to theirs, it is basically the equivalent of a whisper in their ear.

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  • Children will take more responsibility for their belongings when they feel a sense of pride toward what is theirs.

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  • Kids love "owning" items, and this is a great way to make something exclusively theirs.

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  • They may be a bit shy at first to show theirs, but the odds are very good that they'll appreciate your funny bone.

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  • Bo and Hope anchor their family while Victor and Stefano create havoc for theirs.

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  • Some people take their inspiration from fine art, and others take theirs from life, as is in the case of portrait tattoos.

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  • Some girls get their first bra in middle school, often a training bra, but others wait until early high school to find theirs.

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  • You will find that theirs are more patterned and bold, but they fit perfectly on petite frames.

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  • If there is no need for video on your blog, don't put it on just because your favorite band did on theirs - they needed it, you may not.

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  • One of the more interesting policies of theirs is ex-servicemen will be made to keep a loaded assault rifle at home.

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  • Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness ' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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  • I'd promised myself I wouldn't have a dessert but theirs sounded far too tempting!

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  • Now the rest of Roll Deep are to claim what is rightfully theirs.

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  • Its raison d'etre undertaken by the public sector.' Voluntary and community groups need to take control of civil renewal because it is rightly theirs.

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  • The exhibition is uniquely theirs and is not just another children's exhibition created by adults.

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  • Teachers allowed students to manage the board, but the context was entirely theirs and they retained control over the content and the questions.

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  • First " thine own ", and then theirs!

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  • The children from the other chapels had theirs during the summer.

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  • In the absence of other competing interests his religious beliefs and duties occupy a much larger share of his attention than the votaries of many higher faiths bestow on theirs; and though his ethical range may be very limited, yet the total influence of his religion in determining for him what he may do and what he may not, brings the greater part of conduct under its control.

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  • The owners of these properties think it is easy money and rightfully theirs to take.

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  • Ask to use theirs or travel with them as they use theirs.

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  • I combined my experiences with theirs and then consulted a pro at successful travel with other women, my sister, Michelle.

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  • Wine glass charms are available where wine glasses are sold, and they allow your guests to identify which glass is theirs by attaching to the stem.

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  • Other locations, such as Tailgaters Grille & Drafthouse in York, Pennsylvania, stay true to bikini season, often hosting theirs in June.

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  • It wasn't her business – it was theirs.

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