6 sentences with 'theirs'
Example sentences and phrases with the word theirs and other words derived from it.
• « During his rule it was said that "what distinguishes the Prussians from other peoples is that theirs is not a country with an army. They have an army and a country that serves it". »
• « To be clear, South and Central America were important regions within the global trade network, but the Spanish state itself did not enjoy the same level of direct control over its colonial possessions, or power derived from them, as its European rivals did over theirs. »
• « In the late 19th century, this indigenous Russian version of socialist theory merged with Marxism, as a number of radical Russian thinkers sought to determine how a Marxist revolution could occur in a society such as theirs that remained largely feudal. »
• « In a moment of prescience with a French officer, Ho Chi Minh once prophesied that "they will kill ten of our men, but we will kill one of theirs and they will be exhausted". »
• « The Suez Canal crisis demonstrated that the US dominated its allies' policy decisions almost as completely as the Soviets dominated theirs. The US could not run its allied governments as puppet states, but it could directly shape their foreign policy. »
• « The situation became more complicated for the Buenos Aires Junta when news of the defeat suffered at Huaqui reached them and Elío asked the Portuguese monarchy in Brazil for help. This led, in October 1811, to the Junta signing a treaty with Elío in which it was agreed that Buenos Aires would withdraw its troops from the Banda Oriental, that the Portuguese would do the same with theirs and that the Montevideo ships would not blockade Buenos Aires. »