That should result, the theory goes, in a profitable business.

But now that it had happened, all the theory went out of the window.

The more ways they can read, the theory goes, the better their skills become.

I don't want to see my theory go in the ash can.

That theory went into eclipse in the middle of the last century.

What the poor primarily need is more money, the theory goes.

In that enterprise, a little economic theory goes a long way.

My theory went: if I talked with her, they wouldn't talk to us.

These, the theory goes, are the keys to success in the working world.

And this, the theory goes, will lead to higher interest rates.