Example sentences of "be [vb pp] so long as [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 He therefore directed that if J. were to suffer a life-threatening event while in the health authority 's care and the required drugs and equipment were or could reasonably be made available , the health authority should cause such measures ( including artificial ventilation ) to be applied so long as they were capable of prolonging his life .
2 British law in this area is roughly based on the liberal precept that immorality may only be tolerated so long as it remains a wholly private matter .
3 Yet this very claim for monarchy implies a limitation : the irrational and reverential institution is to be tolerated so long as it serves its function .
4 Journalists do not mind being reminded so long as they do not think you are pressing them to write something they can not be sure will be published .
5 In Jordan v. Burgoyne Lord Parker C.J. made the point that the expressions ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting ’ are all ‘ very strong words , ’ and Lord Reid in Brutus v. Cozens repeated the warning against too expansive a reading of the section , observing that ‘ vigorous and it may be distasteful or unmannerly speech or behaviour is permitted so long as it does not go beyond any of these limits . ’
6 Deer can be hunted , for example , whatever the reason , and nothing wrong is done so long as they are not overhunted .
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