Example sentences of "so long as it [verb] not " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Just so long as it does n't get in here . ’
2 Moreover , the value of each gene can change any amount , so long as it does n't stray into double figures .
3 So long as it does n't interfere with your work ! ’ he snarled , and , as if he could no longer bear to be in the same room with her , he turned and strode from her sitting-room , through her hall , and out of her flat .
4 Again and again in the night hours she thought of him , of his aggression and of the barely veiled hint in his parting shot ‘ so long as it does n't interfere with your work ! ’ that for all she had , so far , gone along with everything he had decreed , she could still find herself out of a job if she did n't toe the line .
5 It 's great — so long as it does n't rain too hard !
6 Whatever so long as it does n't matter , do n't worry about it , why you upset ?
7 We do n't really mind if people get an attack of flu , so long as it does n't kill them , er if you recover then fine , but , and that 's really what the vaccine does , so it 's , it 's , it 's particularly good at actually stopping people dying from , from flu .
8 Damp is acceptable so long as the cellar is not in use and so long as it does not rise above the ground floor dpc .
9 An extra incentive can be useful so long as it does not become a too regular ( relied upon ) habit .
10 Whatever we honestly desire , imagine and expect — so long as it does not conflict with our thoughts , beliefs and attitudes — will happen .
11 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 . ’
12 If you cut off your nose and ears before we perform , I shall not complain , so long as it does not mar your ability to dance . ’
13 Where the plan is subordinate to the verbal description it may be referred to in order to elucidate boundaries , so long as it does not conflict with anything explicit in the verbal description ( Wiggington & Milner v Winster Engineering [ 1978 ] 3 All ER 436 ) .
14 By and large , Parliament and the judiciary have taken the view that free speech is a very good thing so long as it does not cause trouble .
15 Yet all that feeling , all that energy , discharged itself into the void so long as it did not flow down one of the channels that made the great wheels turn — in Edinburgh , in London and Paris .
16 There could , indeed , be no two opinions as to the right of every one of the great national subdivisions of Europe to dispose of itself , independently of its neighbours in all internal matters , so long as it did not encroach upon the liberty of others .
17 It matters not how strong the persuasion was , so long as it did not overbear the independence of the patient 's decision .
18 His position could be summed up as saying that so long as it has not been established beyond doubt that God does not exist , we should believe in God .
19 The good news is that the most common infestation , by the woodworm — or anobium punctatum or furniture beetle , call it what you will — can be treated , so long as it has not gone too far into the timbers , at a cost of a few hundred pounds .
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