Example sentences of "long as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As long as damage is not too severe , a modern repair system such as that offered by Sterling Roncraft can restore wood prior to redecorating , and protect it against any further attack . |
| 2 | On the whole , however , I believe that , though school assembly should cease to be compulsory as an act of worship ( largely because it has long ceased to be that anyway ) , there should be a place in the timetable for the compulsory teaching of Christianity , as long as Church and State are linked . |
| 3 | The cancer was not eliminated , but its growth ceased , and for many years could be prevented from spreading to distant tissues as long as treatment with hormones continued . |
| 4 | As long as mum is alive and as long as I 'm able to look after her , there 's no way I could hold down a job . |
| 5 | Analysts said that as long as credit business remained negative it was unlikely consumer spending would revive significantly . |
| 6 | Should coal run out , it was argued that as long as hydrogen could be obtained ( eg from solar or nuclear sources ) plus carbon dioxide ( from chalk or air ) such processes would still be viable . |
| 7 | As long as the nutrition is kept , as long as choice is available as long as they 're popular with kids , then erm it might not be the . |
| 8 | As long as man has lain stone on stone , people have argued the need to show a respect for the work of their forebears . |
| 9 | As long as man eats unhealthy food ( the product of unhealthy soil ) , even in the right proportions , the medical profession will perforce have to continue to treat the inevitable results . |
| 10 | As long as Man 's intentions can be made to be good … |
| 11 | As long as work in the home ( 'housework' ) is not formally remunerated , women reach old age without the same rights and entitlements as those in paid employment . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , despite the earnest evangelical endeavours it is probably true to say that many bourgeois groups had little direct interest in working-class morality , as long as work relationships were secured . |
| 13 | The Conservatives believe that as long as government allows individuals to pursue their own goals their citizenship is served . |
| 14 | So as long as gender and race can be satisfactorily subordinated to class then Marxism does not need refuting , and history can be reasserted as the single narrative of the Third International . |
| 15 | Thus , if a forest is managed to achieve maximum growth rather than maximum timber volume , a characteristic of mature climax forest , it can both thrive and produce a substantial harvest in the long term ( provided no exogenous effects such as climatic change occur and as long as soil nutrient status is maintained ) . |
| 16 | While it was clear that as long as unanimity or qualified majorities were required , it was possible , as several of the member states were to do , for states to drag their heels and delay a programme . |
| 17 | In exactly the same way , the image of the lover can be preserved unchanged as long as life endures ; rather , the image can be enhanced and made more perfect . |
| 18 | The effect of that correlation between the production of each unit of living matter and the corresponding production of a unit of ‘ goodness ’ , each ‘ event ’ contributing to the ultimate goal of a happy humanity , will operate as long as life persists . |
| 19 | If it is improbable that any further major developments will come from this stock , it is also unlikely , on the evidence of the last six hundred million years , that the group will disappear as long as life remains possible at all in the seas of the world . |
| 20 | As long as Dad did n't know . |
| 21 | As long as architecture does not express a theme prosaically or literally , then it can have a multi-dimensional and enduring value . |
| 22 | And as long as casualism persisted there was little that local agencies could do to break the downward spiral of underemployment , overcrowding and deprivation . |
| 23 | There may well be only six runners in the King George , but as long as Desert Orchid runs the faithful will be there . |
| 24 | Correct proportion is of primary importance , as long as size is within the Standard s range . |
| 25 | As long as patience and care are applied , making up a switchmode power unit is no more difficult than any other sort . |
| 26 | As long as daimyo did not contravene the rulings of their nominal liege lord , the shogun , they could handle their own territory pretty much as they chose . |
| 27 | As long as drinking is controlled , there 's no reason why that should change . |
| 28 | With initial allocations of income at point 1 on for B and for A , there are clearly gains from trade to be had from the lowering of both incomes as long as adjustment is contained within the usual rugby ball shape . |
| 29 | If Britain were not a racist society , transracial adoption would not be an issue ; but as long as race relations continue their current path transracial adoption must be an area of concern . |
| 30 | As long as P(A) is greater than 0.5 ( i.e. subjects are performing above than chance level ) , category 1 in the collapsed scale should be used more often for targets than for distractors , conversely category 6 should be used more often for distractors than for targets . |