Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adv] as [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any sign of infestation calls for inspection and treatment by a reputable and approved wood treatment company , one that is likely to stay in existence for as long as its guarantee period . |
| 2 | The complex is open every day from 9.00am to 9.00pm and admission is £2 during the day and £3 in the evening for as long as your arms can take it . |
| 3 | Sectarianism and bigotry will stay on the terraces for as long as our society stays in its current mess , but the vast majority of all fans are only interested in one thing — seeing their team win . |
| 4 | Then , when it started to go down , he 'd open his eyes and concentrate on Emily for as long as his self-control would allow . |
| 5 | They will therefore be interested in the firm only in so far as its activities and financial structure influence the risk class of the bonds . |
| 6 | But capitalism , after Indian independence , was ( in so far as its effects on the rural population were concerned ) merely following along the paths established by British colonialism and British capitalism . |
| 7 | As the minutes of the conclusions of the conference stated : " Various cases have recently been referred to this HQ in which doubt has been raised as to whether certain formations and groups should be treated as Soviet Nationals in so far as their return to the Soviet Union direct from 5 Corps is concerned . " |
| 8 | According to Marsh and his colleagues ( 1978 ) police intervention is often welcomed by the hooligans in so far as their presence provides a safety valve and prevents the aggro from going too far . |
| 9 | Thus , the Report considers the universities mainly in so far as their influence could be seen to be reflected back on the school system examinations and the home . |
| 10 | The Court has already held , in its judgment of 23 November 1989 in the Torfaen case , that national rules governing the opening hours of retail premises reflect certain political and economic choices in so far as their purpose is to ensure that working and non-working hours are so arranged as to accord with national or regional socio-cultural characteristics , and that , in the present state of Community law , is a matter for the member states . |
| 11 | However , in so far as their purpose is purely redistributive , it seems difficult to provide a rationale for price subsidies or in-kind transfers rather than cash transfers , and yet these latter forms of assistance are extremely important components of public expenditure ( see , e.g. Brennan and Pincus 1983 ) . |
| 12 | In the morass of detail Mills brings forward to describe his ‘ power elite ’ , it is easy to ignore this fundamental assumption which precedes his empirical work : ‘ In so far as the power elite is composed of men of similar origin and education , in so far as their careers and their styles of life are similar , there are psychological and social bases for their unity , resting upon the fact that they are of similar social type and leading to the fact of their easy intermingling ’ . |
| 13 | Why ca n't the woman be assessed as an individual , and benefit paid in so far as her resources are insufficient to meet her requirements ? |
| 14 | In other words , a child with an MLU which falls below the bottom of this range is relatively unusual in so far as her MLU is lower than about 85 per cent of ordinary children . |
| 15 | Jane Cox was 21 , attractive , single and hardworking in so far as her condition allowed . |
| 16 | But in so far as his criticism is based on the right to freedom of expression and its particular relevance where a local or central government authority is concerned , I consider that aspect in the next section of this judgment . |
| 17 | Apollinaire , who in Les Peintres Cubistes had defined Orphic Cubism as being represented only by Delaunay , Léger , Picabia , Duchamp and Picasso in so far as his use of light was significant , now saw Orphic tendencies in Laurencin , Gleizes and Metzinger , and later ( more understandably ) in La Fresnaye . |
| 18 | ‘ What I could n't see was how the life and death of Someone Else ( whoever he was ) 2000 years ago could help us here and now — except in so far as his example helped us . ’ |
| 19 | The adulterer is the cause of this in so far as his/her act has allowed a superhuman being to attack the spouse . |
| 20 | In so far as our religion is our vision of the world , if that vision comes no longer to seem ethical , then it will be discarded . |
| 21 | He was correct in so far as our forebears were piteously shattered but quite wrong in thinking that they could be subjugated . |
| 22 | The receiver was snatched at the first ring and Massingham 's disciplined impatience came across as strongly as his voice . |