Example sentences of "[adv] as they [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More generally on durability , it seems that the requirement that the goods be of merchantable quality is a continuing requirement that they will continue to be of merchantable quality for a reasonable period after delivery so long as they remain in the same apparent state as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . |
| 2 | In Lambert v. Lewis ( 1981 H.L. ) Lord Diplock said that the condition of fitness for purpose was a continuing obligation ‘ that the goods will continue to be fit for that purpose for a reasonable time after delivery , so long as they remain in the same apparent state and condition as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . ’ |
| 3 | ( p93 ) It would appear that as long as the buyer communicates the purpose for which the goods are required , he does not have to specify all of the particular applications so long as they fall within the scope of normal purpose . |
| 4 | It 's the same with interest rates ; as long as they stay within a relatively narrow band , we can plan ahead . |
| 5 | But it will be hard to accept that these people are serious about democracy — or can do much more to further its cause — so long as they stay in the same party as democracy-haters . |
| 6 | Modern society , it may be argued , is not like a set of neatly intermeshing and well-oiled cogs , but rather a game in which groups of players have considerable discretion so long as they keep within a set of rules which are often themselves rather loosely defined or at least open to negotiation and change . |
| 7 | By way of contrast members of a moral or rule-based association share nothing other than their recognition of the authority of those practices ; sharers of a common language , for example , may say what they like so long as they comply with the canons of that language . |
| 8 | Independent soft-commission brokers regard it as an acceptable method of payment so long as they deal at the best price . |
| 9 | The former mandatory distinction , between brokers , who acted only as agents for their clients , and jobbers who acted only as market-making principals , has disappeared ; as a result of ‘ Big Bang ’ , firms may now act as either , so long as they disclose to the client whether they are acting as agents or principals . |
| 10 | The book is based on the year that Mackay spent in London in 1887–1888 and describes events of that Jubilee Year , especially as they touched on the lives of the socialist and anarchist German exiles there . |
| 11 | The aim of the project was to examine various aspects of the functioning of financial markets especially as they related to the personal sector . |
| 12 | This suggests that the foreign exchange markets are now more sensitive to actual and prospective interest rate developments , especially as they impact on the key reserve currencies . |
| 13 | Any morning you could see them tearing through the tree-tops , chasing each other up and down as they searched for the red berries that they loved . |
| 14 | Long after Sarella felt they should have been slowing to cross the drawbridge into the courtyard of Castell Rocamar , they went on , the engine purring gently as they continued into the heart of the mountains . |
| 15 | They looked at the same things together as they walked through the ruins of Milan . |
| 16 | They were still chatting happily together as they walked inside the inn and Seb called , ‘ Two pints of ale please , landlord . ’ |
| 17 | A few girls were dancing together as they did at the youth club hops and the dancing was of the proper ‘ ballroom variety ’ — waltzes , quicksteps and foxtrots . |
| 18 | On her office desk sits a picture of mother and daughter laughing together as they stroll through the Lake District . |
| 19 | He looked out into the roadway without seeing the rain beating mercilessly against the cobbled surface or the leaves of the trees dripping constantly as they shivered in the breeze , he was seeing the four walls of his cell and remembering his feeling of helplessness as the door slammed shut behind him . |
| 20 | I do n't think they blare away as they come into the hospital . |
| 21 | Her voice , which had been raised , as his had been , so as to be heard while one of them walked ahead of the other , died away as they passed down the corridor , presumably en route to bed . |
| 22 | Everywhere they came upon beetles , spiders and small lizards which scurried away as they pushed through the fibrous , resistant heather . |
| 23 | It gave her the chance to be with Marguerite , though , and they talked quite easily as they moved around the kitchen . |
| 24 | Look out too for Chardonnays from elsewhere as they come on the market — for instance from Chile . |
| 25 | From there she would stare hour after hour through the branches of the trees above as they swayed against the ever-changing sky , as if she was waiting to catch a glimpse of something precious she had lost a lifetime before . |
| 26 | In fact , ‘ have a nice day ’ was originally coined as a deliberately longer and more personal message to have ringing in customers ' ears just as they walked off the premises , instead of the terminal ‘ bye ’ or ‘ see yah ’ , so they 'd come back . |
| 27 | Things like this are always hurtful but I hope that people will have faith just as they have in the resurrection of Jesus . |
| 28 | They are choosing to ignore it , just as they did with the poll tax . |
| 29 | Shafts of sunlight probe down into secret nooks and woodland hollows , just as they did in the wintry days to frustrate the birds in their efforts to conceal nests . |
| 30 | As fossil fuels become more difficult to recover from the earth 's crust , and supplies diminish , prices will shoot sky high , just as they did in the oil crisis of 1973 . |