Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv] as they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I 'm sure that they that so long as they pass the audition they are always welcome . |
| 2 | THE gulf between the Prince and Princess of Wales looked wider than ever yesterday as they spent Remembrance Sunday 6,000 miles apart . |
| 3 | And so long as they pass them through Rannoch to the west if need be . |
| 4 | Most commonly young women entered , and so long as they remained unmarried , stayed in domestic service . |
| 5 | By contrast the larger class-D animals , living on grasslands where rainfall varies , are less selective and so long as they do not crop the grass too close many animals can cover the same foraging area in a short time . |
| 6 | For instance , there is usually a starting assumption that individuals make history , at least by the sum of their actions and even if not quite as they intended it to be . |
| 7 | A voice that they had heard over and over again as they sat in Keith 's sitting-room . |
| 8 | Employers complained of such traits as often and as vehemently as they complained of " riotous and unlawful combination " . |
| 9 | The heart of the matter is the provision of a physical and social environment through which the members of society may gradually withdraw from it as securely and as worthily as they enter it through the environment of home and education . |
| 10 | We took four years to do it , partly so people would get accustomed to the idea , and it was fantastic that during those four years people worked at least as hard and as well as they had in the previous four . |
| 11 | The drugs that depressed the immune system were stopped , and as quickly as they had grown , the masses in the lungs began to disappear . |
| 12 | Paul Richardson was the first person they 'd met on the island who was prepared to work as long and as hard as they did . |
| 13 | Most were allowed to stay out till 11.30 during the week and as late as they liked at weekends . |
| 14 | From a dark corner of the stairs we admired the ladies as they went up to their rooms , and then again as they descended to dinner in their elegant evening dresses . |
| 15 | Another dhāmi has joined him and they link arms for a while and then move closer together , stretching their arms across each other 's shoulders so they dance as one , their bodies tilting first forwards and then back as they bounce across the roof . |
| 16 | ‘ Leeds City could not be suspended as a club — we had no power to do that ; but so long as they refused to give up those vital papers , we could have no way out save by expelling them . |
| 17 | Of course , the holders of irredeemable stock were not obliged to exchange it for South Sea stock , but as fast as they did so the company would issue an equal amount of its stock . |
| 18 | It was to be the stumbling block ; for if the Emperor abandoned the Clauses he would antagonize Britain , while so long as they remained , Russia would not respond to his requests for an alliance . |
| 19 | It is , however , often claimed that there is a qualified obligation to obey the law , based on the authority of governments in just regimes , for so long as they remain just . |
| 20 | Now , she decided , if ever she had that kind of money , she would first ensure that her family would never again , for as long as they lived , be in need . |
| 21 | In any case , for as long as they remain as powerful as they are and until the country is ready for a proper comprehensive system the grammar school should be preserved : ‘ It would , moreover , be absurd from a socialist point of view to close down the grammar school , while leaving the public schools still holding their present commanding position . |
| 22 | For as long as they continue they are the issue , rather than a grievance for which many people might instinctively have some sympathy . |