Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [prep] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The heating is switched on only for as long as it takes to dry the washing . |
| 2 | Consequently , even if a non-member country may possibly be entitled not to recognise a flag granted in a manner contrary to the Geneva Convention , it can do so only in so far as there is no ‘ genuine link , ’ regardless as to its nature , between the vessel and the state whose flag it is flying . |
| 3 | The life they had come to know so well for so long as it slipped by changelessly would be irrevocably altered : it was like a death or a wounding and brought all the wonder and fear and awe of change . |
| 4 | Subdivision is carried out only in so far as it is profitable ; too much splitting would cause more problems than it would avoid . |
| 5 | As regards the incompetent child , only his parents or legal guardian may speak for him , and then only for as long as he remains under their control or until majority at 18 years of age . |
| 6 | Reference is made to the report for the hearing for a fuller account of the facts in the proceedings before the national court , the course of the procedure and the written observations submitted to the Court of Justice , which are mentioned or discussed hereinafter only in so far as is necessary for the reasoning of the court . |
| 7 | I discovered that sitting very still for as long as possible was the first great secret . |