Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as [pron] [vb -s] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So long as he taxes spirits in a highly discriminatory fashion at home , he can expect other Member States to follow suit . |
| 2 | Barry Quirke , chairman of the Institute of Statisticians , said : ‘ We would be very keen to support any initiative to set up an independent committee , so long as it has teeth . |
| 3 | Product market signals can , however , be amplified by linking management remuneration to company performance , and thus while the market may be largely ineffective in so far as it offers threats , it can be made to function better by providing incentives . |
| 4 | The committee has asked from time to time , that I keep it updated with er European legislation , in so far as it affects employments matters , and this I 've intended to do in Paper K. There are two Appendix . |
| 5 | On a more general level it is possible to say that since painting is in any case an art of illusion , in so far as it conveys sensations of volume and depth on a two-dimensional surface , it was easier for the Cubists to break with traditional conventions , to push the ‘ illusion ’ one step further , and to invent a new pictorial language , than it was to find a new way of dealing with the solid , tangible forms themselves . |
| 6 | The market for control may be seen from this perspective , therefore , as having a negative side-effect in so far as it gives shareholders an opportunity to make unfair gains at the employees ' expense . |
| 7 | The former , in so far as he considers explanations at all , inclines to those that stress the purely mechanical relations between events . |
| 8 | Looking at stress generally , and not necessarily as it affects nurses , the following might be considered as potential trouble spots : |
| 9 | As far as he knows Women in Love has not been adapted for the stage before , but already it is causing much interest from other theatres and companies . |
| 10 | She discards her admirers as often as she discards gloves , and poor Mama spends most of her time comforting the latest reject . |
| 11 | The point is that tonight — Magnapop 's UK debut — is peppered with punky teenage licks and festering grungy rumbles , yet just as one expects lyrics concerning death , drinking and corporate rock shagging , Linda hops , hiccups and beams , ‘ Wo n't you let me walk you home from school ? /Can I meet you at the pool ? ’ |