Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] so long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence the section 186 applies so long as the certificate is authenticated as executed by the company by the use of the common seal , the official seal or signatures of two directors or one director and the secretary ( or , in the case of Scottish companies , under the still wider provisions of section 36B ) . |
| 2 | The rest are harder to get registered — designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 and dubbed jubilee kiosks , they were mass-produced until 1968 — but they are likely to survive so long as they are in good condition and in ‘ heritage locations ’ ( that is , near the house of somebody ready to give BT a hard time if it tries to take them away ) . |
| 3 | All seems so long ago and far away . |
| 4 | It meant a delay of two more days before deciding what to do next , and she was reluctant to wait so long . |
| 5 | Whatever the government , the NHS has always been seen as underfunded and that is unlikely to change so long as children and old people wait months for operations . |
| 6 | ‘ Theoretically , yes , but that 's unlikely to happen so long as the company is successful and the shareholders approve of the way it 's run . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Sorry to take so long ! ’ |
| 8 | Nevertheless , on the material before the court , it was not necessary to impose so long a term of imprisonment . |