Example sentences of "[adv] long as [ex0] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Skinner insisted : ‘ There will always be a need for socialism , whether in Britain or anywhere else , so long as there are millionaires living in the lap of luxury and other people living in cardboard boxes , so long as we have a system which allows the poor countries of the world to hand over $50m to the rich . ’ |
| 2 | So long as there is a full right of appeal against a refusal of leave — a right which the present Government sought , at one stage , to abolish — this handicap is acceptable , even though it places public authorities in a more privileged position than the ordinary litigant . |
| 3 | Any of these conditions is pleasurable so long as there is a good likelihood of satisfaction in reasonably short order . |
| 4 | But they could not be sure of winning and they know perfectly well that Mr Mitterrand has no reason to dissolve parliament so long as there is even a small risk that his party might lose . |
| 5 | In other words , FTC would be quite happy to share coverage of the game with the BBC and ITV , so long as there was give and take . |
| 6 | As Adam Smith observed , from individual greed come growth and prosperity for all , so long as there are sanctions against those who would profit by theft and mechanisms to ensure that all can share in the prosperity . |
| 7 | If it is out , try relighting it with a match , so long as there is no strong smell of gas . |
| 8 | We can not help signing so long as there is another human being who needs to read the signs . |
| 9 | They can work down an excellent tilth after ploughing so long as there is no unrotted turf . |
| 10 | So long as there is one copy somewhere modern techniques of microphotography can make the text widely and rapidly available if there is a demand for it . |
| 11 | The older the child the longer you can wait so long as there are no other signs of serious illness . |
| 12 | There should be approximate equivalence of numbers so long as there has been no preferential loss of either jaws or teeth , and the expected percentage values should be in the region of 100 per cent . |
| 13 | Thus estimates of Bunter Shale uplift are only valid for describing basement uplift so long as there is stratigraphic continuity of the intervening Permian strata . |
| 14 | The procedural advantages persisted even at Rome only so long as there were two procedural systems , which at the end of the third century ceased to be the case . |
| 15 | She knew it did n't matter what she decided so long as there was no doubt about it . |
| 16 | Sam was also a masterly shepherd and an expert breeder of Swaledale sheep , a most hardy animal which roams at will along the high fells and can live through all but the most brutal winters , even possessing the stamina to survive being buried for days under several feel of snow , so long as there is an air hole . |
| 17 | So long as there is doubt , the debate continues and the arguments fly back and forth . |
| 18 | So long as there is the prospect that a majority Labour government can be elected to a position of absolute power at Westminster then our unionist wing is content not to question the democratic credentials of such a route to power . |
| 19 | Amid scenes bordering on farce , officials who had originally persuaded him to attend — so long as there were no questions about the break-up of his marriage to Tatum O'Neal — had to announce that a ‘ visibly insecure ’ McEnroe had changed his mind . |
| 20 | We see no reason why the decision should be unanimous so long as there is a majority in favour . |
| 21 | So long as there was no hunt for a missing girl they had felt themselves reasonably safe . |
| 22 | The chatterbox will keep talking about anything so long as there is n't a pause where there could be an opportunity to engage brain before mouth . |
| 23 | Finally , a reminder about circular knitting given in figure 2 will only work so long as there is n't a punchcard in the card reader . |
| 24 | You can still use the linker , so long as there are some needles out of work between the needles holding the second shoulder ( and the neckline ) and the needles of the shoulder being cast off . |
| 25 | Paula is a perfectionist and everything is fine so long as there are no snags . |
| 26 | It does n't matter how few clubbers are fighting so long as there is at least one . |
| 27 | To take an obvious case , modern manufacturing industries can only go on so long as there are capitalists and workers . |
| 28 | A War Wagon can continue to fight so long as there is at least one crew member left alive . |
| 29 | Joyce met his German contact in the Ministry of Propaganda , Christian Bauer , who was optimistic over finding employment for him so long as there was no war . |
| 30 | So long as there is a need for collective decision-making and for policies which give direction to a whole community or society , and so long as or whenever unanimity can not be achieved , it is hard to see what alternative there can be to the minority being compelled to go along with the decision of the majority . |