Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] long as " in BNC.
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| 1 | His insecurity will persist so long as he bottles up change , no matter how well his ruling party behaves . |
| 2 | ‘ He has enough sauce for a king 's fool , but impudence I can stomach so long as I do n't have to ride something that big on my own . ’ |
| 3 | The older the child the longer you can wait so long as there are no other signs of serious illness . |
| 4 | Such prejudices will flourish so long as hard facts are unavailable , and facts about sex in schools are practically non-existent because no education authority is likely to commission research on the subject . |
| 5 | Whether this is the way they express themselves does not matter so long as we can establish that this is the substance of their view . |
| 6 | This vagueness will not matter so long as one is clear about the level at which the formula of ‘ ought implies can ’ is being applied : thus the latter , and weaker , kind of ‘ can not ’ would be enough to provide a strong argument against the behaviour being made into a norm for a human society , but it would not be enough if the question concerned the adoption of a personal ideal in an individual case . |
| 7 | If the language is slang , what does it matter so long as the preachers are radiant with the experience they speak of , and live in the midst of the same social situation , with all its problems and difficulties , as the listeners ? |
| 8 | It does not really matter so long as we accept both points of view . |
| 9 | I do n't mind , I do n't mind so long as I just get out a bit on , into town and |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Because the cake is covered in buttercream it will not keep so long as cakes made with fondant , so eat it fairly soon after it is made . |
| 12 | Let them hate so long as they fear . |
| 13 | It may take as long as 250 years to reach that height . |
| 14 | The-troops also slept in the lavatories — a very awkward situation , this , as sometimes , if there was an air-raid , the train crawled and the journey could take as long as sixteen hours . |
| 15 | It may take as long as a week for all the caterpillars to make their chrysalises . |
| 16 | Creating a game from a film costs hundreds of thousands of pounds and can take as long as making the movie . |
| 17 | Settlement can be a drawn out affair and can take as long as six months or more from the time your debt became overdue . |
| 18 | It do n't take as long as they say . ’ |
| 19 | I have walked it in a day , but it can take as long as a week to complete . |
| 20 | The eggs of other frogs and toads not adapted to ephemeral pools may take as long as six weeks to hatch . |
| 21 | It can take as long as two weeks after you give your blood sample before you get your result , which can be a difficult and stressful time . |
| 22 | The coarse grist can take as long as six months , by which time many plants that are intended to benefit will have long since gone . |
| 23 | First you are told that you can take as long as you like to put the counters in the jar . |
| 24 | ‘ Suddenly we had a situation where money for the studio was no object : we could take as long as we liked . |
| 25 | The process may take 5 minutes , it may take as long as 15 . |
| 26 | BELOW Making a detailed scale drawing of a vertical section can take as long as excavating the feature in the first place . |
| 27 | Unless sent by an air courier , an ocean bill of lading can take as long as a week to arrive by air mail . |
| 28 | It may take as long as an hour to return to port . |
| 29 | I know that a Labour Government will be returned and I am sure that that Government will not take as long as from 1986 to the present time , as this Government have , to do something constructive about changing the law and bringing in legislation that could be enforced throughout the country . |
| 30 | It is our experience that from appointment to completion , the sale of a company can take as long as six months or , perhaps , longer . |