Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun sg] [adv] [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Numeric values may include calculation so long as there are no keywords . |
| 2 | There 's a bleak line in the book when , his parents divorcing , his father leaving for Europe , Rock quotes himself , aged 11 , saying ‘ I 'll be OK , Dad , I wo n't need Mom so long as I can have the limo . ’ |
| 3 | Editor , — After being transferred to human insulin a number of patients have complained that they do not recognise hypoglycaemia as clearly as they used to with animal insulin . |
| 4 | MOMENTS of passion can include ice-cream so long as it is the grown-up variety . |
| 5 | ‘ Although I do not speak English as well as I should , I did at one time know England well . |
| 6 | Jesus challenged the Jews of his day with a searching question : ‘ How can you have faith so long as you receive honour from one another , and care nothing for the honour that comes from him who alone is God ? ’ |
| 7 | The recording catches the players rather forcefully , and the balance between guitar and string quartet is not always well managed : that is not the engineer 's fault so much as Boccherini 's who did not always judge texture as well as he might . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you make love as passionately as you hate ? ’ |
| 9 | If they were married , they could make love as often as they pleased . |
| 10 | Darwin 's concept of evolution may hold water as far as it goes , but without the inclusion of an omnipotent ‘ Master Mind ’ , working from outside to plan the possibility of purposeful development , it makes no sense to me at all . |
| 11 | The ageing body does not absorb and distribute food as efficiently as it used to do . |
| 12 | ‘ You wo n't lose control so long as you retain over fifty per cent of the shares , ’ Adam reassured her . |
| 13 | It would mean that it may be diffcult to do any Tony bashing , but I 'm sure all the praise will by far exceed criticism as far as he is concerned for years to come . |