Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] so [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Lévi-Strauss has rendered social anthropology an invaluable service in emphasizing the significance of such contrasting motifs ; although we need not go so far as him and turn our subject into an esoteric animal , vegetable or mineral parlour-game in which every card is a joker and can assume whatever meaning the player likes . |
| 4 | I do n't mind , I do n't mind so long as I just get out a bit on , into town and |
| 5 | You do n't sleep so much as you get older . |
| 6 | Jack would n't shoot so long as he 'd got hold of him . |