Example sentences of "not so long as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she had nice hair — not so long as Marie 's , but just as shiny . |
| 2 | Not so long as they handed over the pound notes — though smiling Clyde took most of those , the greedy sod . |
| 3 | ‘ Not so long as you keep within the law . ’ |
| 4 | ( 3 ) The wife shall not so long as the husband shall punctually make the payments hereby agreed to be made commence or prosecute against the husband any matrimonial proceedings other than proceedings for dissolution of marriage but upon failure of the husband to make the said weekly payments as and when the same become due the wife shall be at full liberty on her election to pursue all and every remedy in this regard either by enforcement of the provisions hereof or as if this agreement had not been made.n So far as we know , the parties have remained apart ever since . |
| 5 | He had then gone to Hollywood in the early fifties and stayed there long enough to show that he could cope with the system and be moderately successful , but not so long as to alienate his chauvinistic British following . |
| 6 | ‘ Not so long as I am working for you . ’ |
| 7 | The list of sins , venial and otherwise , was long , but not so long as to come as a surprise . |
| 8 | Hungarians are no longer afraid , at least not so long as reformers run Russia , that Soviet tanks will snuff out their democratic experiment , as they did in 1956 . |
| 9 | Not so long as we 've got the stuff . |