Example sentences of "[noun sg] so [adv] as they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Independent soft-commission brokers regard it as an acceptable method of payment so long as they deal at the best price . |
| 2 | This is regarded as a Good Thing by Orcs who are universally content with their lot , being ultimately happy to meet their end in battle so long as they get a chance of a good fight . |
| 3 | Disseminators of " indecent " material which lacks the potency to corrupt are generally within the law so long as they do not despatch it by post , or seek to import it from overseas , or flaunt it openly in public places . |
| 4 | For the social sciences have more to gain from each other than they have to lose , and the precise origin and pedigree of new findings and theories is of little importance so long as they extend and expand our understanding of the world . |
| 5 | The intermediate targets should be destinations in their own right so long as they offer a good starting point for the next stage . |
| 6 | The time may have come to urge a historic settlement , whereby people in Essex can hang each other to their hearts ' content so long as they do not interfere with traditional sporting practices in the rest of the country . |
| 7 | Modern society , it may be argued , is not like a set of neatly intermeshing and well-oiled cogs , but rather a game in which groups of players have considerable discretion so long as they keep within a set of rules which are often themselves rather loosely defined or at least open to negotiation and change . |
| 8 | People are like chameleons : they can adjust themselves to any environment so long as they 've no alternative . |
| 9 | It is irrelevant to the Purchaser whether or not the Vendors know the warranties are right or wrong so long as they accept the risk . |
| 10 | ( c. 1 ) Writing shortly after Charles 's death , he believed that a new generation of both kings and nobles could preserve the realm so long as they had the right personal qualities . |
| 11 | More generally on durability , it seems that the requirement that the goods be of merchantable quality is a continuing requirement that they will continue to be of merchantable quality for a reasonable period after delivery so long as they remain in the same apparent state as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . |
| 12 | The sovereign is under a constitutional duty to accept the advice of her ministers tendered through her chief minister so long as they command her confidence — so long , that is , as they command a majority in Parliament . |
| 13 | He added that this order would leave it open to the Press to deal with the questions of principle so far as they did not apply them to the facts . |
| 14 | Yes , well anybody can come in and trace their family so long as they know that they came from Sussex at some point and they 've got some , something to work on , they 've got some idea of which town or which village they came from . |