Example sentences of "[noun sg] so [adv] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is allowed to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 2 | He 's allows to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 3 | Growth in earnings per share is the key short-term measure so far as the City is concerned . |
| 4 | By the summer of 1943 the Americans were getting into their stride so far as the war in the Pacific was concerned . |
| 5 | However , the statute does not confer protection on one who was not at fault so far as the origin of the fire is concerned but who was negligent in letting it spread . |
| 6 | And lastly , are you an optimist or a pessimist so far as the future 's concerned ? |
| 7 | The object of the court in interpreting legislation is to give effect so far as the language permits to the intention of the legislature . |
| 8 | Corydoras are tolerant of a wide pH range so long as the filter is well-maintained and the tank is not neglected . |
| 9 | In contemporary British society this link is accepted to a greater degree so far as the care of children and motherhood is concerned , though social attitudes still reveal some of the same ambivalence . |
| 10 | The poem which advocates marriage so long as the partner is chosen reasonably is included , but not the second poem which examines the dangers of marriage per se . |
| 11 | The register , like other records that a company is required to maintain , may be kept either in bound books or by recording the matter in any other way and , in particular , may be on a computer or other electronic device so long as the material can be reproduced in legible form and is so reproduced for purposes of inspection or supply of a copy . |
| 12 | It came to the reverse conclusion so far as the crime of administering a drug for the purpose of obtaining sexual intercourse was concerned and recommended that all sexual acts should be covered . |
| 13 | If the wife 's level of income is sufficient , the mortgagee will probably consent to the release of the husband from liability under the mortgage so long as the wife covenants to assume this and , depending upon the practice of the mortgagee , will specify what clauses it requires in the appropriate conveyance or transfer . |
| 14 | You may say , against this , that there can surely be some form of appearance/reality distinction so long as the input systems can deliver up information about such objective facts as occlusion . |
| 15 | Nothing illustrates this point so clearly as the fate of a paper published in 1874 by C. Nägeli entitled Verdrängung der Pflanzenformen durch ihre Mitbewerber . |
| 16 | Most years it was washed up again on the next or a later tide , but this was of no consequence so long as the Scapegoat had gone . |
| 17 | Nicholas said , ‘ The company will have the Kouklia franchise so long as the King has a conscience . |
| 18 | It was he who pronounced in open court that a husband was entitled to beat his wife so long as the rod he used was no thicker than his thumb . |
| 19 | Mr. Collins 's primary submission was that , at any rate so far as the eliciting of information from the applicant himself was concerned , the investigative process contemplated by sections 1(3) and 2 of the Act of 1987 must be taken to have come to an end at the time of charge , and to have been replaced by the process of prosecution pursuant to section 1(5) . … |
| 20 | It is not an infringement to drop the ball anywhere in the playing area so long as the ball does not go forward . |
| 21 | The father promises to pay the mother up to £1 per week so long as the mother looks after the child . |
| 22 | A person who stood at his window shouting threats , abuse or insults would commit the offence so long as the victim was in the garden or elsewhere outside the structure of the dwelling . |
| 23 | This law enables the volume of a gas to be calculated at a specific temperature and pressure so long as the volume of the gas is known at another temperature and pressure . |
| 24 | The defendants were members of the Musicians ' Union , a union with many coloured members , and they gave notice to the plaintiffs that members of the union would not be permitted to play at the ballroom so long as the colour bar was in operation . |
| 25 | EVERY league game which Aberdeen play is , given the gap between them and Rangers at the top of the Premier Division , an invitation to flirt with disaster so far as the championship race is concerned . |
| 26 | Some journalists work for the paper whose readers do n't care who runs the country so long as the girl on page three is well endowed ( The Sun ) . |
| 27 | It is the most important meeting of the year so far as the organisation of the council is concerned . |
| 28 | The Committee has not , however , shifted its position so far as the crime of incest is concerned . |
| 29 | ‘ And should any other prince or captain , Christian or infidel , of whatever law or sect or condition he may be , pretend to any right to these lands and seas , I am ready and prepared to deny him and to defend them in the names of the Kings of Castile present and future , whose is this empire and the dominion of these Indies , islands and mainland , northern and southern , with their seas , in the arctic pole as in the antarctic , on both sides of the equinoctial line , within and without the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn — so that each thing and part of it belong and appertain most completely to Their Highnesses and to their successors , as I declare more at length by writ setting forth all that may be said or can be said and alleged in behalf of their royal patrimony , now and for all time so long as the world shall last until the final universal judgement of all mortals . ' |
| 30 | A key player so far as the passage of the bill is concerned will be the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee , Congressman Rostenkowski , and then in the upper house , Senator Benson . |