Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adv] as he [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HE 'S the wackiest cop on TV — and he aims to make you groan like never before as he tries to crack his latest case . |
| 2 | Lucy shrugged and said , ‘ He can hope for as long as he likes . ’ |
| 3 | He would be the first name on my team sheet for as long as he continues to keep fit . |
| 4 | The fields which Miss Lockwood owned are also left to you , Sara , with the provision that Mr. Preston must have the use of them for as long as he requires for his horses . " |
| 5 | As regards the incompetent child , only his parents or legal guardian may speak for him , and then only for as long as he remains under their control or until majority at 18 years of age . |
| 6 | In many firms there will be no room for dispute as to who should fill the position and for how long , ie the most experienced member of the partnership for as long as he remains hale and hearty . |
| 7 | Schofield has already had cause to caution Montgomerie — in 1991 — and yesterday he said : ‘ He is a fine golfer and is clearly going to be a major figure in the game for as long as he remains active in it , but he has to be able to take it on the chin . |
| 8 | He has convinced Roderigo that Othello 's attraction for Desdemona is purely sensual , will soon be satiated , and that then Desdemona will love him ; even though the dupe is constantly doubting that vision , Iago manages to sustain it for as long as he needs to . |
| 9 | The conscious , alert patient , such as the polio victim , must be given treatment for as long as he desires . |
| 10 | Under the STV a candidate must compete not only with political opponents but also with candidates of his own party , and compete in a popularity contest which , commencing with his first election campaign , will have to last without remission for as long as he wishes to hold his seat . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's there for as long as he wants to be , ’ said Eaton . |
| 12 | He added : ‘ If things keep going well , Trevor can be at Hillsborough for as long as he wants . |
| 13 | Fry claimed he was sacked by Flashman but the latter responded by saying Fry has a job at Underhill for as long as he wants it . |
| 14 | If any of you attacks your brother from now on , if not ordered to do so by a superior , that attacker will be enslaved and used for chirurgical experiments in our laboratories for as long as he lives . |
| 15 | The former , in so far as he considers explanations at all , inclines to those that stress the purely mechanical relations between events . |
| 16 | The spoken word is his chosen form of communication , and in so far as he learns anything , he absorbs knowledge through conversation . |
| 17 | Likewise as I pointed out in the last chapter , in dramatic playing a boy may be required to adopt the function of an Abbot of Durham Cathedral , and in so far as he continues to see himself in that role he will continue to signal to others that that is what he is doing . |
| 18 | I have suggested earlier that part of Beccaria 's reputation may have resulted from his glossing over the more unsavoury implications of his views , and the fact that his full programme has never really been put into practice ; but this is not to deny that , in so far as he has been an influence , he has been a relatively benign one . |
| 19 | ‘ In the execution of a letter of request the person concerned may refuse to give evidence in so far as he has a privilege or duty to refuse to give the evidence — ( a ) under the law of the state of execution ; or ( b ) under the law of the state of origin … |
| 20 | Throughout the whole of life , Man is happy or unhappy in so far as he discovers the right admixture for his life of these quite distinct manners of using energy . |
| 21 | The final outcome of the stages of development outlined by Piaget is also utopian , in so far as he links formal operational thought with the structure of the ‘ real ’ world . |
| 22 | In so far as he means the random use of techniques removed from all contact with appraisal , then I think that he is right . |
| 23 | Neither does Poulantzas explain what the peasantry would have been like if it had not had this pertinent effect , except in so far as he stipulates that they would not then have been a class . |
| 24 | ‘ The Emperor is not your enemy , Deems , except in so far as he stands in the way of your advancement . |