Example sentences of "[adv] as [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not matter whether the golden spike is hammered in somewhere in England or in France or in China , so long as we can make an arbitrary decision , stop arguing about words and get on with the much more difficult ( but much more rewarding ) task of correlation . |
| 2 | These should , on the face of things , be the most reliable sources , so long as we can trust the writer . |
| 3 | And , and were prepared to do the work so long as they could get the say so from erm the Highways Authority . |
| 4 | Men like Pericles controlled policy not through any power vested in them but only so long as they could persuade the people . |
| 5 | The agreement stated that ‘ in consideration of such dfesire ’ the executors would convey the cottage to the widow for her life or so long as she should continue a widow . |
| 6 | Live yoghurt applied vaginally can often bring considerable relief from the itching , so long as you can contain the mess ! |
| 7 | I think so long as you can keep the parts of the structure there |
| 8 | It is trivially easy to select for a particular genetic formula , so long as you can read the genes of all the animals . |
| 9 | I do n't know , but so long as I can cure the disease I do n't much care ! |
| 10 | There 's a bleak line in the book when , his parents divorcing , his father leaving for Europe , Rock quotes himself , aged 11 , saying ‘ I 'll be OK , Dad , I wo n't need Mom so long as I can have the limo . ’ |
| 11 | He beamed at them again and Caspar was beginning to relax , because it seemed as if they might escape after all and Fenella was remembering about magic being very nearly everyday here , when Pumlumon said , ‘ Of course , that 's so long as I can remember the words . ’ |
| 12 | Now , I conceive that a plan of the kind which I have sketched … would answer the purpose , and more especially as it would give the honour due to the focus of all our liberties , of that regulated freedom which we hope will overspread the world . |
| 13 | Some industry pundits predict that NT will usurp Unix and OS/2 to become the server operating system of choice , especially as it will offer the ability to run at least some applications designed for OS/2 or Unix . |
| 14 | ‘ And I 've asked it nary a word till we got here , so as you could hear the story as well . |
| 15 | If only Messrs Cook could guarantee a benefit to mind and manners as easily as they can guarantee a comfortable journey ! |
| 16 | However , if prisoners are at risk of sentence under the Public Order Act 1986 , the pack of information can explain that just as easily as it can explain the contents of this miserable and irrelevant little Bill . |
| 17 | And it has a sonar location and detection system that can pick up a sunken object at the bottom of the ocean just as easily as it can pinpoint a lurking submarine . |
| 18 | We could reject it at once , just as we might reject a deal which we did riot like . |
| 19 | Just as we might buy a new outfit , then take it home and change out of the old and into the new , so Paul likens the complete change needed if we are to live as followers of Christ . |
| 20 | You should edit your notes , just as you might edit a computer file . |
| 21 | Just as you might make a selection of examples of written English from newspapers , journals , academic textbooks or works of fiction , so you can have video material of very different styles and construction . |
| 22 | Just as you would expect the fabulous Theme Park combined America 's colourful past , present and future in one glorious location , and those same world famous attractions you can see in California and Florida — MAIN STREET USA , FRONTIERLAND , ADVENTURELAND , FANTASYLAND , DISCOVERYLAND — will all be lovingly re-created right here in Europe . |
| 23 | And just as you would keep a watch on your neighbour 's house if they were away , you should do the same for unoccupied caravans on the site and report anything suspicious immediately . |
| 24 | So that , erm just as you can construct a house out of bricks and mortar , and really , although the house looks very different from just bricks and mortar , it is just bricks and mortar arranged in a certain way , so the glass , the bottle , erm although it looks a very different thing from a sense experience , is really nothing more than a very complicated pattern of actual and possible sense experiences . |
| 25 | The answer to the first question determines how the second should be answered , he argues , for if a recognised morality is crucial to the continued existence of society ( and this is clearly what he is arguing ) , then just as it would use the law to safeguard any other essential part of its structure , so ‘ society has a prima facie right to legislate against immorality as such ’ . |
| 26 | Even if the child is difficult , the court can order a blood test if it is clearly in the interests of the child , just as it can order an operation in the case of a ward of court . |
| 27 | The wicked sisters of this now nightmarish fairy-tale can feel no pity nor respect for their father just as he can muster no sense of true love . |
| 28 | He could see in a three hundred and sixty degree sphere via the pod sensor modules , just as he could feel the ambient temperature , and even smell the lubricant that someone had carelessly leaked on to the floor . |
| 29 | He could remember that there was an age for puppets and magic , just as he could remember the time that he 'd spent trying to fan a deck of cards or sitting in front of a mirror trying to get the hard consonants down like a real ventriloquist . |
| 30 | Although I can not give a date , we intend to proceed just as soon as we can resolve the question of the contract . |