Example sentences of "[adv] so [adv] as they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are increasing demands that the central institutions of the EEC should be reduced to a minimal role , that Member States should be allowed to integrate only so far as they wish , and that it should be possible for a country to remain within a European free-trade zone , but outside a politically united federation — as Norway , Iceland and the other Efta states have done since the establishment of the EEA . |
| 2 | Even among senior players , outside pursuits were tolerated only so long as they did not affect a player 's performance or make football of secondary importance to him . |
| 3 | Academics already in post retain their tenure only so long as they do not move to another university or accept promotion within their present university . |
| 4 | They sit only so long as they continue to hold episcopal office . |
| 5 | But just so long as they take me somewhere where there 's the right kind of electricity … |
| 6 | Everyone dominates central stage for a while , just so long as they need it , only to return it chivalrously after their moment . |
| 7 | ‘ Fine — just so long as they understand that I mean what I say . ’ |
| 8 | Not necessarily , since both teachers and researchers will ultimately use readability formulae for just so long as they find them of some value . |
| 9 | Although the skirt panels look perfectly flat when seen on air , in reality they follow varying angles to the original base vertical planes , bending ever so slightly as they rise up from the fender section to join up at the midriff . |
| 10 | Only later was this amended to allow the return of Yugoslavs home so long as they went willingly . |
| 11 | People just did n't take themselves quite so seriously as they do at Crufts . |