Example sentences of "[adv] so [adv] as they [vb base] " 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 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 .
3 They sit only so long as they continue to hold episcopal office .
4 But just so long as they take me somewhere where there 's the right kind of electricity …
5 Everyone dominates central stage for a while , just so long as they need it , only to return it chivalrously after their moment .
6 ‘ Fine — just so long as they understand that I mean what I say . ’
7 Not necessarily , since both teachers and researchers will ultimately use readability formulae for just so long as they find them of some value .
8 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 .
9 People just did n't take themselves quite so seriously as they do at Crufts .
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