Example sentences of "[adv] for [adv] [adv] as they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The House of Lords held that parental rights are recognised in law only for so long as they are needed for the protection of the child . |
| 2 | They seem unskilled in the simple acts that console women when they are distressed — like being held gently for as long as they need to be held , making murmuring noises rather than using words ( or even worse , forming sentences ) , wiping tears away and blowing noses … in other words giving the same comfort which you would give to a child . |
| 3 | No one to stop them keeping her here for as long as they wanted . |
| 4 | But as far as I 'm concerned , they 're welcome to be here for as long as they need . ’ |
| 5 | Certainly , and not surprisingly , the higher stratum of more secure workers and to a lesser extent their families had access to better health and also housing provision in this period before the state played a significant role in either area — at least for as long as they remained in fairly regular work . |
| 6 | Like Doreen had always been putting the food on the table , like the old dog Oswald had been there for as long as they could recall . |