Example sentences of "so long [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has survived so long because abolishing it would have been more trouble than it was worth , but that does not make it any better in itself . |
| 2 | So long as does increase and the organic composition of capital is not increasing rapidly , it will represent future consumption by productive workers , but will still be considered as a part of the surplus-value . |
| 3 | ‘ Very like ! ’ he said , knowing it was true , and knowing that he would not hold back so long as to let it be true . |
| 4 | Again this is a key finding , for little can be done about speeds , safety and environmental traffic management issues so long as housing areas have through traffic inflicted upon them . |
| 5 | The list of sins , venial and otherwise , was long , but not so long as to come as a surprise . |
| 6 | He had then gone to Hollywood in the early fifties and stayed there long enough to show that he could cope with the system and be moderately successful , but not so long as to alienate his chauvinistic British following . |
| 7 | You can concentrate on two things for only so long as changing positions to help the photographer and holding the adult shearwater proved . |
| 8 | Within the permitted development rules for home extensions , this means no permission is needed , so long as adding the garage does n't result in the volume of the house being increased by more than the permitted development allowance . |
| 9 | But so long as winning elections is seen as a mere matter of tweaking a market image , or of changing a brand title or logo , the whole enterprise is doomed to failure . |