Example sentences of "for [adv] long as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For so long as the Northern Link Road is in prospect with improved access to the port , the company would limp on , despite an injunction , or possibly mothball its operation . |
| 2 | Jean felt belittled ; for as long as the dance lasted she seemed no more to him than any girl there , but then he came round to her again and clasped her closely as they stepped it down the aisle between the lines of dancers . |
| 3 | For as long as the ‘ English ’ synthesis was adequately functioning there was no need or place for theory . |
| 4 | For as long as the most able pupils were , with the support of public money , taken from the comprehensive schools , the development of comprehensives with high academic standards would be frustrated . |
| 5 | And , for as long as the robots of science fact were limited to the assembly lines of the automotive and a few other manufacturing industries , our general perception of the robot was unlikely to change . |
| 6 | The defences on the Danube had been neglected , for as long as the frontier lay on the Dniester the inhabitants of Moesia believed themselves to be secure . |
| 7 | For as long as the Authority retains its commitment to centralized INSET , therefore , the points we raised in our sixth report about the style of such courses remain relevant . |
| 8 | For as long as the sun rises over those rugged , evergreen hills to the east and the island 's wines continue to be so subtly perfumed , I shall never understand why Napoleon chose to leave Elba . |
| 9 | Acceptable to all shades of political and military opinion , as well as to the Catholic Church , fascist Italy and Nazi Germany , yet not identified exclusively with any one of them , Franco was the common denominator on which they could all agree , for as long as the war demanded that particular interests be subordinated to the overall objective of defeating the common enemy . |
| 10 | The accepted pattern of wage differentials need not be absolutely rigid , but , for as long as the supply of labour in one market depends inter alia upon wages payable in other markets , money wage reductions will not readily be forthcoming . |
| 11 | For as long as the marginal disutility of inflation remains positive , there will eventually come a point at which the government will be compelled to pursue policies which will push the unemployment rate back towards its natural value . |
| 12 | The actual rate of inflation stays ahead of the expected rate by a constant margin which , for as long as the unemployment rate is held at U 1 , will never be closed . |