Example sentences of "last [prep] [adv] long as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sickle lasted for so long as a harvesting tool for this very reason : it was still used in preference to the swap-hook and scythe in some areas because its use , although slower , conserved the grain . |
| 2 | Fewer than one-third of the outbursts lasted for as long as five minutes . |
| 3 | Another group of researchers , this time in Sweden , has discovered that this protective effect does n't only last for as long as the baby is breastfed . |
| 4 | That was , Lord Jauncey said , a clear undertaking by TBL not to exercise its statutory powers for a period that could last for as long as any one of the parties to the agreement remained a shareholder and long after the control of TBL had passed to shareholders who were not party to the agreement . |
| 5 | Roosevelt thought that Korea would be suited to trusteeship for an undefined period , which could perhaps last for as long as forty years . |
| 6 | But the work could last for as long as 11 weeks and local councillors have claimed that they should have been consulted about the scheme . |