Example sentences of "so long [conj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they have been sneering at America since Sidney Smith , François Mauriac and George Grosz and will go on doing so long after Harold Pinter is gone . |
| 2 | She 'd never liked them much ; in fact she had only kept them up so long because Mary Connon long ago , almost on her first visit to the house , had been openly patronizing about them . |
| 3 | That was sustainable so long as France faced an unquestioned nuclear threat from the Soviet Union , and needed to respond with only small-scale military operations overseas ( in Chad , for example , or Gabon ) . |
| 4 | So long as France and Scotland were run by three members of the mighty Guise family , the cardinal and the duke in France and their sister Mary in Scotland , then the only way for the Lords of the Congregation to achieve their religious ends , and prevent Scotland from sinking into provincial status , was to resist the regent . |
| 5 | So long as Britain remained the leading industrial force , it was relatively easy to reconcile moral purpose with the defence of British power . |
| 6 | The commission could agree to forget about the argument over the date at which the directive applied , so long as Britain removes all the ‘ excessive discretion . ’ |
| 7 | It will without much doubt remain true , however , that so long as Britain attaches paramount importance to tying her currency in with the Deutschmark and to the other European currencies , her governments will be inhibited from acting in the direct interest of British citizens . |
| 8 | Agreement to undertake a major consultancy or , for example , a large photographic request , is unlikely to cause many problems , as temporary staff can be employed to undertake much of the work ( so long as RBG still makes an overall profit ! ) . |
| 9 | Coleridge was the first to recognize that ‘ Freshmen always begin very furiously ’ ; but so long as Middleton was at hand to guide and encourage , he overcame the weakness of will and habit of procrastination which were always ready to disable him . |
| 10 | So long as China has the PLA as its powerful back-up , attempts by ( Western ) hostile forces are doomed to failure , and there is absolutely no way for the socialist system to be abolished on the earth . ’ |
| 11 | Western agencies are very envious of Mossad because it relies not on huge arrays of computerised technology but on a small group of efficient and dedicated men and women who are not bothered by any form of morality so long as Israel benefits . |
| 12 | Tragedy remained pre-dramatic , however , so long as Dionysus himself , the hero of the vision , was purely visionary . |
| 13 | Provided always that nothing in these restrictions shall preclude Norwich Union from processing any proposal or application form made and dated prior to 31 October 1990 submitted through the Winchester Group or any of its company representatives and entering into any investment contract on the basis of any such a proposal or application form so long as Norwich Union has first satisfied itself that : — ( a ) any such proposal or application form is genuinely made and dated prior to 31 October 1990 ; ( b ) any such proposal or application form is accompanied by a fact find form ; and ( c ) that the fact find form has been fully completed ; and ( d ) that the information shown thereon is sufficient to show that the proposed investment contract which is the subject of the proposal or application form is in the best interests of the investor concerned . |
| 14 | So long as Finland remained tranquil , Menshikov was prepared to listen to advisers in the Grand Duchy who put the interests of the local population before those of Russia . |
| 15 | He 'll have to know who 's coming but as I say , I 'm not bothered so long as Arthur and Angela 's there and and dad . |
| 16 | Bateson recommended , for example , that the sources of modern poets such as Auden should have the same scholarly apparatus applied to them as used for ( say ) Spencer , so long as Auden 's sources were investigated " with at , least as much thoroughness and intelligence as Spencer 's receive . " |
| 17 | A statement warned : ‘ So long as the SDLP continue to exercise a veto on political progress in Ulster , courtesy of IRA violence , and so long as Sinn Fein/IRA continue to act as the military wing of Irish nationalism , then so long will our war against them continue and intensify . ’ |
| 18 | An advance was requested and paid , and a further sum promised on delivery , so long as Mozart made no attempt to discover its source . |
| 19 | None was admitted so long as Coleman was alive . |
| 20 | They would be quite happy to forget all those things so long as Fedorov obliged them by carrying out certain routine tasks from time to time . |
| 21 | So long as HMI monitor and control the standards of the inspections , the changes proposed will bring many positive benefits . |
| 22 | So long as Hitler threatened Europe the prospects for a revival of peace politics were minimal . |
| 23 | But she had nice hair — not so long as Marie 's , but just as shiny . |
| 24 | So long as Artai remained unmarried it was important to the self-esteem of each of them to demonstrate that while neither she nor her family had thus far been favoured with the Kha-Khan 's selection , yet she was capable of exercising influence . |
| 25 | Although the laws will doubtless be tightened , no cure for the current state of financial laxity will be found so long as Yugoslavia has a ‘ soft budget ’ approach to monetary policy , and persists in its attempts to combine self-management with the doctrine of ‘ social ownership ’ . |
| 26 | The coexistence in Francia of Louis and Lothar as co-emperors was possible so long as Lothar remained unmarried . |
| 27 | But so long as Mary of Guise 's position was upheld by her daughter , no amount of rhetoric could conceal the fact that in attacking the regent they were attacking the queen , and religious sincerity did not get them off the hook of treason ; thus , for example , when they seized the coining-irons of the mint in Edinburgh in July , it was an intelligent enough political and military act , but their efforts to justify it on the grounds that they were serving their country by stopping the regent 's debasement of the coinage rang all too hollow . |
| 28 | Informed sources say neither the more realistically-minded East German leaders nor the Russians believe that any sensible changes can be brought about so long as Mr Honecker , 77 , whose attitudes have become particularly rigid in recent months , is at the helm . |
| 29 | folks so long as Angela and Arthur get there and |
| 30 | I do guarantee it — just so long as Silvia passes her exams . ’ |