Example sentences of "long as it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , it is most unlikely that Israel will give up its nuclear capability in the foreseeable future , so long as it foresees a threat to its land from its neighbour . |
| 2 | Run it well , so long as it pleases you . |
| 3 | ‘ Men who are rappers have to be sexist or they 're gon na lose their credibility , so they 're gon na continue to dis women for as long as it proves their manhood . |
| 4 | So long as it remains in this room , he wrote , it is not finished . |
| 5 | The same section further provides that ‘ … any enactment passed or to be passed … shall be construed and have effect subject to the foregoing … ’ and since the doctrine of supremacy of Community law is arguably a part of Community law this provision appears to have the effect , so long as it remains law , of establishing the primacy of Community law , ( s.2 ( 4 ) ) . |
| 6 | British law in this area is roughly based on the liberal precept that immorality may only be tolerated so long as it remains a wholly private matter . |
| 7 | 10.7.10 The rights and licences hereby granted or agreed to be granted to a Non-academic Party pursuant to Clauses 10.7.2 b to 10.7.6 shall be exercisable on identical terms by any Related company of that Party for so long as it remains such , subject to the obtaining from such companies of suitable undertakings as to confidence and delivery up . |
| 8 | I 'm willing therefore to call it ‘ A Lakeland Circuit ’ , so long as it remains merely ‘ a ’ circuit and does not become ‘ the ’ circuit . |
| 9 | So long as it remains within 8″ of its regiment during the game , the detachment may take any leadership-based tests on the leadership value of the parent regiment , including any bonuses that apply for standards , magic items , and so forth . |
| 10 | In the case of a private company , a pre-1982 pre-emptive requirement is to be treated as if it were in its memorandum or articles so long as it remains a private company . |
| 11 | Hence section 252 provides that a private company ( whether or not small or medium-sized ) may elect ( by elective resolution in accordance with section 379A ) to dispense with the laying of accounts , and this dispensation applies in respect of the financial year in which the election is made and to subsequent financial years so long as it remains in force . |
| 12 | Clearly , this must be the case so long as it remains the only easily available platform for interactive multimedia . |
| 13 | In TRACE II , a parallel architecture is employed in which each of the nodes is a relatively simple processing element which continues to send activation and inhibition to other nodes for as long as it remains active . |
| 14 | So long as it maintains the idea that believers talking to unbelievers are like people explaining to the blind what it is like to see , reason may be tolerated . |
| 15 | It is clear then that the DUP will receive the votes of the working-class loyalists so long as it retains an image of being more unionist than the Officials , unless there should be an alternative to the right of the DUP . |
| 16 | ‘ Cheap electricity 's the answer to the first — sod the cost to the environment so long as it keeps down the cost to the consumer . |
| 17 | Well , it 's all Greek to me , but so long as it keeps him happy . ’ |
| 18 | He might feel that any heir , even one who disinherits him , is worth having so long as it keeps the name going . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ So long as it stays like that . ’ |
| 20 | long as it goes in n it ? |
| 21 | Modigliani and Miller argue that this situation can not persist for long as it offers arbitrage profits to the individual investor . |
| 22 | Maximum clarity , he wrote , for as long as it takes . |
| 23 | Immediate first aid for a bleeding nose is to tilt the head back and pinch the nostrils together for as long as it takes . |
| 24 | The compensation deal will cost the government an estimated A$100m and involves Canberra waiving airport landing charges for as long as it takes the airlines to recoup their losses from keeping about 21,000 non-pilot employees on their staff during the dispute . |
| 25 | A spokesman said the seven Kurds released from Haslar detention centre , near Gosport , Hampshire , and all 18 from Gloucester Prison were given temporary admission ‘ for as long as it takes to assess their cases ’ . |
| 26 | The White House spokesman , Mr Marlin Fitzwater , said yesterday that the troops would stay for ‘ as long as it takes , ’ while a subdued Defence Secretary , Mr Dick Cheney , added : ‘ Within the next few weeks we 'll be able to meet the objectives . ’ |
| 27 | With its inflation still rising , the country on the verge of a perilous wage-price spiral and public finances deeply in the red , the Bundesbank has made it clear that it will keep the German economy locked in a vice of high interest rates for as long as it takes to squeeze out inflation . |
| 28 | In extremely dry periods , the lungfish of Africa just bury themselves in the mud at the bottom of their temporary ponds , and wait for as long as it takes until it rains again . |
| 29 | We just use whatever plane we can for as long as it takes : Singapore in eight hours of helicopter flight , Egypt in 50 . |
| 30 | They had little alternative but to stay there ‘ for as long as it takes ’ . |