Example sentences of "so [adv] as [pron] [vb -s] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't matter Charlotte , so long as he colours it in |
| 2 | The homosexual male is fine — is pretty good news , in fact , on the whole — so long as he knows he 's homosexual . |
| 3 | Well , it 's all Greek to me , but so long as it keeps him happy . ’ |
| 4 | Run it well , so long as it pleases you . |
| 5 | So long as someone knows you 're down there and comes to dig you out , then a basement 's always best , even if the rest goes down like a pack of cards . ’ |
| 6 | Wealth is only desirable in so far as it enables them to indulge in litigation , and the height of their ambition is to succeed in a case , especially if thereby their enemy is punished . ’ |
| 7 | The tolerance of adults is important only in so far as it allows them to feed high on the shore , exposed to rain . |
| 8 | Whilst other sections of the population are clearly severely affected by these government policies , disabled people experience these particular ‘ reforms ’ as an attack on their human right not to be incarcerated without trial and conviction , in so far as it renders it in some cases impossible to live outside institutions . |
| 9 | As strategic proposals emerge , each subsystem will evaluate them against developments in other subsystems , in so far as it perceives them to affect it too . |