Example sentences of "so [adv] as [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't sleep so much as you get older . |
| 2 | He certainly has a vision for the Burmese farmer , and I have never liked him so much as I did last night as we sat talking together under the stars . |
| 3 | The macro-economic case for the widespread and general adoption of the industrial co-operative form is that it is just such another structure ; that the structural change lies in making labour the employer of capital rather than , as at present capital the employer of labour ; that such a change would fuse the interests of ownership and labour , interests which so long as they remain separate must also remain ultimately opposed ; and that , because relations among co-operatives and between producers and providers on the one hand , and consumers and users on the other would be determined by the operation of a free competitive market , the workers in each co-operative will be exposed to its imperative discipline . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , if they added that , they could also have their conquered victims become willing slaves , so long as they give regular dosages . |
| 5 | Officers should be allowed ‘ to take part in conspiracies to import drugs so long as they withdrew prior to importation . ’ |
| 6 | Of course , some people will refuse to co-operate at all , but once an interview is under way most people will be prepared to answer questions so long as they seem genuine and relevant . |
| 7 | Most commonly young women entered , and so long as they remained unmarried , stayed in domestic service . |
| 8 | The rule against prior restraint is designed to allow publishers to publish even if this means betraying a confidence — a betrayal which , as Lord Denning points out , may be very much in the public interest — so long as they pay any damages that may be appropriate . |
| 9 | To the public , subordinating national interests to Europe 's requirements is of small account , so long as we sustain competitive sport . |
| 10 | Just so long as we understand each other . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Good , ’ he said coldly , ‘ just so long as we understand each other . |
| 12 | In the sonnet just quoted , for instance , Shakespeare presents the Poet in a humiliating situation , indifferent to the behaviour of the Mistress with other men just so long as he gets some share of the action . |
| 13 | He knew how to hold the Conservative Party together , and , so long as he judged this right , to hold it loyal to Lloyd George . |
| 14 | Should he go too far , the only repercussion , so long as he remains powerful , is for some of the village members to leave the village . |
| 15 | Hodge did not deem Rhee essential to a future government but so long as he remained one of the few nationally known leaders , his cooperation was required . |
| 16 | Diplock LJ 's statement in Mowatt that the harm foreseen need not be GBH so long as he foresaw some physical harm , however minor , was approved in Sullivan [ 1981 ] Crim LR 46 ( CA ) , followed in Jones , above , and approved again in Savage , above ( HL ) , and Parmenter . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ So long as I keep still , I feel very little . |
| 19 | I guaranteed a starting price so long as I got last refusal — he was auctioning the piece . |
| 20 | That was the word they used as a condition : So long as you stay balanced , darling . ’ |
| 21 | So long as you 've enough to buy a meal ; |
| 22 | Could he not withdraw the promise on finding himself in straitened circumstances , or on falling out with P , or because she had married a wealthy man ? suppose then that D's promise is to pay the money ’ so long as you remain unmarried . ’ |
| 23 | I will pay you £5000 a year so long as you remain unmarried . ’ |
| 24 | Williams J. said , ‘ In effect , ( the former husband ) says to ( the former wife ) : ‘ If you , who now owe me no duty as a wife , will agree to my stipulation , I will , so long as you observe that stipulation , pay you £6 per month . ’ |
| 25 | We have bread and bacon and butter that 's good , With oatmeal and salt that is wholesome for food ; We have soap and candles whereby to give light That you may work by them so long as you have light . |
| 26 | So long as you delivered enough advertising against the right consumers , the result could be measured in sales . |
| 27 | You can usually carry on with a sport you enjoy so long as you feel comfortable . |
| 28 | 381 , 384 ‘ There is no doubt that at common law if a wife chooses wilfully and without justification to live away from her husband she can not , so long as she continues absent , render him liable for the necessaries supplied to her , or for her maintenance by the union , for the reason that she has of her own free will deprived herself of the opportunity which the husband was affording her of being maintained in the home . |
| 29 | Hers was not a demanding character , and so long as she felt some evidence of a man 's care ( which living in Charles ' room would give her ) she would not need more . |
| 30 | So long as she stayed silent she had a secret weapon . |