Example sentences of "be [vb pp] so [adv] as [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 He therefore directed that if J. were to suffer a life-threatening event while in the health authority 's care and the required drugs and equipment were or could reasonably be made available , the health authority should cause such measures ( including artificial ventilation ) to be applied so long as they were capable of prolonging his life .
2 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 .
3 Yet this very claim for monarchy implies a limitation : the irrational and reverential institution is to be tolerated so long as it serves its function .
4 Belief in the power of such plants can be traced back to the time of the Druids ; it was certainly part of the belief system of the Celtic peoples , and although it may not be voiced so explicitly as it once was , yet the custom of planting and preserving this special tree is still continued by some people .
5 Without their dedicated service , the prison would not be run so well as it is .
6 Staffing standards therefore exceed the 4/73 baseline by a fifth and that should be welcomed so far as it is an attempt to provide favourably for a group in need .
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