Example sentences of "so [adv] as [pers pn] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seldom before have England needed him so badly as they go into tomorrow 's third Test in Bombay already beaten 2-0 in the series by India . |
| 2 | Modern society , it may be argued , is not like a set of neatly intermeshing and well-oiled cogs , but rather a game in which groups of players have considerable discretion so long as they keep within a set of rules which are often themselves rather loosely defined or at least open to negotiation and change . |
| 3 | ( p93 ) It would appear that as long as the buyer communicates the purpose for which the goods are required , he does not have to specify all of the particular applications so long as they fall within the scope of normal purpose . |
| 4 | But it will be hard to accept that these people are serious about democracy — or can do much more to further its cause — so long as they stay in the same party as democracy-haters . |
| 5 | More generally on durability , it seems that the requirement that the goods be of merchantable quality is a continuing requirement that they will continue to be of merchantable quality for a reasonable period after delivery so long as they remain in the same apparent state as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . |
| 6 | In Lambert v. Lewis ( 1981 H.L. ) Lord Diplock said that the condition of fitness for purpose was a continuing obligation ‘ that the goods will continue to be fit for that purpose for a reasonable time after delivery , so long as they remain in the same apparent state and condition as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . ’ |
| 7 | Independent soft-commission brokers regard it as an acceptable method of payment so long as they deal at the best price . |
| 8 | The former mandatory distinction , between brokers , who acted only as agents for their clients , and jobbers who acted only as market-making principals , has disappeared ; as a result of ‘ Big Bang ’ , firms may now act as either , so long as they disclose to the client whether they are acting as agents or principals . |
| 9 | By way of contrast members of a moral or rule-based association share nothing other than their recognition of the authority of those practices ; sharers of a common language , for example , may say what they like so long as they comply with the canons of that language . |
| 10 | But we can not explain why this is always objectionable , so long as we remain on the plane of justice as I have defined it . |
| 11 | However , so long as we remain in the Community , Parliament has effectively handed over a number of functions that it has traditionally fulfilled . |
| 12 | ‘ We are very comfortable at Government House and Lady Franklin will not hear of our going from it so long as we remain in town . |
| 13 | This may provide another justification for the anthropic principle , for if all the histories are possible , then so long as we exist in one of the histories , we may use the anthropic principle to explain why the universe is found to be the way it is . |
| 14 | " Well , so long as you remain at mine , I think the rest could be managed . |
| 15 | ‘ Not so long as you keep within the law . ’ |
| 16 | So long as you feel like that . |
| 17 | You will get perfectly acceptable results from a WYSIWYG package so long as you work within the constraints the software imposes but this now becomes a design problem rather than a technological one . |
| 18 | It is no good insisting that , so long as you look at it with your eyes closed , a pig 's ear is a silk purse after all . |
| 19 | In so far as we deal with cyclical fluctuations here , they will be those which were characteristic of an unregulated capitalist economy typical of the nineteenth century . |
| 20 | Past cases are only helpful in so far as they act as a guide and some of the main points arising from them are discussed below . |
| 21 | As has already been mentioned , insider traders also face the possibility of conviction under the US mail and wire fraud statutes in so far as they participate in a ‘ scheme … to defraud ’ ( ie breach of s.10b and Rule 10b-5 ) where use has been made of the postal system or telephonic communication . |
| 22 | Knowledge , teaching and learning are only justified in so far as they contribute to that much more ambitious end . |
| 23 | Since s. 2(2) OLA 1957 requires the occupier to take such care as is reasonable to see that visitors will be reasonably safe in using the premises for the purposes for which they are invited or permitted by the occupier to be there , lawful visitors will be owed a duty only in so far as they remain within the scope of their invitation or permission to be on the premises . |
| 24 | Projected profiles consist of drawing the first section completely , while parallel sections behind the first are only drawn in so far as they project above earlier sections ( Fig. 9.17 ) . |
| 25 | Finally , I return to my earlier comments about autonomy , in so far as they apply to students . |
| 26 | Particular religions are true in so far as they succeed in expressing the primordial form of religion which in turn is comprehended only in the depths of particular religions . |
| 27 | Such covenants , so far as they relate to the premises leased , are binding on and enforceable by assignees both of lessor and lessee . |
| 28 | Are they solely to do with consciousness ( in so far as they relate to ontological stakes or emotional investments in racist ideology which may be pre- or even un-conscious ) ? |
| 29 | The material facts of that case , in so far as they relate to the present appeal , were that on the application of the Crown Prosecution Service , McCullough J. made a restraint order pursuant to section 77 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 in respect of the assets held by the applicants , a husband and wife . |
| 30 | The due observance and fulfilment of the terms provisions conditions and endorsements of this Policy in so far as they relate to anything to be done or complied with by the Policyholder and the truth of the statements and answers in the said proposal shall be conditions precedent to any liability of the Corporation to make any payment under this Policy . |