Example sentences of "as [adv] as it [vb -s] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The heating is switched on only for as long as it takes to dry the washing . |
| 4 | However , as Ketamine lacks the euphoric and social properties that led o the widespread use of MDMA , the drug is likely to disappear as suddenly as it seems to have emerged . |
| 5 | We were pleased to have your Easter card , and hope that the year continued as well as it seems to have begun . |