Example sentences of "long [subord] [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Conservative Party continued the Labour practice of remaining aloof , though never actively criticising attempts at European union as long as they did not threaten what Britain conceived to be its own vital interests . |
| 2 | The right to sublet part of their home ( as long as they do not change the use e.g. by subletting to a business concern ) . |
| 3 | The Secretariat has stated that individual countries are free to set their own environmental standards , as long as they do not impede free trade . |
| 4 | One ‘ slot ’ can be home to as many as five satellites as long as they do not use exactly the same frequency . |
| 5 | Now I would not ignore hunches , insight or occasional flashes of brilliance that can come from anybody , as long as they do not become a substitute for objectivity and professionalism . |
| 6 | As long as they do not become too obtrusive , such glosses serve to embed technical terms effectively even within a register which is in other respects informal , or even impressionistic . |
| 7 | After flowering , their leaves expand and as long as they do not get too dry , they will stay in good condition all summer long . |
| 8 | I do think , however , that we should hit the Enemy in the public world , and even set up outposts and command centres there , as long as we do not forget that the kingdom can not be built as a nation state or a political empire . |
| 9 | The first we step into we call the infant or thoughtless Chamber , in which we remain as long as we do not think … we no sooner get into the second Chamber , which I shall call the Chamber of Maiden-Thought , than we become intoxicated with the light and the atmosphere , we see nothing but pleasant wonders , and think of delaying there for ever in delight . |
| 10 | It is legitimate to speculate about the Devil as long as we do not assume that our speculations have the solidity of holy writ . |
| 11 | pride in our accomplishments is constructive and helpful , as long as we do not become stuck in the acclaim or the desire for it . |
| 12 | Therefore , in principle , it is quite acceptable to write a novel about a secret agent in the style of Ian Fleming as long as it does not contain copies of parts of James Bond novels . |
| 13 | ‘ ’ Do what you want ’ shall be the whole of the law' was a favourite catch phrase of the occultist Aleister Crowley , but in fact it is the ‘ law ’ of the private kingdom — with the added rider , ‘ as long as it does not interfere with other people 's personal preferences ’ . |
| 14 | As long as it does not impinge upon another 's needs , get up and fight for your rights , your space and for your needs . |
| 15 | As long as it does not question the Islamic system , parliament can engage in genuine debate . |
| 16 | Health Department guidelines supported by the college say that HIV-infected health care workers could conduct a normal delivery as long as it did not involve invasive surgery . |
| 17 | The judgment was the first major decision on the issue since the Supreme Court 's June 29 decision , in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey , upholding the constitutional right to abortion but accepting a state 's right to restrict access to abortion as long as it did not place an " undue burden " on those seeking a termination [ see pp. 38954-55 ] . |
| 18 | Until the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 , only a registered patent agent or a solicitor could act for gain as agents for persons seeking patents , but now anyone can do this as long as he does not describe himself as , or hold himself out to be , a " patent agent " or " patent attorney " . |
| 19 | The Emperor spoke to him and said that as long as he did not speak to anyone in that underground place , nothing would happen to him . |
| 20 | ‘ They told me that as long as I did not rush back too quickly , I should have another four or five years . |
| 21 | As long as I did not look at her , Sadie resigned herself to wandering behind me . |
| 22 | If you are walking in an area where adders are found — dry heath and common land — then as long as you do not go along like a herd of elephants there is a fair chance of coming across one . |
| 23 | There should not be too much uprooting , and you have a good chance of breeding as long as you do not overcrowd . |
| 24 | It is a wonder , as long as you do not carry the responsibilities of having to clear the roads for traffic , nor understand the host of problems that a winter blizzard can bring to disrupt the economy . |
| 25 | A suggestive picture of how it works can be pieced together , as long as you do not mind taking the pieces from different studies of different drugs : work on cocaine by Nora Volcow at Brookhaven National Laboratory , among others ; on cocaine and amphetamines by Bruce Cohen of McLean Hospital in Boston ; on heroin by Zvi Vogel at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot in Israel and Anton Shofelmeer at the Free University in Amsterdam ; and on benzodiazepines ( such as Valium ) by Erick Sigel at the University of Berne . |
| 26 | Going down on your partner is safe as long as you do not have bad cuts or sores in the mouth , or bleeding gums . |
| 27 | During the sittings , he was always in good spirits ; and as long as you did not try to glimpse what he was putting up on the canvas , he would dilate on any subject that took his fancy . |
| 28 | And perhaps , she decided , being realistic , as long as she did not let things go too far it would do her no harm to stop trying to resist them and simply go with the flow of her feelings for a while . |
| 29 | As late as 1913 , the anti-feminist surgeon , Sir Almroth Wright , continued to applaud what was undoubtedly an extreme form of the traditional patriarchal marriage , whereby the husband promised to do his wife reverence , to protect and to serve her as long as she did not jettison personal refinement , act in an ungrateful manner or put an extravagantly high estimate on her intellectual powers . |