Example sentences of "[conj] long [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As long as architecture does not express a theme prosaically or literally , then it can have a multi-dimensional and enduring value . |
| 2 | If Britain were not a racist society , transracial adoption would not be an issue ; but as long as race relations continue their current path transracial adoption must be an area of concern . |
| 3 | As long as daimyo did not contravene the rulings of their nominal liege lord , the shogun , they could handle their own territory pretty much as they chose . |
| 4 | As long as patience and care are applied , making up a switchmode power unit is no more difficult than any other sort . |
| 5 | In exactly the same way , the image of the lover can be preserved unchanged as long as life endures ; rather , the image can be enhanced and made more perfect . |
| 6 | The effect of that correlation between the production of each unit of living matter and the corresponding production of a unit of ‘ goodness ’ , each ‘ event ’ contributing to the ultimate goal of a happy humanity , will operate as long as life persists . |
| 7 | If it is improbable that any further major developments will come from this stock , it is also unlikely , on the evidence of the last six hundred million years , that the group will disappear as long as life remains possible at all in the seas of the world . |
| 8 | Thus , if a forest is managed to achieve maximum growth rather than maximum timber volume , a characteristic of mature climax forest , it can both thrive and produce a substantial harvest in the long term ( provided no exogenous effects such as climatic change occur and as long as soil nutrient status is maintained ) . |
| 9 | As long as expenditure can not be said to apply in support of specific candidates , national party campaigns do not fall foul of the election finance restrictions . |
| 10 | Golfwise , we learn the new reclaimed course was opened in August with the Standard 's comment ‘ tho' not as long as golf courses are now reckoned to be it affords an excellent test ’ . |
| 11 | The largest opposition party , the Movement of Democratic Socialists ( MDS ) led by Mohammed Moada , had been the first to opt for a boycott , on the grounds that the elections represented only a limited pluralist opening as long as parliament and the media continued under RCD control . |
| 12 | Should coal run out , it was argued that as long as hydrogen could be obtained ( eg from solar or nuclear sources ) plus carbon dioxide ( from chalk or air ) such processes would still be viable . |
| 13 | As long as inflation exists , prices go up . |
| 14 | The cancer was not eliminated , but its growth ceased , and for many years could be prevented from spreading to distant tissues as long as treatment with hormones continued . |
| 15 | Correct proportion is of primary importance , as long as size is within the Standard s range . |
| 16 | As long as history is assumed to operate according to the protocols of a conventional logic , where a contradiction simply means you can not think it or do it as Hirst supposes , then it remains at the impasse he describes . |
| 17 | Of course , aspects of social life have been measured for almost as long as history . |
| 18 | On the whole , however , I believe that , though school assembly should cease to be compulsory as an act of worship ( largely because it has long ceased to be that anyway ) , there should be a place in the timetable for the compulsory teaching of Christianity , as long as Church and State are linked . |
| 19 | While it was clear that as long as unanimity or qualified majorities were required , it was possible , as several of the member states were to do , for states to drag their heels and delay a programme . |
| 20 | As long as mum is alive and as long as I 'm able to look after her , there 's no way I could hold down a job . |
| 21 | As long as Dad did n't know . |
| 22 | And as long as casualism persisted there was little that local agencies could do to break the downward spiral of underemployment , overcrowding and deprivation . |
| 23 | There may well be only six runners in the King George , but as long as Desert Orchid runs the faithful will be there . |
| 24 | So as long as gender and race can be satisfactorily subordinated to class then Marxism does not need refuting , and history can be reasserted as the single narrative of the Third International . |
| 25 | Analysts said that as long as credit business remained negative it was unlikely consumer spending would revive significantly . |
| 26 | As long as damage is not too severe , a modern repair system such as that offered by Sterling Roncraft can restore wood prior to redecorating , and protect it against any further attack . |
| 27 | As long as drinking is controlled , there 's no reason why that should change . |
| 28 | With initial allocations of income at point 1 on for B and for A , there are clearly gains from trade to be had from the lowering of both incomes as long as adjustment is contained within the usual rugby ball shape . |
| 29 | As long as man has lain stone on stone , people have argued the need to show a respect for the work of their forebears . |
| 30 | As long as man eats unhealthy food ( the product of unhealthy soil ) , even in the right proportions , the medical profession will perforce have to continue to treat the inevitable results . |