Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said she thought it was all right as long as he had squared the matter with his own family . |
| 2 | Setting prices in relation to costs is all right as long as the latter are under control , but here they clearly are n't : it is obvious that if Marie 's back is turned , food either gets wasted or goes missing . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm all right as long as I know where things are going , but it 's not on a par with planning a legal argument . ’ |
| 4 | Skiing is all right as long as you do n't take risks . |
| 5 | 4 Never make your students feel stupid or ignorant ; if you want to make a joke at a student 's expense , that 's all right as long as he does n't mind his leg being pulled . |
| 6 | Some researchers with whom discussions have been held admit to copying theses obtained on inter-library loan , and justify such behaviour by saying that ‘ it 'll be all right as long as I do n't publish ’ . |
| 7 | Internal security police still dog real or imagined opponents , though not so blatantly as last year . |
| 8 | Voice not so loud as Great Spotted . |
| 9 | Drums fairly often in spring , not so loud as Great Spotted , but lasting longer , two seconds , with 10–30 blows . |
| 10 | Calls ‘ teu ’ , ‘ teeoo ’ , ‘ chik ’ , etc. not so loud as other shanks , also a liquid twittering trill . |
| 11 | Throughout the 60s we watched incredulously as the HVS category bulged evermore lopsidedly as these great pioneers stuffed it with their goodies — Wombat , Carnage , Macabre , Vagabond , Sundance Wall — today as touch a collection of E points as you 'll find anywhere . |
| 12 | So long as international affairs were left to the uncontrolled interplay of nation states , mutual suspicion would generate arms races which , in turn , would generate wars . |
| 13 | Au these possibilities are recognized in EC competition policy , and are given exemption from Article 85 so long as certain safeguards are in place . |
| 14 | Do not worry about this so long as all or most of the important symptoms of the case are in the remedy . |
| 15 | And so long as all citizens stand a good chance of being among the majority on at least some of the major and significant issues , most if not all will be content to accept the majority principle . |
| 16 | If there has to be a last minute addition to the contract after the document has been prepared and is awaiting exchange , it could be written into the draft contract before exchange , or some reference to it could be added to the contract so long as all that was done with the authority of the parties who signed it . |
| 17 | Incorporated practices are already permitted ( subject to local law requirements ) if their business is carried on only wholly outside England and Wales so long as all directors and shareholders are properly qualified lawyers ( ie barristers or solicitors or locally qualified advocates etc ) and the practice complies with the Overseas Practice Rules ( see above ) . |
| 18 | Thus , a bidder offering shares in itself as consideration for a takeover will be within the exemption so long as all the shareholders holding shares of the class offered for can take part in the arrangement . |
| 19 | Citizens of the United Kingdom do , however , have an individual right of access to the European enforcement agencies whether Her Majesty 's government likes it or not , so long that is , and only so long as that government continues to accede to the Convention and the jurisdiction of the machinery which it establishes . |
| 20 | This is fine so long as that food is readily available , but it means that the birds are rather vulnerable should there be any changes in circumstances . |
| 21 | I now wanted desperately to belong to the Christian church in general ( which to me , from my Free Church background , was what baptism implied ) while not able to belong specifically to the Anglican Church ( which was what confirmation implied ) so long as that church discriminated against women . |
| 22 | Such pessimistic Conclusions are rejected by pluralist writers , who believe that the political system can be used to bring about any change in society so long as that is what the majority of people desire . |
| 23 | He thought for a moment before adding dryly , ‘ So long as that 's all right with you , Adjudicator ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ So long as that 's understood , ’ said the imp , and shut the door . |
| 25 | So long as that situation continues , the British meat and livestock industry will be placed at a severe competitive disadvantage . |
| 26 | So long as that does not include Whitby and Scarborough and er any settlements to the West of the what is essentially the coast road . |
| 27 | ( a ) Parties By RSC Ord 81 , r1 actions may be brought by and against partners in the name of their firm so long as that firm ( whether plaintiff or defendant ) carries on its business within the jurisdiction of the High Court . |
| 28 | He would be well advised to insist on a written indemnity in that respect to cover both intentional and accidental holding out , and , as regards the latter , to cover his accidentally holding himself out as a partner so long as that is done in the course of carrying out his duties for and in the interests of the firm . |
| 29 | The defence is called " fair comment " — a misnomer , because it in fact defends unfair comment , so long as that comment is honest : " Every latitude must be given to opinion and to prejudice , and then an ordinary set of men with ordinary judgment must say [ not whether they agree with it , but ] whether any fair man would have made such a comment … |
| 30 | Its distribution in space becomes more and more contorted by the velocity fluctuations , but so long as molecular diffusion plays no role , the marked fluid is always just the same fluid . |