Example sentences of "[is] as long [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its principal hall , which still stands , is as long and as narrow as a ship , with delicately carved kiosks and balconies projecting out over the lake . |
| 2 | ‘ I use the most simple or most complex equipment available — frankly , I think cameras are boring — they 're like a gun , if it shoots O.K. it does n't matter what it is as long as it can do its job . |
| 3 | We agree with MacGowan and Reeves that the half life may be inaccurate if it is calculated from only two values ; but perhaps that is why they have never seen a patient with normal renal function in whom the half life is as long as 7.6 hours , since in clinical practice two measurements are all one has to go on . |
| 4 | Look no further than the row of foundations — most of them have been used for about a week , which is as long as it takes to realise that they are wrong for your skin . |
| 5 | But even with only the barest essentials , the list is as long as my arm . |
| 6 | And one of the problems that these folk had , and one of the problems we all have is as long as we think we 're all right , then we 're all wrong . |
| 7 | The government feels it can rely on er auditors to protect the interests of share holders and the creditors and the other stake holders but I have to tell the minister that that reliance which is now er strengthened by the regulations b by the er the order today has always proved er inadequate in the er in in the past er because poor auditing practices always get covered up , there 's no way for anybody to know how bad or how good er the audit is as long as a company er survives and we have n't developed in this country , the proper institutional framework to regulate auditors er effectively and to actually make them er er accountable . |
| 8 | I do n't care what the motive power is as long as it gets there on time and you 're guaranteed a seat . |
| 9 | She says , I 'm not bothered what it is as long as it 's got all its fingers there . |
| 10 | Normally you sit in er you know the trouble is as long as the police are n't here . |
| 11 | If it is as long as that ! |
| 12 | Do n't matter what it is as long as it 's alright . |
| 13 | Whether they are in a particular building in one place or another , actually I could n't give a monkey 's as a parent , and I do n't care where the school is as long as I can get my kids there and they get a good deal . |
| 14 | It 's tragic — there 's a chap along this road that I like to keep my eye on and it 's as long as it 's short — to lose your eldest boy . |
| 15 | I came this way — it 's as long as it 's short — because of Pratesi and his sausage factory . ’ |
| 16 | My record 's as long as my arm — even longer . |
| 17 | He 's been at Pepe 's as long as I 've been coming here — though he does sometimes take holidays , I must admit . ’ |
| 18 | Steve has got one that he played at the last S L Os meeting , it lasts about four minutes it 's as long as the song he ai n't heavy he 's my brother . |
| 19 | twelve months so it 's as long as it 's broad John . |
| 20 | So it 's still me agreeing , because otherwise they di , they 're taking control off you , and it 's no good in business it 's not is it ? fighting for control , but it 's as long as you 're both fighting and both happy about fighting for it , that 's fine . |
| 21 | It 's it 's as long as they 've lived already , practically , yes . |
| 22 | Philip , no , that 's an exaggeration , come on , it 's about as wide , it 's as long as this room |