Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] long [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clockwatching has no place and everyone is expected to work as long as is necessary to do the job — and to do so without complaint . |
| 2 | For the investor , however , multiplicity creates opportunity , and the next Bookish Portfolio stands to prosper so long as the creative process is allowed to flower . |
| 3 | The governing body insists leagues will start next September , but it wants to delay as long as possible any decision about what to do with the Merit teams . |
| 4 | It has survived so long because abolishing it would have been more trouble than it was worth , but that does not make it any better in itself . |
| 5 | I think that 's why the play has survived so long because it has this peculiar charm . ’ |
| 6 | There was a murmur of agreement from the assembled men , then Springfield asked about the burst of gunfire he 'd heard not long after they 'd entered the grounds . |
| 7 | So you 've not got to live that long before you 're into profit . |
| 8 | We shall not only survive but continue to grow so long as we give value for money , retain our record of innovation and flexibility , keep the confidence and goodwill of our clients and ensure that we have the best possible range of materials , methods and people in the industry . |
| 9 | We may be told that what we understand of an event e , if it is taken as an effect , is that there existed a certain set of conditions — say sc — such that since it existed , e occurred , and e would still have occurred so long as " the usual background " or " the usual environment " obtained . |
| 10 | With respect to the short circuit and the house fire , it is true that since a set of conditions obtained , there was the fire , and this would still have occurred so long as , say , there was not a flood at the right moment . |
| 11 | They also extend the traditions of the area — the working over of old dumps by ‘ dressers ’ has taken place since ancient times and will , no doubt , continue to do so long after the mines close down . |
| 12 | Wildebeest movements follow , at a distance of a few days , the pattern of rainfall ; but they only keep moving so long as rain is falling or has recently fallen within the area scanned by their senses . |
| 13 | I did n't mean to stay that long cos I had a lot to do . |
| 14 | This means that Snotlings can be very frustrating to fight , because no matter how many are slain they keep fighting so long as their neighbours hold steady . |
| 15 | He can continue to shoot so long as he keeps hitting , up to a maximum of 6 shots per turn . |
| 16 | The plain truth is that I once twisted my knee after falling down a ridiculously narrow flight of stairs at a crowded party in a terraced house in Highgate , and I found it so comforting and indeed so peculiarly elegant to lean on a good stout walking stick during the weeks that followed this mishap that I continued to do so long after my leg had returned to normal . |
| 17 | Not only men , but women and children too knitted stockings , socks , shirts , gloves , cravats and other fabrics on a frame in their cottage and continued to do so long after steam power had been applied to their craft during the middle years of the nineteenth century . |
| 18 | A War Wagon can continue to fight so long as there is at least one crew member left alive . |
| 19 | It is history now how he followed that perfectly shaped tee shot by greening a sumptuous 4-iron — only to lose out to Nick Faldo 's answering birdie as the Open champion holed a 15-footer on which the engines had cut out long before it dropped . |
| 20 | They had taken as long as seventeen days to examine seventy-five schemes . |
| 21 | There was no fire and I had switched off long before the port wing touched the ground , I saw him hare across the airfield diagonally opposed to the direction of the hangar , and indeed the aircraft , and at the same time he was haring away towards Findhorn . |
| 22 | A unit only continues to operate so long as it is successful . |
| 23 | ‘ In no way is it a finishing line , ’ said Hugh , who intends to continue working as long as possible . |
| 24 | We can not help signing so long as there is another human being who needs to read the signs . |
| 25 | ‘ Sometimes , my friend , I wonder how you 've managed to last as long as you have . ’ |
| 26 | The limes have survived that long because of the technique of coppicing . |