Example sentences of "[adj] so long as it " in BNC.

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1 Any gift or campaign contribution is legal so long as it is reported .
2 An extra incentive can be useful so long as it does not become a too regular ( relied upon ) habit .
3 The actual nature of the game is not important so long as it focuses your attention effectively , distracting you from your negative thoughts or your symptoms .
4 ‘ Heightened expectation on the part of supporters is understandable and tolerable so long as it comes with a sense of realism .
5 It need not be accurate so long as it shows the disposition of the rooms — — information which will be of great value later .
6 If we are referring to a mass of matter we can say that it is the same so long as it consists of the same particles , whereas if we are referring to a living body this need not be so : ‘ a colt grown up to a horse , sometimes fat , sometimes lean , is all the while the same horse : though … there may be a manifest change of the parts . ’
7 But at least it pays no rent and in practice it is secure so long as it farms the land and avoids bankruptcy .
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