Example sentences of "[adj] for [adv] long as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diana has a duty to bring up her own children and give them as normal a life as possible for as long as possible . |
| 2 | ‘ That was believed important , for with the Enchantment useless , we knew that we had to keep the Wolfline alive for as long as we could . |
| 3 | The black tarred roof had been ‘ like that for as long as I can remember . ’ |
| 4 | They 'd fallen asleep , a head on each shoulder and she was determined to leave them like that for as long as she could . |
| 5 | There is fat chance of that for as long as the Government allows the banks to carry on with their grasping one-way policy . |
| 6 | When you 've lived around men like that for as long as I have , when you 've seen at first hand what they 're capable of , then you can come here and tell me how to handle my affairs . |
| 7 | I want you to try and do that for as long as you can , the person 's who 's trying to take them off it you try and take them off that point as long as you can , the other person stick to your guns , okay ? |
| 8 | Baffled Lilly , from Anfield , Liverpool , added : ‘ I 've been like this for as long as I can remember . |
| 9 | The boys stood this for as long as was decent , and then , after a particularly heavy blow to the head , the brothers grabbed the Bosnian refugee by both feet and up-ended him over the sand . |
| 10 | That same prize will elude the British for as long as they yearn for it publicly . |
| 11 | That Madam , Gary used to say , she 's been forty for as long as we 've known her . |
| 12 | I 've been impotent for as long as I can remember . |
| 13 | His hair had been white for as long as Burun could remember , but this was the first time his age had seemed to affect his behaviour . |
| 14 | Well you could say that erm our background goes back erm twenty-five years , in fact , we 've had a considerable involvement with industry both local and national for as long as the University has been in existence , which is now nearly twenty-five years . |
| 15 | Erm so erm th the cheapest er fuel at the moment is gas , you know , that 's , that 's why er a lot of the erm er er generators are now moving to towards gas er erm er generation er wh which is fine for as long as the gas exists but , you know , another , give it another ten fifteen years , and our North Sea gas will have gone you see so , so erm you have to ask well how much do you , weight do you put on market forces and how much in say , in the energy business , ought you to be thinking longer term ? |
| 16 | Even in a perfectly competitive economy — the state of affairs normally regarded as most amenable to neoclassical modes of analysis — the real wage rate will remain unchanged for as long as the level of output remains unchanged ; and output will remain unchanged for as long as the level of desired real expenditure remains unchanged . |
| 17 | Even in a perfectly competitive economy — the state of affairs normally regarded as most amenable to neoclassical modes of analysis — the real wage rate will remain unchanged for as long as the level of output remains unchanged ; and output will remain unchanged for as long as the level of desired real expenditure remains unchanged . |
| 18 | The results were all good for so long as the growth in output kept pace with the expansion of the new ‘ money ’ . |
| 19 | The Bruce claimant to the throne had just died , but his son and grandson were determined to assert family rights , even if it meant offering their services to Edward I for as long as it might take to drive the Comyns from the seized lands in Annandale . |
| 20 | Anyone with an illness or injury of any severity is disabled for as long as the condition lasts . |
| 21 | The fatwa was and remains an affront to civilised values , for which Iran should be held accountable for as long as the command stands unrescinded . |
| 22 | Margaret Thatcher , the Prime Minister , yesterday underlined that UK rates would remain ‘ as high as necessary for as long as is necessary to keep downward pressure on inflation ’ . |
| 23 | When he was absent for as long as a day . |
| 24 | Mr Hunt said of the changes in the poll tax rules for teenagers : ‘ A new wider exemption will apply to all young adults under the age of 20 for so long as they are still at school or in full-time further — though not higher -education . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Keep quiet for as long as you can , ’ SHe said , without much hope . |