Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] so long as " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's none of my business so long as I do n't have to break any laws . |
| 2 | ‘ Meaning , I can have my say so long as I do what you tell me ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |
| 4 | In that year the Cohen Committee succinctly explained how this state of affairs had come about : ‘ [ t ] he illusory nature of the control theoretically exercised by the shareholders over directors has been accentuated by the dispersion of capital among an increasing number of small shareholders who pay little attention to their investments so long as satisfactory dividends are forthcoming , who lack sufficient time , money and experience to make full use of their rights as occasion arises and who are , in many cases , too numerous and too widely dispersed to be able to organise themselves ’ . |
| 5 | Invective flowed from the pens of all parties and violence from their partizans so long as the feud between the Sailors and Firemen and the Seafarers continued . |
| 6 | " The Orthodox clergy and Church in the western area " , he said , " will not assume the status appropriate to their rank so long as this same clergy at the very centre of the state remain in their present condition and on their present level " . |
| 7 | ( 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 . |
| 8 | It is not that she possesses dazzling charm or an especially brilliant intellect , but he enjoys her company so long as he thinks their friendship is platonic . |
| 9 | Political connections were often the principal criterion suggested to justify the promotion of an officer of excise , and some of them were quite ready to employ their own votes to advance their careers so long as this was permitted by Parliament . |
| 10 | If they are lost or stolen , you can recover their value so long as you have kept a note of their numbers separately . |
| 11 | Yes , well anybody can come in and trace their family so long as they know that they came from Sussex at some point and they 've got some , something to work on , they 've got some idea of which town or which village they came from . |
| 12 | Yet this appears of no practical importance here , for there is no reason to suppose that the applicant has the least objection to the Director asking him questions so long as ( in line with the cautions already administered ) he does not have to answer . |
| 13 | It was he who pronounced in open court that a husband was entitled to beat his wife so long as the rod he used was no thicker than his thumb . |
| 14 | On the drive back to London , Quinn was silent as Sam told him the outcome of her trip to Washington and the decision of the White House to let him have his head so long as she went with him . |
| 15 | Did it really matter from whom a bishop had received the lands and symbols of his office so long as he was the representative of Christ to his flock ? |