Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] so long [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The House of Lords held that parental rights are recognised in law only for so long as they are needed for the protection of the child . |
| 2 | ( 4 ) The justices were under a duty to make any secure accommodation order only for so long as was necessary . |
| 3 | Coming back to the family after being away for so long except for short periods , Joe saw them with new eyes . |
| 4 | She said she had held the document back for so long because she was afraid it would re-open old wounds for my mother and because she felt sure it was better for us not to know what it contained . ’ |
| 5 | The life they had come to know so well for so long as it slipped by changelessly would be irrevocably altered : it was like a death or a wounding and brought all the wonder and fear and awe of change . |