Example sentences of "[adv] long as [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is it good news for the majority of people who already own-especially those who became first-time buyers over the past four years and whose complete capital has been wiped out : more than a million such people are probably technically bankrupt but need not admit it so long as they keep paying their mortgage . |
| 2 | Modern society , it may be argued , is not like a set of neatly intermeshing and well-oiled cogs , but rather a game in which groups of players have considerable discretion so long as they keep within a set of rules which are often themselves rather loosely defined or at least open to negotiation and change . |
| 3 | cos I do n't mind what they have so long as they eat it |
| 4 | Temperature requirements are not too critical either , so long as they fall somewhere in the range of 20–28°C . |
| 5 | ( p93 ) It would appear that as long as the buyer communicates the purpose for which the goods are required , he does not have to specify all of the particular applications so long as they fall within the scope of normal purpose . |
| 6 | But it will be hard to accept that these people are serious about democracy — or can do much more to further its cause — so long as they stay in the same party as democracy-haters . |
| 7 | This is regarded as a Good Thing by Orcs who are universally content with their lot , being ultimately happy to meet their end in battle so long as they get a chance of a good fight . |
| 8 | 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 something to work on , they 've got some idea of which town or which village they came from , then usually the Parish Registers and things like the Census Returns over the last hundred years are usually able to help them . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And so long as they pass them through Rannoch to the west if need be . |
| 11 | No , I 'm sure that they that so long as they pass the audition they are always welcome . |
| 12 | People are like chameleons : they can adjust themselves to any environment so long as they 've no alternative . |
| 13 | The senior officials of these institutions are therefore more or less free to act as they wish , so long as they show a reasonable profit . |
| 14 | Let them hate so long as they fear . |
| 15 | But just so long as they take me somewhere where there 's the right kind of electricity … |
| 16 | It is , however , often claimed that there is a qualified obligation to obey the law , based on the authority of governments in just regimes , for so long as they remain just . |
| 17 | The macro-economic case for the widespread and general adoption of the industrial co-operative form is that it is just such another structure ; that the structural change lies in making labour the employer of capital rather than , as at present capital the employer of labour ; that such a change would fuse the interests of ownership and labour , interests which so long as they remain separate must also remain ultimately opposed ; and that , because relations among co-operatives and between producers and providers on the one hand , and consumers and users on the other would be determined by the operation of a free competitive market , the workers in each co-operative will be exposed to its imperative discipline . |
| 18 | Or , to put it the other way round , affines only remain friends so long as they remain affines ; they are bonded together by political alliance rather than by common substance , and , if the parties concerned want to maintain that alliance , they must repeatedly reaffirm that bonding by the appropriate exchange of imperishable valuables of a visible and identifiable kind . |
| 19 | More generally on durability , it seems that the requirement that the goods be of merchantable quality is a continuing requirement that they will continue to be of merchantable quality for a reasonable period after delivery so long as they remain in the same apparent state as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . |
| 20 | In Lambert v. Lewis ( 1981 H.L. ) Lord Diplock said that the condition of fitness for purpose was a continuing obligation ‘ that the goods will continue to be fit for that purpose for a reasonable time after delivery , so long as they remain in the same apparent state and condition as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . ’ |
| 21 | All members of the company ( though not its secretary ) must be qualified solicitors , and there are special provisions to apply when a member dies or is struck off the roll or otherwise loses his qualification to practise , which in essence provide that such member 's shares become non-voting so long as they remain registered in unqualified hands , and only qualified solicitors will be able to vote as proxies . |
| 22 | They sit only so long as they continue to hold episcopal office . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , if they added that , they could also have their conquered victims become willing slaves , so long as they give regular dosages . |
| 24 | Independent soft-commission brokers regard it as an acceptable method of payment so long as they deal at the best price . |
| 25 | The sovereign is under a constitutional duty to accept the advice of her ministers tendered through her chief minister so long as they command her confidence — so long , that is , as they command a majority in Parliament . |
| 26 | Everyone dominates central stage for a while , just so long as they need it , only to return it chivalrously after their moment . |
| 27 | But other sorts of drink may be advertised , so long as they do not link consumption to social or sexual success — thus eliminating the predictable drink-this-and-score line . |
| 28 | We enjoy mysteries , so long as they do not threaten our person . |
| 29 | The time may have come to urge a historic settlement , whereby people in Essex can hang each other to their hearts ' content so long as they do not interfere with traditional sporting practices in the rest of the country . |
| 30 | By contrast the larger class-D animals , living on grasslands where rainfall varies , are less selective and so long as they do not crop the grass too close many animals can cover the same foraging area in a short time . |