Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] so [adv] 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 | If anybody is successful in bringing in new work into the office , clearly that reflects in their achievements and their objectives , merely that reflects in their assessment so far as er their managers and are concerned and clearly that will will be reflected in their pay , so that will be the way that er we would normally tackle and that would be the way I I was prepared to tackle it . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | All except Lord Diplock ( and in this he positively disagreed ) held that the GLC had to have regard , when making a grant , to the LTE 's obligation to run its operations so far as practicable , on a break-even basis ; so the GLC could make grants to the LTE only to make good unavoidable losses and not to further a particular social policy . |
| 7 | By the summer of 1943 the Americans were getting into their stride so far as the war in the Pacific was concerned . |
| 8 | And best of all the pictures that flew through her mind so happily as she jolted onwards was Michael Swinton 's gratitude and delight , how touched he would be that she had thought of him , how she would seem to him like some sort of Christmas spirit , glittering in a thousand jewels , her arms laden with bounty … |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Emily sighed heavily , no more would she sit beneath those trees reading or idling away her days so carelessly as she had done , was it only a few short weeks ago ? |
| 11 | Emily swallowed hard , how could she lower her pride so far as to approach the girl she had been so scornful of ? |
| 12 | They had clearly not done their homework so thoroughly as ATP before its coup d'etat over the Men 's Tennis Council in 1989 . |
| 13 | " 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 " . |
| 14 | ( 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 . |
| 15 | Asthma has a great many things in its favour so far as my present purpose is concerned . |
| 16 | Who else in that distinguished gathering of philosophers , psychologists , veterinary professors and ethologists would desert their dignity so far as to imitate an animal ? |
| 17 | The Committee has not , however , shifted its position so far as the crime of incest is concerned . |
| 18 | Up to now , femininity has never been equated with financial self-sufficiency , but adult women will need to learn about the complicated world of personal finance and pension provision and exercise their choices so far as possible . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | If they are lost or stolen , you can recover their value so long as you have kept a note of their numbers separately . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This argument seems to me sound so far as it goes , but it does not go very far . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The statutory scheme for bankruptcy is to be found in the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Insolvency Rules 1986 and has the following main objectives : ( 1 ) to enable the bankrupt 's affairs and dealings to be investigated under the control of the court ; ( 2 ) to provide the statutory machinery for the collection and rateable distribution of the bankrupt 's available assets ( or those assets which ought to form part of his estate ) with a view to satisfying his debts so far as may be practicable ; ( 3 ) to rehabilitate the bankrupt through the process of discharge . |
| 26 | " From this resolution of the Presbytery Mr Pearson asked to leave the chair , which was granted , to enter his dissent so far as regards Mr Charles McNeill . " |
| 27 | The lord abbot here has been good enough to admit me to his confidence so far as is appropriate , since I was a witness of what happened this morning , but now you have cause to enquire further , as I understand . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 ? |