Example sentences of "[verb] for [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Thatcher pledged that the relief would remain for as long as she was Prime Minister and the opposition parties appear unwilling to commit themselves to abolishing it . |
| 2 | Partly because , in spite of his professed indifference to the outside world , it nevertheless rankled with Franco that his regime was excluded from all the most important international circles , and he knew that it would continue to be blackballed for as long as it could be accused of denying the Spanish people free choice . |
| 3 | The head said that that would be the case and that Balbinder would stay for as long as he needed their help . |
| 4 | This has been described as " the affection of a man that clingeth to God , a homely and pious speaking , a standing of the enlightened soul unto enjoying for so long as may be " . |
| 5 | Richard Baxter continued to write and to preach for as long as he could . |
| 6 | So far about 400 hectares of land have been reclaimed and the programme is to continue for as long as is necessary . |
| 7 | The systematic component will persist for as long as the unemployment rate deviates from its natural value , U * ; . |
| 8 | Cavity treatment should be delayed for as long as possible to allow the injected solution to remain in contact with blood and other body fluids and care to avoid spillage should be exercised when carrying out drainage . |
| 9 | In such a slice , appropriate stimulation of the input pathways will also lead to LTP which persists for as long as the slice can be maintained alive . |
| 10 | I decided to try for as long as he was trying . |
| 11 | They talked about other Christmas flops and bombs , delaying for as long as they could any mention of TCT 's ‘ T is He Whose Yester-evening 's High Disdain ’ , which had cost practically nothing to make and had already done 120 million in its first three weeks . |
| 12 | Wooden dowel has been used for kite spars for as long as we can recall . |
| 13 | Stereotypes , however false , tend to persist for as long as the social differences and inequalities they reinforce . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've waited sixteen years to hear from my father and they can wait for as long as I can drag this thing out . |
| 15 | She had gone up to her room now as if she was simply going to sit there and wait for as long as it took , and when the plane disappeared from sight Maggie went to find her . |
| 16 | Keep the sail driving for as long as you can through the tacks . |
| 17 | Dot listened as the grown-ups continued to grumble along as they had done for as long as she could remember , like the harmless rumble of gunfire faraway . |
| 18 | The guarantee can be made for as long as the manufacturer chooses . |
| 19 | The second interpretation can be arrived at by reading the provision in two parts : ( 1 ) judges ' commissions are to be made for as long as they behave themselves , implying that if they misbehave they may be dismissed by the Crown ; ( 2 ) they may be removed by the Crown on an Address of both Houses , even though they have not misbehaved themselves . |
| 20 | Scientific ideas and theories are accepted for as long as the known evidence supports them . |
| 21 | We have to recognise it for what it is ; to see it as a way of generating understanding and knowledge , yielding ideas and theories which are accepted for as long as they help our understanding of evidence , but which are constantly superseded and changed when new evidence is obtained which conflicts with them . |
| 22 | Scientific ideas and theories are accepted for as long as the known evidence supports them . |
| 23 | We have to recognise it for what it is ; to see it as a way of generating understanding and knowledge , yielding ideas and theories which are accepted for as long as they help our understanding of evidence , but which are constantly superseded and changed when new evidence is obtained which conflicts with them . |
| 24 | She had to talk for as long as he wanted and it was a long time . |
| 25 | You can not pretend to people who , like you , have been pretending for as long as they can remember : they do not let you get away with it . |
| 26 | If a particular monkey is chased and harried for as long as ten minutes , it may become so stressed that eventually it gives up trying to escape and sits to face its death without screaming or even resisting when the hunters finally seize it . |
| 27 | In extremely dry periods , the lungfish of Africa just bury themselves in the mud at the bottom of their temporary ponds , and wait for as long as it takes until it rains again . |
| 28 | Nicknames have been used for as long as man has identified himself . |
| 29 | So if you want to make your money grow look for a good interest rate and save for as long as possible . |
| 30 | Unemployment benefit is limited to only one year , and , unlike other national insurance benefits , such as an old-age pension , can not be drawn for as long as needed . |