Example sentences of "[verb] only so [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | They sit only so long as they continue to hold episcopal office . |
| 2 | That gives him the space to make long-term bets , but also deprives him of advice against short-sightedness : borrowing sums that he can service only so long as the good times roll . |
| 3 | Even among senior players , outside pursuits were tolerated only so long as they did not affect a player 's performance or make football of secondary importance to him . |
| 4 | The system can function only so long as the financial stability of LCH 's position is preserved so that the risks normally inherent in futures and options trading are effectively balanced . |
| 5 | Those days have gone only so long as a Government are in power who are determined to continue a regime of common sense and reasonable and balanced industrial relations . |
| 6 | There are increasing demands that the central institutions of the EEC should be reduced to a minimal role , that Member States should be allowed to integrate only so far as they wish , and that it should be possible for a country to remain within a European free-trade zone , but outside a politically united federation — as Norway , Iceland and the other Efta states have done since the establishment of the EEA . |
| 7 | But the relief of the husband from the obligation of maintenance continues only so long as she voluntarily remains absent . |
| 8 | The consensus will last only so long as most lawyers accept the convictions that support it . |
| 9 | Our knowledge is bounded by our ideas , and extends only so far as they are ideas of real essences . |