Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] so [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet , as may be seen from the cardinal importance he attaches to a Herodotean term like the peri - plus , Pound can be invoked by poets for whom the natural subjectmatter is topographical rather than historical , or at any rate historical only so far as history is checked against , and embodied in , and qualified by , topography . |
| 2 | The pragmatist might suggest that precision is fine only so long as everyone understands the term : in fact , Pulex irritans is less obviously a flea , than ‘ flea ’ . |
| 3 | An organisation will be effective only so far as it helps individual members to achieve their own personal objectives , and a large part of the task of management is therefore concerned with this problem . |
| 4 | We like to have kings to worship and admire : we love a bit of gold leaf to ooh and ah at : we do n't mind being poor just so long as there 's someone poorer than us . |
| 5 | Those standing by the IBM shares for the sake of the thumping 6% plus yield now recognise that the dividend is safe only so long as the present management team is in place — and few would gamble much now on John Akers and his cronies seeing the year out . |
| 6 | Chris will be happy just so long as the examiners like his work . |
| 7 | I doubt that any of the Israelites wandering in the desert and occasionally venturing down to the water would have written those lines about God being mightier quite so confidently if they had seen big Waimea . |
| 8 | However , the aura of the military genius paving the way for lasting prosperity through final victory could almost by definition last only so long as one glorious triumph after another — and all without significant material sacrifice and loss — was attained . |