Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] so [adv] as " 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 . |