Example sentences of "[adj] for [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diana has a duty to bring up her own children and give them as normal a life as possible for as long as possible . |
| 2 | ‘ That was believed important , for with the Enchantment useless , we knew that we had to keep the Wolfline alive for as long as we could . |
| 3 | That same prize will elude the British for as long as they yearn for it publicly . |
| 4 | I 've been impotent for as long as I can remember . |
| 5 | His hair had been white for as long as Burun could remember , but this was the first time his age had seemed to affect his behaviour . |
| 6 | Well you could say that erm our background goes back erm twenty-five years , in fact , we 've had a considerable involvement with industry both local and national for as long as the University has been in existence , which is now nearly twenty-five years . |
| 7 | Erm so erm th the cheapest er fuel at the moment is gas , you know , that 's , that 's why er a lot of the erm er er generators are now moving to towards gas er erm er generation er wh which is fine for as long as the gas exists but , you know , another , give it another ten fifteen years , and our North Sea gas will have gone you see so , so erm you have to ask well how much do you , weight do you put on market forces and how much in say , in the energy business , ought you to be thinking longer term ? |
| 8 | Even in a perfectly competitive economy — the state of affairs normally regarded as most amenable to neoclassical modes of analysis — the real wage rate will remain unchanged for as long as the level of output remains unchanged ; and output will remain unchanged for as long as the level of desired real expenditure remains unchanged . |
| 9 | Even in a perfectly competitive economy — the state of affairs normally regarded as most amenable to neoclassical modes of analysis — the real wage rate will remain unchanged for as long as the level of output remains unchanged ; and output will remain unchanged for as long as the level of desired real expenditure remains unchanged . |
| 10 | The results were all good for so long as the growth in output kept pace with the expansion of the new ‘ money ’ . |
| 11 | Anyone with an illness or injury of any severity is disabled for as long as the condition lasts . |
| 12 | The fatwa was and remains an affront to civilised values , for which Iran should be held accountable for as long as the command stands unrescinded . |
| 13 | Margaret Thatcher , the Prime Minister , yesterday underlined that UK rates would remain ‘ as high as necessary for as long as is necessary to keep downward pressure on inflation ’ . |
| 14 | When he was absent for as long as a day . |
| 15 | ‘ Keep quiet for as long as you can , ’ SHe said , without much hope . |