Example sentences of "[noun sg] so [adv] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is allowed to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 2 | He 's allows to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 3 | Subsection ( 2 ) contains the critical provision so far as the present case is concerned . |
| 4 | Growth in earnings per share is the key short-term measure so far as the City is concerned . |
| 5 | By the summer of 1943 the Americans were getting into their stride so far as the war in the Pacific was concerned . |
| 6 | However , the statute does not confer protection on one who was not at fault so far as the origin of the fire is concerned but who was negligent in letting it spread . |
| 7 | And lastly , are you an optimist or a pessimist so far as the future 's concerned ? |
| 8 | The object of the court in interpreting legislation is to give effect so far as the language permits to the intention of the legislature . |
| 9 | Jenkins ( 1987 ) describes effectiveness research so far as a ‘ limited concept , primarily relating to the intervention process ’ and with little validity in the ‘ macro area ’ . |
| 10 | Corydoras are tolerant of a wide pH range so long as the filter is well-maintained and the tank is not neglected . |
| 11 | In contemporary British society this link is accepted to a greater degree so far as the care of children and motherhood is concerned , though social attitudes still reveal some of the same ambivalence . |
| 12 | Accordingly , if Mr. Lassman is correct , that kind of activity of going straight to the in-house computer and extracting confidential information from it could be committed with impunity so far as the three offences in this Act are concerned . |
| 13 | The poem which advocates marriage so long as the partner is chosen reasonably is included , but not the second poem which examines the dangers of marriage per se . |
| 14 | Recruitment gave us little cause for anxiety so long as the general level of recruitment remained high ( Our intake regularly comprised , in a College that offered a total of 14 academic courses , some 12% of the total numbers , 7% in English and 5% in French ) . |
| 15 | The register , like other records that a company is required to maintain , may be kept either in bound books or by recording the matter in any other way and , in particular , may be on a computer or other electronic device so long as the material can be reproduced in legible form and is so reproduced for purposes of inspection or supply of a copy . |
| 16 | The lien of a solicitors ' firm over clients ' papers pending payment of its costs will not be lost by a change in membership so long as the papers have come into the firm 's possession before the change : they can not ( subject always to any specific arrangements with the client to the contrary ) lawfully be retained after such a change in respect of a debt falling due before that event . |
| 17 | It came to the reverse conclusion so far as the crime of administering a drug for the purpose of obtaining sexual intercourse was concerned and recommended that all sexual acts should be covered . |
| 18 | If the wife 's level of income is sufficient , the mortgagee will probably consent to the release of the husband from liability under the mortgage so long as the wife covenants to assume this and , depending upon the practice of the mortgagee , will specify what clauses it requires in the appropriate conveyance or transfer . |
| 19 | Nothing escapes attention so easily as the obvious . |
| 20 | exemption from the requirement to prepare group accounts in respect of a year in which the group headed by the company is a small or medium-sized group so long as the auditors have reported that in their opinion the company is entitled to the exemptions and their report is attached to the company 's individual accounts . |
| 21 | You may say , against this , that there can surely be some form of appearance/reality distinction so long as the input systems can deliver up information about such objective facts as occlusion . |
| 22 | Nothing illustrates this point so clearly as the fate of a paper published in 1874 by C. Nägeli entitled Verdrängung der Pflanzenformen durch ihre Mitbewerber . |
| 23 | Most years it was washed up again on the next or a later tide , but this was of no consequence so long as the Scapegoat had gone . |
| 24 | Nicholas said , ‘ The company will have the Kouklia franchise so long as the King has a conscience . |
| 25 | It was he who pronounced in open court that a husband was entitled to beat his wife so long as the rod he used was no thicker than his thumb . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , both Weber and the interactionists did think it was possible to produce causal explanations of human behaviour so long as an understanding of meanings formed part of those explanations . |
| 27 | Acting in conjunction with the king so far as the details of the meeting were concerned , he prepared everything with great care . |
| 28 | Inflationary expectations will be revised upwards , eventually to 4 per cent according to Friedman , and the appropriate Phillips curve will shift upwards to curve B. As it does so , unemployment rises back to the NUP and the economy moves to point F. At this point , the actual and expected rates of inflation are 4 per cent , and inflation will stay at this rate so long as the new money supply growth rate is maintained . |
| 29 | Mr. Collins 's primary submission was that , at any rate so far as the eliciting of information from the applicant himself was concerned , the investigative process contemplated by sections 1(3) and 2 of the Act of 1987 must be taken to have come to an end at the time of charge , and to have been replaced by the process of prosecution pursuant to section 1(5) . … |
| 30 | Ramsay himself did not know this Ettrick Forest area so well as the main Middle and East Marches ; but from the route the usurper had taken from Moffat , it looked as though he was heading either for the mid-Tweed or Teviot dales — although he could have reached the former more easily by turning off in the Broughton area of Tweedsmuir . |