Example sentences of "[coord] for as [adv] as " in BNC.
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1 | When activated , a bright fluorescent light illuminates for up to 60 seconds , or for as long as there is movement . |
2 | The idea of ‘ care in the community ’ has developed over the past 20 years to encourage the development of services to help older people in need of care to remain in their own homes for as long as they wish , and for as long as is practical . |
3 | Maybe just having the space to say all the things they want to say , including the difficult and confusing things , as often and for as long as they want to say them , is what they seek help and support with . |
4 | And for as long as the public continue to be wary of , or feel sorry for Down 's children , there will be a considerable social stigma to contend with . |
5 | She lived in Quay Street , Saltcoats and for as long as she was able to do so , spent much of her time around the harbour , conversing with the sailors amongst whom she had spent her life . |
6 | In the sector that concerns us though , the figures from within the trade and the individual records of women employees tell a clear story : almost all the women compositors were single , and for as long as normal recruitment continued , up to 1910 , the majority of them were young . |
7 | And for as long as possible . ’ |
8 | To use an analogy from short sight : people who wear glasses are relieved of the effects of their short sight for as long as they continue to wear them and for as long as they remember that there are still some things ( such as seeing clearly underwater ) that they can not do even if they are wearing glasses . |
9 | ‘ For now , and for as long as it lasts . |
10 | ‘ That done , ’ he went on determinedly , ‘ and for as long as it takes for him to get you out of his system , you will be my girlfriend . |
11 | The issues Rushdie involuntarily personifies are great indeed , and for as long as they continue to be treated as an inconvenience , democracy itself is diminished . |
12 | She could n't reach very far , but for as far as she could , the window was clean , bright . |
13 | Patrick earl of Bothwell made two bonds of manrent , one to Mary in August 1543 for a yearly pension of £1000 , the other to her great rival regent Arran in January 1546 , not for the normal term of his life , but for as long as Arran remained governor . |
14 | The silence may not last — but for as long as it does , the government has a chance to strengthen France 's macroeconomic foundations . |
15 | Er but for as long as all of us sit here we will always be looking for further improvements . |
16 | The mark-ups are rather higher than he 'd like , but for as long as the walking stick remains an art form , Keith 's in business . |
17 | But for as long as there 's an Oxford University , some things will never change . |