Example sentences of "[vb pp] so [adv] as they " in BNC.
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| 1 | That way everyone born after that particular time would have their sins forgiven so long as they believed in Jesus . |
| 2 | Journalists do not mind being reminded so long as they do not think you are pressing them to write something they can not be sure will be published . |
| 3 | Seeing that the independents would be slowly strangled so long as they relied exclusively upon the British circuits , he sought to establish connections to Hollywood . |
| 4 | Deer can be hunted , for example , whatever the reason , and nothing wrong is done so long as they are not overhunted . |
| 5 | He therefore directed that if J. were to suffer a life-threatening event while in the health authority 's care and the required drugs and equipment were or could reasonably be made available , the health authority should cause such measures ( including artificial ventilation ) to be applied so long as they were capable of prolonging his life . |
| 6 | The purpose of looking at Hansard will not be to construe the words used by the minister but to give effect to the words used so long as they are clear . |
| 7 | Finally , in rejecting the submission that relaxing the exclusionary rule could amount to the courts questioning proceedings in Parliament contrary to Article 9 of the Bill of Rights , Lord Browne-Wilkinson observed that ‘ the purpose of looking at Hansard could not be to construe the words used by the minister but to give effect to the words used so long as they are clear ’ . |
| 8 | Blake and King begin to complain to each other that they are now wasting their time , since matters are settled so far as they are concerned . |