Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Thatcher pledged that the relief would remain for as long as she was Prime Minister and the opposition parties appear unwilling to commit themselves to abolishing it . |
| 2 | The head said that that would be the case and that Balbinder would stay for as long as he needed their help . |
| 3 | The systematic component will persist for as long as the unemployment rate deviates from its natural value , U * ; . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've waited sixteen years to hear from my father and they can wait for as long as I can drag this thing out . |
| 5 | She had gone up to her room now as if she was simply going to sit there and wait for as long as it took , and when the plane disappeared from sight Maggie went to find her . |
| 6 | tutorial programme , we talked last , last term er and I said that I 'd like to as soon as possible put up a complete programme of titles , it would be nice if we could have a little er what am I supposed to call them ? |
| 7 | Lucy shrugged and said , ‘ He can hope for as long as he likes . ’ |
| 8 | This can be a matter of seconds but some children have been known to squirm or resist for as long as 30 minutes . |
| 9 | It ended : ‘ Nonetheless , I consider myself to have been blessed to have had the chance to so serve for as long as I did . ’ |
| 10 | Man , for his part will become the short-lived individual who will strive to safeguard that pattern by exalting the keeper that is his Created God , and this God will endure for as long as there is life on earth and no longer . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm in good shape and I will sing for as long as I have the strength to do so , ’ he added . |
| 12 | It was almost unthinkable that the Americans would refuse outright to grant the exemption , but it quickly became clear that they would prevaricate for as long as possible . |
| 13 | Another group of researchers , this time in Sweden , has discovered that this protective effect does n't only last for as long as the baby is breastfed . |
| 14 | That was , Lord Jauncey said , a clear undertaking by TBL not to exercise its statutory powers for a period that could last for as long as any one of the parties to the agreement remained a shareholder and long after the control of TBL had passed to shareholders who were not party to the agreement . |
| 15 | Roosevelt thought that Korea would be suited to trusteeship for an undefined period , which could perhaps last for as long as forty years . |
| 16 | But the work could last for as long as 11 weeks and local councillors have claimed that they should have been consulted about the scheme . |
| 17 | The process will continue for as long as earthly life endures . |
| 18 | But the spraying must continue for as long as the temperature remains at freezing point or below , as the energy of the frost must be spent on forming more and more ice outwards . |
| 19 | He said the atmosphere at each gathering had been one of calm , loving concern , and this would continue for as long as it took to get the children home . |
| 20 | Fighting will continue for as long as UNITA can smuggle in supplies , most of which are thought to reach the rebels by way of Zaire . |
| 21 | Obviously this indirect mechanism by which real income rises as the price level falls could continue for as long as ( a ) the rate of interest continues to fall ; and ( b ) the rate of investment continues to respond to these interest rate reductions . |
| 22 | Sir Hector , who was in Shetland yesterday for the fourth time this year , said monitoring of water and fish samples around the islands would continue for as long as was necessary . |