Example sentences of "[verb] so long as it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In Jordan v. Burgoyne Lord Parker C.J. made the point that the expressions ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting ’ are all ‘ very strong words , ’ and Lord Reid in Brutus v. Cozens repeated the warning against too expansive a reading of the section , observing that ‘ vigorous and it may be distasteful or unmannerly speech or behaviour is permitted so long as it does not go beyond any of these limits . ’
2 British law in this area is roughly based on the liberal precept that immorality may only be tolerated so long as it remains a wholly private matter .
3 Yet this very claim for monarchy implies a limitation : the irrational and reverential institution is to be tolerated so long as it serves its function .
4 He might feel that any heir , even one who disinherits him , is worth having so long as it keeps the name going . ’
5 I explained that the meeting could elect anything it wished so long as it understood that the ‘ original organisers , … would make up their own minds what status , if any , to accord those elected .
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