Example sentences of "[adj] so long as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An extra incentive can be useful so long as it does not become a too regular ( relied upon ) habit . |
| 2 | The actual nature of the game is not important so long as it focuses your attention effectively , distracting you from your negative thoughts or your symptoms . |
| 3 | ‘ Heightened expectation on the part of supporters is understandable and tolerable so long as it comes with a sense of realism . |
| 4 | It need not be accurate so long as it shows the disposition of the rooms — — information which will be of great value later . |
| 5 | If we are referring to a mass of matter we can say that it is the same so long as it consists of the same particles , whereas if we are referring to a living body this need not be so : ‘ a colt grown up to a horse , sometimes fat , sometimes lean , is all the while the same horse : though … there may be a manifest change of the parts . ’ |
| 6 | But at least it pays no rent and in practice it is secure so long as it farms the land and avoids bankruptcy . |