Example sentences of "long as the [noun sg] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While some cooperation and coordination in a specific sector might be possible , as long as the hope was to embrace the whole of Western Europe in its ambit , any scheme could only be minimalist . |
| 2 | She would play happily on the sand for hours as long as the tide was out but would run from the beach as soon as the sea came to within several yards of where she was sitting . |
| 3 | He did not mind who ruled the kingdom as long as the prince was strong , courageous and ready to defend it against a ring of enemies . |
| 4 | The law upheld the first system as long as the aristocracy was supreme . |
| 5 | Prior to COGSA unseaworthiness was determinative of liability ; after COGSA a carrier could rely on the Harter Act derived exemptions for errors in navigation or management , even though the vessel was unseaworthy as long as the unseaworthiness was not the cause of the loss . |
| 6 | While some sailors said they had taken an oath to the Soviet Union and would never take another , others said they would serve in any fleet as long as the pay was right . |
| 7 | This proposal to establish a council which would in effect supervise the government of the realm while the king was overseas was the clearest echo of the Ordinances , though with the crucial difference that it was to function only as long as the king was out of the realm : it was not the intention of the commons to subject the king permanently to conciliar restraint . |
| 8 | Well not roughly I mean they I mean they did n't sort of finish them off w wherever they was s sent to in whatever the firm I I I do n't know the name of the firm , I was I was n't involved in did n't bother as long as the job was done . |
| 9 | As long as the number was there on the dashscreen , he was alive . |
| 10 | The committee agreed to inform the county council it had no objections to the proposal as long as the weighbridge was only used by landfill traffic and the pit only operated in the hours specified in the application . |
| 11 | He found it unwise to repeat the injections as long as the improvement was maintained . |
| 12 | Kasonde said that as long as the economy was dependent upon copper sales , the country would continue to devalue the currency " to keep its books in order " . |