Example sentences of "long as [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knows that as long as everybody stays level with the leading attacker they can just step up when the ball is played and the linesman 's flag will be raised . |
| 2 | As long as nobody gets hurt , we can get through life tolerably well this way . |
| 3 | As long as they get some exposure to written language , most learners will acquire at least a modicum of literacy . |
| 4 | Crane driver , television tubes , light bulbs , do you know these bulbs er , they used to come er , we used t they used to be made here , they used to be sent over to Holland and the brass bit used to be put in and the element inside and they used to go over there in cardboard boxes all loose and there used to be hundreds of them broken , they did n't , they did n't worry about it , as long as they , they reckon that as long as they get twenty five percent a hold they were satisfied and they were just in ordinary boxes , no paper in or nothing , just all loose . |
| 5 | Indeed , in many countries , one government department may be paying huge sums to enable those with disabilities to become employable and to live independently while another is paying out larger sums as long as they remain dependent and unemployable . |
| 6 | Women would have the right to an abortion during the first 12 weeks of their pregnancy as long as they had first received non-binding counselling . |
| 7 | ‘ Some hoped to be saved by going ; others did n't care if they were damned so long as they found new fields for profit and adventure . |
| 8 | The birds hatched in an incubator can then be hand-reared or given back to their parents , who will rear any number of chicks as long as they have enough food . |
| 9 | As long as they did that they were happy . ’ |
| 10 | As long as we stay this dose to the hole we have to keep the rocket thrust going . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Or , at least it is n't so long as we avoid that bit of road . ’ |
| 12 | We know all the damned silly things we 've done for a thousand years , and as long as we know that and always have it around where we can see it , some day we 'll sop making goddamn funeral pyres and jumping into the middle of them . ’ |
| 13 | it does n't , it does n't matter what barrelage you put through it but put , as long as we know that er , the fifteen thou it 's gon na be written off at thirty pound a barrel , so the sooner you , you do it , the sooner it 's written off . |
| 14 | We are humbled and brought low by them , but the spirit of man — and I now have to say woman — and the freedoms that we enjoy lie within our grasp as long as we hold this House . |
| 15 | as long as we get that cleared up . |
| 16 | ‘ As long as we take proper care of the children . ’ |
| 17 | As long as we keep cool when deciding which proportion to subtract from which , the procedure is simple . |
| 18 | But as long as we bear these limitations in mind we can , to some extent , assess the muscle of the political machine . |
| 19 | ‘ Opt-out parents lead to drop-out children : and as long as we have unfulfilled youngsters , we are breeding a new generation of unfulfilled adults , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Opt-out parents lead to drop-out children : and as long as we have unfulfilled youngsters , we are breeding a new generation of unfulfilled adults . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ As long as we understand each other on that score , fair enough . ’ |
| 22 | As long as we understand each other . |
| 23 | But as far as being anal about my equipment , as some guys are , I do n't really give a shit as long as it sounds good and works . |
| 24 | ‘ As long as it sounds good when I go out on stage then it works for me . |
| 25 | Disliking the Tories more than he disliked Labour , he declared that on the defeat of Baldwin 's Government in the new Parliament , the King should ask MacDonald to form an administration , which he and his fellow Liberals would keep in office as long as it avoided extremist policies . |
| 26 | It clearly precludes the collection of data for its own sake , or just in case it might turn out to be useful ; and it requires that information shall be kept for only as long as it remains relevant . |
| 27 | You can substitute any name you like in place of PENGUIN , as long as it has eight letters or less , but do choose something safe . |
| 28 | If you do feel hungry , you can eat anything you like — as long as it has little or no fat in it . |
| 29 | As long as he became rich , it did n't matter . |
| 30 | Peter Rogers , who produced all the movies , told me that he said that as long as he had enough money to keep himself and his mother he was happy . |