Example sentences of "for [adv] [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hunt said of the changes in the poll tax rules for teenagers : ‘ A new wider exemption will apply to all young adults under the age of 20 for so long as they are still at school or in full-time further — though not higher -education . ’ |
| 2 | The House of Lords held that parental rights are recognised in law only for so long as they are needed for the protection of the child . |
| 3 | By his order dated 12 May 1992 Waite J. directed that in the interim pending a further hearing in the events that ( 1 ) J. 's medical condition changed so that his life was threatened but was capable of being prolonged by intensive therapeutic measures including artificial ventilation , and ( 2 ) he was at that time in the health authority 's care and ( 3 ) the required drugs and equipment were or could reasonably be made available , the health authority were to cause such measures , including artificial ventilation , to be applied to J. for so long as they were capable of prolonging his life . |
| 4 | Health Authority do cause such measures ( including , if so required to prolong his life , artificial ventilation ) to be applied to [ J. ] for so long as they are capable of prolonging his life . |
| 5 | The order which he in fact made was against the health authority requiring it to ‘ cause such measures ( including , if so required to prolong his life , artificial ventilation ) to be applied to [ the child ] for so long as they are capable of prolonging his life . ’ |
| 6 | Notwithstanding the views that have found favour with others I consider this to be a reasonable construction of the statutory provisions and I am comforted in the fact that , apart from an attempt to tax airline employees , which was taken to the special commissioners who decided in favour of the taxpayer , this has been the practice of the Inland Revenue in applying the relevant words where they have occurred in the Income Tax Acts for so long as they have been in force , until they initiated the present cases . |
| 7 | The life they had come to know so well for so long as it slipped by changelessly would be irrevocably altered : it was like a death or a wounding and brought all the wonder and fear and awe of change . |
| 8 | 10.7.10 The rights and licences hereby granted or agreed to be granted to a Non-academic Party pursuant to Clauses 10.7.2 b to 10.7.6 shall be exercisable on identical terms by any Related company of that Party for so long as it remains such , subject to the obtaining from such companies of suitable undertakings as to confidence and delivery up . |
| 9 | 8.1 Neither party shall be under any liability to the other if and for so long as it is prevented from or delayed in performing any of its obligations under this Agreement by reason of circumstances beyond its reasonable control . |
| 10 | For the present , then , the vital need is to do everything possible to secure a safe retirement of XH558 , where she will be cared for as well as she has been since becoming the VDF display aircraft . |
| 11 | The great train was standing there , faintly hissing , silver , immensely heavy , stretching away in both directions for as far as one could see in the gloom . |
| 12 | She could n't reach very far , but for as far as she could , the window was clean , bright . |
| 13 | For as far as she could see there were no secret , unsafe corners . |
| 14 | For as far as I could see , the surface was bare , grey dirt — rocky , bumpy , ridged , pitted . |
| 15 | There has been no love lost between Scots and English at big sporting occasions for as long as one can remember , but it seems that England 's rugby aficionados find it hard to forgive Scotland for that Grand Slam defeat in 1990 . |
| 16 | Any sign of infestation calls for inspection and treatment by a reputable and approved wood treatment company , one that is likely to stay in existence for as long as its guarantee period . |
| 17 | They may get away with a trick or two , but only for as long as nobody is watching too closely . |
| 18 | ‘ We will continue with the fight for as long as we can , ’ Mother Catherine said . |
| 19 | That Madam , Gary used to say , she 's been forty for as long as we 've known her . |
| 20 | The first items unpacked were trout-rods ; and they stayed up , ready and waiting for instant use for as long as we lived there . |
| 21 | We waited in the safety of the cellar for as long as we could , but there was no ‘ All Clear . ’ |
| 22 | Sophisticated dyes and colourings make it possible to hide this sign of age for as long as we wish and those in public life may , unfortunately , believe that only by covering the tell-tale grey will they maintain their credibility as energetic and creative top people . |
| 23 | Wooden dowel has been used for kite spars for as long as we can recall . |
| 24 | ‘ We want to win for as long as we can because it would be a long way to go for just one game . |
| 25 | I 've found a place where we can sleep safely for as long as we like . " |
| 26 | Whatever we want from our lives now — the Booker Prize , a recording contract , a promotion , a Porsche convertible , the girl at the Virgin Megastore checkout desk — we can not possibly have coveted it for as long as we have cherished dreams of football glory , dreams which have remained fundamentally unchanged since childhood . |
| 27 | ‘ That was believed important , for with the Enchantment useless , we knew that we had to keep the Wolfline alive for as long as we could . |
| 28 | We want to increase , we want er we want to be at for as long as we can . |
| 29 | Provide employment for as long as we can . |
| 30 | We 'll be coming back for as long as we can . |