Example sentences of "for as [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She could n't reach very far , but for as far as she could , the window was clean , bright . |
| 4 | For as far as she could see there were no secret , unsafe corners . |
| 5 | For as far as I could see , the surface was bare , grey dirt — rocky , bumpy , ridged , pitted . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They may get away with a trick or two , but only for as long as nobody is watching too closely . |
| 9 | ‘ We will continue with the fight for as long as we can , ’ Mother Catherine said . |
| 10 | That Madam , Gary used to say , she 's been forty for as long as we 've known her . |
| 11 | The first items unpacked were trout-rods ; and they stayed up , ready and waiting for instant use for as long as we lived there . |
| 12 | We waited in the safety of the cellar for as long as we could , but there was no ‘ All Clear . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Wooden dowel has been used for kite spars for as long as we can recall . |
| 15 | ‘ We want to win for as long as we can because it would be a long way to go for just one game . |
| 16 | I 've found a place where we can sleep safely for as long as we like . " |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | We want to increase , we want er we want to be at for as long as we can . |
| 20 | Provide employment for as long as we can . |
| 21 | We 'll be coming back for as long as we can . |
| 22 | The idea of ‘ care in the community ’ has developed over the past 20 years to encourage the development of services to help older people in need of care to remain in their own homes for as long as they wish , and for as long as is practical . |
| 23 | He highlighted a classic phrase by Peter Jennings , ABC 's anchor-man wrinkle-brow : ‘ Using it even once can make a person crave cocaine for as long as they ( sic ) live . ’ |
| 24 | That same prize will elude the British for as long as they yearn for it publicly . |
| 25 | Managers have two good motives to avoid a deal with creditors for as long as they can : they keep their jobs longer , and they work for shareholders , who do not want a deal either . |
| 26 | Open-air dancing under the floodlights , often in long mackintoshes and trilby hats , a fountain that fell from bucket to bucket like the omnipresent rain , a bewhiskered Emett railway , a tree-walk alongside a forty-foot Chinese dragon — people queued patiently to enjoy such simple pleasures whose lack of sophistication seemed very exciting to people , most of whom had never had a foreign holiday or seen café tables with coloured umbrellas or indeed any fresh paint for as long as they could remember . |
| 27 | If the relatives are able to go to the mortuary or viewing room and be with the person who has died for as long as they feel it to be necessary , then they are more able to start absorbing the fact of their loved one 's death , because again they have the evidence in front of them . |
| 28 | Maybe just having the space to say all the things they want to say , including the difficult and confusing things , as often and for as long as they want to say them , is what they seek help and support with . |
| 29 | It is perhaps surprising , with Healings ' huge mill in nearby Tewkesbury , that a few mills such as Northway and particularly Aston , managed to function for as long as they did . |
| 30 | Like Doreen had always been putting the food on the table , like the old dog Oswald had been there for as long as they could recall . |