Example sentences of "his [noun sg] so [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 " From this resolution of the Presbytery Mr Pearson asked to leave the chair , which was granted , to enter his dissent so far as regards Mr Charles McNeill . "
2 The lord abbot here has been good enough to admit me to his confidence so far as is appropriate , since I was a witness of what happened this morning , but now you have cause to enquire further , as I understand .
3 It was he who pronounced in open court that a husband was entitled to beat his wife so long as the rod he used was no thicker than his thumb .
4 On the drive back to London , Quinn was silent as Sam told him the outcome of her trip to Washington and the decision of the White House to let him have his head so long as she went with him .
5 Did it really matter from whom a bishop had received the lands and symbols of his office so long as he was the representative of Christ to his flock ?
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