Example sentences of "as [adv] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As long as nothing happens nothing will happen — okay ? |
| 2 | Father dismissed all this as typical South American ferment , and believed that all would be well as long as we sang a hymn before breakfast . |
| 3 | It 's the same with interest rates ; as long as they stay within a relatively narrow band , we can plan ahead . |
| 4 | They shared the same sense of humour as long as they kept off delicate subjects like sexism . |
| 5 | She says they treat all patients they same , as long as they pay . |
| 6 | But , if the material is commonplace , there would be nothing to stop an ex-employee deriving the same or similar material again as long as he did not simply copy his employer 's material . |
| 7 | Use a strip of knitting as long as you want for your finished garland , sewn as you go so that you have a covered cone , about six inches of knitting unsewn , another cone — as long as long as you want your garland to be . |
| 8 | Fred , I know you think you will never understand such things as long as you live . |
| 9 | But America will be right to say no , as long as it has worries about its own inflation . |
| 10 | Any one of us may also apprehend an individual whom we know to be , or whom we have reasonable grounds for suspecting to be , guilty of such an offence as long as it has been committed . |
| 11 | Er medically , as best as I understand what the doctors tell me , er I 'm er fine to carry the responsibilities and strain of er the cabinet job that I had . |
| 12 | As soon as something happens , woof you 're there . |
| 13 | Too much exclaiming and protesting would have aroused a degree of doubt as to his sincerity , but Herluin clearly felt that here was nothing worse than some confused stupidity among too many helpers in too much panic and haste , and what was lost would be found as soon as everyone calmed down and halted the hunt for a while to take thought . |
| 14 | Therefore once you everything settles and you switch it on at night or in the day , anytime , as soon as somebody opens the door , the bell will go off . |
| 15 | As soon as one does so , its lips close around it , giving it a firm hold . |
| 16 | Although this might seem in one sense to be an unequivocal expression of deference , it becomes clear that it is purely conventional as soon as one imagines an Englishman acting in this way in the presence of his Queen . |
| 17 | Every kind of wonderful bird was flying in and perching on the branches of the great tree , and as soon as one landed a Minpin would climb onto its back and off they would go . |
| 18 | As soon as one says that one is going to study organizational life indeed , any aspect of human life — one runs up against the problem of what lens to use to view the scene . |
| 19 | The data are now available as soon as one begins to theorise . |
| 20 | As soon as one investigates which people actually marry each other one finds that the lightning shaft of Cupid seems to be guided rather strongly within very definite channels of class , income , education , racial and religious background . |
| 21 | In reading , or being read to , one has the security of knowing that one has the ability to withdraw from the emotional situation as soon as one wishes or needs to do so . |
| 22 | As we noted in the introduction , however , problems arise as soon as one enquires about the relationship between ‘ science ’ and ‘ religion ’ in the past . |
| 23 | Because as soon as one starts to think about it seriously it 's obvious . |
| 24 | " As soon as one enters " Jura " and the whole region centred on this French Department , one is aware of the respect which is due to French Gruyère cheese . |
| 25 | The reasons for this most unusual state of affairs become clear , as soon as one looks at the history of the proceedings against Mr. Osman , who , if an indictment against him is preferred , will become a co-defendant of the applicant . |
| 26 | This sort of argument is so commonly used in the social sciences that it almost passes unnoticed ; but as soon as one stops to think about it one is faced with the problem in hand . |
| 27 | As soon as we receive your Grand Prize Certificate of Eligibility , we 'll enter your numbers in the Draw , and we 'll let you know promptly if you win a prize . |
| 28 | As soon as we receive this envelope with their first order , we 'll send you your FREE York film . |
| 29 | We require some evidence of loss , either from a vet or an accountant , and as soon as we receive the reports we look at them speedily and with sympathy . |
| 30 | ‘ Come here as soon as we slow down coming to Sudbury , eh ? |