Example sentences of "only so [adv] as they " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Our knowledge is bounded by our ideas , and extends only so far as they are ideas of real essences . |
| 2 | The Evangelical party will perhaps continue to exalt their hero as partially as parties always do — but the members of it will act thus only so far as they are possessed by party spirit , rather than by the pure spirit of the doctrines which they hold in common with their so-called Catholic opponents , whom adversaries style popish . |
| 3 | There are increasing demands that the central institutions of the EEC should be reduced to a minimal role , that Member States should be allowed to integrate only so far as they wish , and that it should be possible for a country to remain within a European free-trade zone , but outside a politically united federation — as Norway , Iceland and the other Efta states have done since the establishment of the EEA . |
| 4 | Men like Pericles controlled policy not through any power vested in them but only so long as they could persuade the people . |
| 5 | Even among senior players , outside pursuits were tolerated only so long as they did not affect a player 's performance or make football of secondary importance to him . |
| 6 | They sit only so long as they continue to hold episcopal office . |
| 7 | Academics already in post retain their tenure only so long as they do not move to another university or accept promotion within their present university . |