Example sentences of "long as [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be a reason why the law should be altered by statute ; it does not prevent it from being law , or affect its operation , as long as no alteration in the law is made by statute . |
| 2 | It is these internally generated or endogenous components , lasting sometimes as long as a second after the triggering stimulus , which offer the most potential for investigating mental activities . |
| 3 | It came unclouded to them from our fathers , and we will defend this land , as long as a drop of Indian blood warms the hearts of our men . |
| 4 | as long as a piece of string , but I might be okay cos Matthew 's junior captain this year |
| 5 | I suspect the answer to my first question is about numbers of jobs , by virtue of what you 've just said as long as a piece of string . |
| 6 | Hindu teachings allow abortion only where a pregnancy constitutes a danger to the mother 's life , Islamic law allows abortion up to as late as 120 days and under Jewish law the foetus is regarded as a subsidiary of the mother and abortion is permitted as long as a number of doctors recommend it . |
| 7 | As long as the total of the balancing figures for each fund equals the balance on the cash book , then the accounts as a whole are in balance . |
| 8 | It must be recognised , however , that as long as the binding of most serial parts is — as at present — contracted out to a commercial bindery , delays incurred in the processing of such items between their leaving the Library and subsequently returning to it , will remain outwith the Library 's control . |
| 9 | As long as the occasion of buying one 's first car is regarded as one of life 's momentous landmarks there can be little hope . |
| 10 | The rights and wrongs of the Suez débâcle will be debated as long as the history of the mid-twentieth century has any relevance in world affairs . |
| 11 | There will come the time when he will withdraw the Holy Spirit , when he will be taken out of the world , but as long as the church of Jesus Christ is here that will not take place . |
| 12 | Coalition thus involved inevitable difficulties which could only be kept in check as long as the sense of crisis lasted . |
| 13 | And given that it was Godolphin himself who supplied these items — most were simply terrestrial trivia , revered in the Dominions because of their place of origin — and given that he would not cease to do so as long as the fever of collection was upon him and he could exchange such items for artifacts from the Imajica , Peccable 's business would flourish . |
| 14 | Recent changes in the law and the regulations imposed by the Stock Exchange have allowed companies to ignore pre-emptive rights as long as the permission of the shareholders has been obtained . |
| 15 | Thus the hermeneutic moment makes critical thought possible ; as long as the phenomenon of ‘ talking past one another ’ is not overcome , criticism remains imprisoned in a solipsistic self certainty , and the consequence of this condition |
| 16 | Thus , as long as the marriage between the husband and wife ( assuming them both to be domiciled in the UK ) is not dissolved , transfer of property between them will not incur a liability to inheritance tax . |
| 17 | can I say that as long as the integrity of each religion is preserved , then education is a very sound er erm is very sound in prospect , but sadly it has become a melting pot and as my Noble Friends like to refer to it a mish-mash and I do n't think it does anything more than serve to confuse children if it 's done badly . |
| 18 | As long as the presence of doubt is detected anywhere , neither faith nor knowledge can ever be complacent . |
| 19 | For example , if V I were twice V N inequality would decline as a result of the redistributive tax on capital as long as the share of capital in total income exceeded 20 per cent . |
| 20 | As the Working Group continued its deliberations on the secondary school curriculum , I was informed privately that Mr Baker would give way on this issue as long as the weighting for 16 year olds gave more emphasis to reading and writing . |
| 21 | Should the collar of the soil pipe ( if it has one ) break , this is not usually detrimental with today 's couplings , as long as the inside of the pipe is not cracked . |
| 22 | Despite their many differences , deep ecology , animal welfare , and anti-cruelty have some fundamental similarities , the most important of which is that individuals are morally expendable — expendable for the deep ecologist as long as the good of the biotic community is sustained or promoted , expendable for the animal welfarist as long as the welfare of others is protected or advanced , and expendable for those who accept the anti-cruelty position , as long as worthy ends are not obtained by means that cause excessive suffering . |
| 23 | As long as the endoskeleton of the heterostracans remains unknown there must always be doubt about the pattern . |
| 24 | If after the investment is made the value of the shares rises , intervention is not necessary by the trustees as long as the value of the shares does not increase to rise above 7 ½per cent of the value of the portfolio . |
| 25 | The ladies ' sighs of relief , as the sound of their partners ' cars disappeared with distance , indicated that the gentlemen would certainly not be missed , as long as the flood of money engendered by the discovery of oil in Alberta continued to flow so gratifyingly into their joint bank accounts during the boom years of the 1950s . |
| 26 | Nearly 20 million callers and five million firms will benefit — as long as the rate of inflation does not rise to above 7.5 per cent . |
| 27 | Regardless of the physical relevance ( or otherwise ! ) of some of these studies , this process will be worth while as long as the study of chaotic ordinary differential equations remains the Pandora 's box it is today . |
| 28 | A major factor in the continued success of ports outside the South East is likely to be the state of the roads : as long as the bulk of freight traffic is transported by lorry , the level of congestion on motorways leading south will be an important deterrent to the use of the Tunnel as an alternative to a local port . |
| 29 | As long as the mechanism of incidence of one word to the other works , there is no need for a preposition . |
| 30 | Squatting dates back as long as the process of land settlement itself , and most cultures have a traditional belief in " squatters ' rights " whether these are recognised by statute or not . |