Example sentences of "is [adj] so [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether the victim did believe that immediate violence would be used is immaterial so long as the offender intended to cause the victim to have that belief . |
| 2 | Damp is acceptable so long as the cellar is not in use and so long as it does not rise above the ground floor dpc . |
| 3 | This is fine so far as it goes , but even Marxist approaches have not always taken things as far as they should go . |
| 4 | Paula is a perfectionist and everything is fine so long as there are no snags . |
| 5 | This is fine so long as that food is readily available , but it means that the birds are rather vulnerable should there be any changes in circumstances . |
| 6 | This is fine so long as we recognize how little we genuinely know about education , and how cautious therefore must be the -claims that we are able to make . |
| 7 | Particularly when Granny lives in Nairobi , the shades are spattered with Milpar , you have n't bought a bottle of wine since you opened your Mothercare account , the backless negligee is fine so long as you do n't roll over and reveal the stretch marks on what used to be your breasts , and you feel about as compelled to have sex as you feel compelled to have gangrene . |
| 8 | In particular , the option writer 's possible gain is restricted to the price at which he sells the option , the option premium , while his potential exposure to loss is unlimited so long as the contract remains open . |
| 9 | But his risk is slight so long as he promptly obtains registration of the transfer . |
| 10 | Any gift or campaign contribution is legal so long as it is reported . |
| 11 | Alicia Lockwood had said , " In front of them both , Mr. Crowther , so that they both catch on — I do n't care if it is embarrassing so long as the idea gets into their heads . " |
| 12 | Any of these conditions is pleasurable so long as there is a good likelihood of satisfaction in reasonably short order . |
| 13 | I prefer to apply the principle that a promise intended to be binding , intended to be acted on and in fact acted on , is binding so far as its terms properly apply . |
| 14 | The fact that consent was obtained by a trick or by fraud is irrelevant so long as the consent was given to the agent in his capacity as a mercantile agent . |
| 15 | An image is a pictorial understanding of a kind which is true so far as it goes , but which falls short of full rational clarity , and must eventually be superseded by a concept . |
| 16 | But at least it pays no rent and in practice it is secure so long as it farms the land and avoids bankruptcy . |