Example sentences of "so [adv] as the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So long as the adventurers keep out of the circle , all well and good . |
| 2 | ‘ So long as the things being moved and shaken show no ripples … |
| 3 | The lien of a solicitors ' firm over clients ' papers pending payment of its costs will not be lost by a change in membership so long as the papers have come into the firm 's possession before the change : they can not ( subject always to any specific arrangements with the client to the contrary ) lawfully be retained after such a change in respect of a debt falling due before that event . |
| 4 | As this process continues , the scope for further squeezing of the wealth of households through inflation is being reduced , and , so long as the authorities rely on inflation as a method of financing government expenditure , they will be obliged constantly to speed up the rate of inflation in order to achieve the same real effect . |
| 5 | All this will be possible so long as the materials … possess the qualities of being first hand , sensory , within the pupil 's experience , limited in quantity , and making human sense . |
| 6 | So long as the energies of project workers and project participants can be distracted by the relentless search for short-term funding , the chances of any significant changes being achieved are minimal . |
| 7 | And for so long as the honours system continues in operation , there ought to be recognition of citizenship as a criterion . |
| 8 | So long as the documents have been sent to all those entitled to attend a general meeting in accordance with section 238 , it is a pointless farce to require a formal general meeting to be held in order that they may be ‘ laid ’ unless a member wants to raise questions about them at a meeting , or the auditors want to have an opportunity of talking to the members about them . |
| 9 | Tolerance of strangers may be morally right however threatened one feels , at least so long as the strangers respect the laws and customs of the country they have settled in . |
| 10 | However , so long as the figures are seen as illustrations of typical developments and not as a catalogue of all possible types of flow , this may not matter much . |
| 11 | Our discussion has shown that so long as the resources used by producers are accessible to all , all their activities are entrepreneurial-competitive . |
| 12 | Now erm well let , let me start again people think okay , if the Conservatives win , win control alright it might be another fifty pence on night class at the er at the , the college you know , something something like that erm it might mean erm a few redundancies in the town hall and a greater level of privatization but s but people tend to think well so what so long as the bins are getting emptied . |
| 13 | So long as the Americans are only afraid that we might land on this island , and do n't know we 're already here , they will pay no attention to our activities . |
| 14 | So long as the eddies are still relatively small compared with the length scale of the mean flow ( e.g. wake width ) , their features are adequately described by the considerations of Section 19.3 . |
| 15 | Realistically , there may be little prospect of making better progress than this so long as the systems themselves remain largely no more than promises rather than commercially available products . |
| 16 | So long as the goods remain the Seller 's property in accordance with clause 8.1. the Buyer will : 8.3.1. insure them against loss or damage under a policy which protects the Seller 's interest in the goods ; 8.3.2. store them separately from other , similar goods owned by any other person , so that they remain identifiable as the Seller 's property ; 8.3.3. allow the authorised representatives of the Seller to have access at any reasonable time to the premises where the goods are stored , in order to inspect the goods . |
| 17 | 8(3) So long as the goods remain the Seller 's property in accordance with clause 8(1) the Buyer will : ( a ) insure them against loss or damage under a policy which protects the Seller 's interest in the goods ; ( b ) store them separately from other , similar goods owned by any person , so that they remain identifiable as the Seller 's property ; ( c ) allow the authorised representatives of the Seller to have access at any reasonable time to the premises where the goods are stored , in order to inspect the goods . |
| 18 | If taxes are raised to finance the spending , the policy will still be expansionary and so reduce unemployment so long as the taxes raised do not exceed the increase in government spending by a certain amount . |
| 19 | So long as the missi remained royal appointees , and in regular face-to-face contact with the king , the substance of royal interests too could be preserved . |
| 20 | However , there is reason to believe that with scientific explanations , the optimal approach would involve discussions between groups of children , so long as the children start with differing but partially relevant ideas . |
| 21 | So long as the animals ' behaviour is meticulously noted , she argues , empathy and intuition can be invaluable in interpreting it . |
| 22 | So long as the animals can not make contact with the nets there is no problem . |
| 23 | This may be true , but I doubt if it is , just so long as the words are right . |
| 24 | In the first of the examples given , so long as the profits of the business are remitted to be dealt with under the English partnership agreement and the same persons are partners of the English firm and of its overseas branch , the branch office practice will be covered by the Indemnity Fund . |
| 25 | Conti 's opinion was that reconciliation could be achieved , but only so long as the Scriptures were understood to speak the language of common people . |
| 26 | Hard hitting criticism and savage satire can generally be successfully defended as honest comment , so long as the exaggerations are not so extreme as to indicate malice . |
| 27 | So long as the techniques that determine both how software is used and how it is made are only in the hands of technical experts , computer systems will never find the universal application which is certainly within their grasp . |
| 28 | I would reject the submission made to the Court of Appeal that so long as the terms of paragraph 33 had been brought to the notice of the prosecution authorities they would be unable to adduce in a criminal court evidence disclosed in compliance with the order . |
| 29 | If and so long as the terms of any settlement are such that any person has power to pay or apply income or capital to or for the benefit of the settlor or his spouse , all income arising under the settlement shall be treated for all the purposes of the Income Tax Acts as the income of the settlor for that year and not the income of any other person ( TA 1988 , s674 ; and see Blausten v IRC ( 1971 ) 47 TC 542 ( CA ) ) . |
| 30 | So long as the witnesses are willing to attend to give evidence the examination may be completed and the result returned to the foreign court without the intervention of the court in England . |