Example sentences of "so [adv] as they do " in BNC.
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| 1 | But other sorts of drink may be advertised , so long as they do not link consumption to social or sexual success — thus eliminating the predictable drink-this-and-score line . |
| 2 | We enjoy mysteries , so long as they do not threaten our person . |
| 3 | The time may have come to urge a historic settlement , whereby people in Essex can hang each other to their hearts ' content so long as they do not interfere with traditional sporting practices in the rest of the country . |
| 4 | By contrast the larger class-D animals , living on grasslands where rainfall varies , are less selective and so long as they do not crop the grass too close many animals can cover the same foraging area in a short time . |
| 5 | Journalists do not mind being reminded so long as they do not think you are pressing them to write something they can not be sure will be published . |
| 6 | In fact , you can choose any level of regular or monthly savings so long as they do n't exceed the maximum savings allowed . |
| 7 | Left : Another good predator is the Arrow Crab Stenorhyncus seticornis , which is safe in reef aquaria so long as they do n't contain small shrimps , which along with juvenile crabs are greatly to the Arrow Crab 's taste . |
| 8 | Another good predator is the arrow crab Stenorhyncus seticornis , which is safe in reef aquaria so long as they do n't contain small shrimps , which are also to the crab 's taste . |
| 9 | Christianity in the contemporary world in which we live has become a matter of private belief and personal preference in a society that tolerates any old religious beliefs ( and new ones ) so long as they do not interfere with the running of the machine . |
| 10 | ‘ There are a hundred ways a firm can get rid of pollution into the river , ’ said an experienced officer , ‘ so long as they do it at the right time . ’ |
| 11 | So long as they do not transgress their statutory powers , their decisions are entirely a matter for them , and — in the case of local authorities — for the majority of the elected representatives ; subject , however , to one important proviso . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I should just let them get on with it , ’ said Ellen lightly , ‘ so long as they do n't start sacrificing goats . |
| 14 | Disseminators of " indecent " material which lacks the potency to corrupt are generally within the law so long as they do not despatch it by post , or seek to import it from overseas , or flaunt it openly in public places . |
| 15 | Mm , so long as they do n't . |
| 16 | So long as they do n't do it at those two times a day . |
| 17 | New things had happened , the spread of the scientific temper , erm reasonably effective and cheap methods of contraception , the emancipation of women due to the development of industry , the decay of Christianity , all these various factors made the old conception of marriage out of date , and so he takes it in hand , he pillories it , and he suggests new possibilities , of which one seems to be nowadays obtaining favour , that 's trial marriage , i.e. that people should experiment with living together erm so long as they do n't intend at that stage to have children , before they finally decide to marry and settle down . |
| 18 | Academics can still write evaluative criticism of course , and in so far as they do they are producing the kind of criticism practised by men of letters . |
| 19 | Of contracts for the benefit of the infant , so far as they do not coincide with contracts for necessaries , a contract for the employment of the infant , where his position in life makes employment desirable for him , is a typical case . |
| 20 | In so far as they do , they are troubled : they try to find a way for women to be represented in a religion where the Godhead is conceived in male terms , and a way indeed to be able to associate themselves with a male God or Christ . |
| 21 | People just did n't take themselves quite so seriously as they do at Crufts . |