Example sentences of "so [adv] as [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men like Pericles controlled policy not through any power vested in them but only so long as they could persuade the people . |
| 2 | They were even willing to occupy pre-moulded nests so long as they could carry out their normal movements before laying . |
| 3 | As far as they were concerned , and like most Arab players in the narcotics game , the DEA was welcome to play one side off against another , so long as they could watch safely from the sidelines . |
| 4 | And , and were prepared to do the work so long as they could get the say so from erm the Highways Authority . |
| 5 | Just so long as they could finish this stupid game and get on to his answer . |
| 6 | We knew we were safe , so long as they could n't spot individuals and target them for later , and in the darkness the Danuese let the malais know what they thought of them . |
| 7 | So long as they can sell , AEs will never have to pass the exam . |
| 8 | They do n't care whether I stand on the side of a screen or front stage so long as they can see me , hear me , Karl Gesner . |
| 9 | Whether this is the way they express themselves does not matter so long as we can establish that this is the substance of their view . |
| 10 | These should , on the face of things , be the most reliable sources , so long as we can trust the writer . |
| 11 | It does not matter whether the golden spike is hammered in somewhere in England or in France or in China , so long as we can make an arbitrary decision , stop arguing about words and get on with the much more difficult ( but much more rewarding ) task of correlation . |
| 12 | So but we 're we 're very easy with things , we do n't erm we do n't jump up and down and get cross erm so long as we can get some . |
| 13 | So long as we can get it , that 's all I 'm bothered about . |
| 14 | So long as he can block Labour , his own party will stick together . |
| 15 | Mr Gates would be happy to get his financial information from the quarterly report to shareholders — so long as he can be confident that the news will be as consistently good as it has been during Mr Shirley 's seven years in charge . |
| 16 | Therefore he keeps walking , ‘ thinking of nothing so long as he could refrain from thinking ’ . |
| 17 | Even where a trustee has misappropriated trust property the fund may still preserve its identity , and , so long as it can be identified , the rights of the beneficiaries will attach to the fund into whatever form it may have been converted by him . |
| 18 | the Crown is not bound to take the advice of a particular Ministry to put its subjects to the tumult and turmoil of a series of general elections so long as it can find other Ministers who are prepared to give it a trial . |
| 19 | The coalition has rightly been ready to run these risks to get Iraq out of Kuwait ; but so long as it could achieve that central aim , how much better to do so without further fear of all the weapons in a tyrant 's armoury . |
| 20 | So long as it could prevent news of discontent travelling from one region to another and igniting a bush-fire of revolt , the Party was able to restore its control relatively quickly and with little loss of life . |
| 21 | No-one else in our aircraft appeared to be the least bit concerned , but my relief as we finally drew near the coast of England again and then began our descent to the safety of solid earth was so great that I made a little promise to myself that I would never again set foot in an aeroplane , so long as I could be permitted to survive this one trip . |
| 22 | Nobody destroys me , and nobody was going to destroy Johnnie so long as I could sit by his bed — some of his family tried to stop me — and will my life force into him . ’ |
| 23 | There 's a bleak line in the book when , his parents divorcing , his father leaving for Europe , Rock quotes himself , aged 11 , saying ‘ I 'll be OK , Dad , I wo n't need Mom so long as I can have the limo . ’ |
| 24 | For so long as I can recall I have always had kennels and an assortment of dogs to help me in my work . |
| 25 | I do not mind being told what I can not do , so long as I can accede to an adequate reason why . |
| 26 | I do n't know , but so long as I can cure the disease I do n't much care ! |
| 27 | Just so long as I can see you . ’ |
| 28 | He beamed at them again and Caspar was beginning to relax , because it seemed as if they might escape after all and Fenella was remembering about magic being very nearly everyday here , when Pumlumon said , ‘ Of course , that 's so long as I can remember the words . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Just so long as I can do something — no matter what — I wo n't feel so helpless . ’ |
| 30 | well so long as I can easily change . |