Example sentences of "so [adv] as [pron] keep " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is it good news for the majority of people who already own-especially those who became first-time buyers over the past four years and whose complete capital has been wiped out : more than a million such people are probably technically bankrupt but need not admit it so long as they keep paying their mortgage . |
| 2 | Modern society , it may be argued , is not like a set of neatly intermeshing and well-oiled cogs , but rather a game in which groups of players have considerable discretion so long as they keep within a set of rules which are often themselves rather loosely defined or at least open to negotiation and change . |
| 3 | AT THE beginning of the 20th century Texan lobbyists could get more or less what they wanted so long as they kept politicians supplied with the three Bs : beefsteak , bourbon and blondes . |
| 4 | He believed as Lionel Curtis did that Indians ' souls had to be renovated before they were fit to govern : he deeply shocked the American journalist William Shirer by announcing that ‘ Self-government … is inconceivable and unattainable without the removal of untouchability , as it also is without Hindu-Moslem unity … we shall be unfit to gain independence so long as we keep in bondage a fifth of the population of Hindustan . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Some have praised our style and said it does n't matter if we go down , so long as we keep playing football . |
| 6 | President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine denied Tory MPs were looking for a new leader , saying : ‘ We know that so long as we keep our nerve and pursue policies that are important we can come through . |
| 7 | Mr Robinson could have a wide brief as well , so long as he keeps the chancellor 's confidence . |
| 8 | He can continue to shoot so long as he keeps hitting , up to a maximum of 6 shots per turn . |
| 9 | The King , in the Declaration of Breda , had promised that no man would be molested for differences of religious opinion , so long as he kept the peace . |
| 10 | The scent of human food was very strong in the Gruncher 's nostrils , and he must have been thinking that so long as he kept going flat out , he would catch his meal in the end . |
| 11 | She was great with him so long as he kept her occupied . |
| 12 | I wanted our collaboration , strange as it was , to continue for eve ; , just so long as it kept him beside me . |
| 13 | Dansey did not seek to influence its policy , so long as it kept out of his agents ' way . |
| 14 | ‘ Cheap electricity 's the answer to the first — sod the cost to the environment so long as it keeps down the cost to the consumer . |
| 15 | Well , it 's all Greek to me , but so long as it keeps him happy . ’ |
| 16 | He might feel that any heir , even one who disinherits him , is worth having so long as it keeps the name going . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |
| 18 | So long as I keep it up I am still in charge of my own destiny . |
| 19 | ‘ So long as I keep still , I feel very little . |
| 20 | By the end of the afternoon , after a few more pints , he gets involved in a Q&A challenge — he says he 'll answer any question , so long as I keep them coming . |
| 21 | But the room was warm , brightly lit and by no means uncomfortable so long as you kept your eyes away from the map-like stains on the rancid blue walls or the cigarette ends and other scraps on the floor . |
| 22 | So long as you keep things above board your schemes will be tolerated , perhaps even appreciated , but do n't over-stretch your imagination as the results could border on the bizarre . |
| 23 | There is little danger from a Lionfish to yourself , so long as you keep your fingers clear of the venomous spines . |
| 24 | There is no difficulty in this whatsoever so long as you keep the silver piece level with the needles . |
| 25 | ‘ Not so long as you keep within the law . ’ |
| 26 | So long as you keep the Looms properly oiled and follow the rules you ca n't really go far wrong . |
| 27 | And speak your own language , please : we 'll even teach it to you in our schools to prove how understanding we are , just so long as you do our dirty work for less wages than our own kind are prepared to accept : just so long as you keep yourselves to yourselves , and do n't let your children marry ours , because what we 're all terrified of , so terrified the word 's gone out of the vocabulary . |
| 28 | Do whatever you like , so long as you keep out of my hair . |
| 29 | But they have to call in a vet from time to time , and it 's with those farmers that I think you 'll have most success , just so long as you keep your charges low . ’ |