Example sentences of "so [adv] as [pron] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nozick 's case rests on the view that so long as one is not acting for the reason that one 's action will favour one of the parties or hinder the other , but for a valid independent reason , then one 's neutrality is intact . |
| 2 | However , so long as one is aware of their limitations , classifications are useful , since they provide a series of labels to attach to different eruptions , aiding recognition and simplifying the job of describing them . |
| 3 | Now so long as one is careful in the selection of lexical realization , then it is possible to distinguish the different meanings supposedly signalled by the verb form . |
| 4 | This vagueness will not matter so long as one is clear about the level at which the formula of ‘ ought implies can ’ is being applied : thus the latter , and weaker , kind of ‘ can not ’ would be enough to provide a strong argument against the behaviour being made into a norm for a human society , but it would not be enough if the question concerned the adoption of a personal ideal in an individual case . |
| 5 | There is nothing superficial in comparing works of different times and cultures , so long as one is not making glib suggestions of direct linkages between them . |
| 6 | ( So long as one is n't a ‘ creep ’ of course ) . |
| 7 | So long as one is not a dedicated socialist , politics is not initially important ; in any case , the dedicated socialist is unlikely to want to join . |
| 8 | So long as yu is living an yu want eat food |
| 9 | At 60% of the price of a German worker , the Briton evidently has his advantages — so long as he is trained , managed and financed by foreigners . |
| 10 | There will be ‘ no comics , no horoscopes , no handicapping of horses ’ so long as he is in charge . |
| 11 | ‘ A person shall , so long as he is , and for twelve months after he ceases to be , a member of a local authority , be disqualified for being appointed by that authority to any paid office , other than to the office of chairman or vice-chairman . |
| 12 | It allows the beneficiary under a trust to sue a third party in possession of the object under trust so long as he is not a ‘ bona fide purchaser for value without notice ’ . |
| 13 | Thus , for example , in regard to proceedings in court , the mere absence of UK qualifications will not disqualify an EC lawyer from acting so long as he is instructed with and acts in conjunction with a UK lawyer . |
| 14 | The tenant may exercise his right to remove tenant 's fixtures so long as he is in possession as a tenant , whether under the original contract of tenancy or a new tenancy or by holding over ( New Zealand Government Property Corp v H M & S Ltd ) . |
| 15 | Never mind where so long as it is a public space . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , the government claims that old currency left in interest-bearing accounts should hold its value , so long as it is not spent . |
| 17 | Any gift or campaign contribution is legal so long as it is reported . |
| 18 | The conduct element is causing ‘ actual bodily harm ’ , which has been given the wide definition of ‘ any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of the victim ’ so long as it is not merely transient or trifling' . |
| 19 | You can therefore put such a fodder crop onto tripods or a fence when damp , confident that it will dry out , so long as it is not loaded too tight . |
| 20 | The strongest ecological difference is that between those who can accept whaling in principle so long as it is properly regulated and those who do not accept whaling in principle at all . |
| 21 | I have argued before , and shall again , that the farming industry has nothing to fear from such legislation so long as it is fairly enforced . |
| 22 | Borrowing is looked upon as a natural part of everyday life so long as it is kept within bounds . |
| 23 | Using the other person 's name early on in the transaction also helps establish rapport , so long as it is n't inappropriately familiar or done in a routine , ‘ mechanical ’ way . |
| 24 | It need not be a big thing so long as it is something novel to you and breaks your normal routine . |
| 25 | Whatever ‘ turns you on ’ is okay , so long as it is not connected with modern materialism or the one-God religions , like Christianity , Judaism or Islam . |
| 26 | It would be silly therefore to place , for example , contemporary imperialism , so long as it is directed against ‘ third persons ’ and is a tool for ‘ devouring ’ and ‘ expropriating ’ them , under the heading of ‘ primitive accumulation ’ . |
| 27 | 8.1 Neither party shall be under any liability to the other if and for so long as it is prevented from or delayed in performing any of its obligations under this Agreement by reason of circumstances beyond its reasonable control . |
| 28 | I submit to you that Pacifism is not and never can be a political method so long as it is chiefly concerned with abstaining from the use of force … . |
| 29 | So long as it is confined to strict military targets — roads , bridges , supply depots , gun emplacements — bombing need not alienate either public opinion in the West or the ordinary Serbs who must help change the minds of their stubborn , self-styled leaders . |
| 30 | Article 20 of the Brussels Convention provides that where a defendant domiciled in one Contracting State is sued in a court of another Contracting State the court shall stay the proceedings so long as it is not shown that the defendant has been able to receive the document instituting the proceedings or an equivalent document in sufficient time to enable him to arrange for his defence , or that all necessary steps have been taken to this end . |