Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] so long [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Netherlands allows the centre to carry on supporting , preparatory or auxiliary activities , which is more flexible , at least in principle , and the centre can take on commercial risks so long as an increased mark-up is agreed . |
| 2 | The register , like other records that a company is required to maintain , may be kept either in bound books or by recording the matter in any other way and , in particular , may be on a computer or other electronic device so long as the material can be reproduced in legible form and is so reproduced for purposes of inspection or supply of a copy . |
| 3 | The hands and feet can be turned into deadly weapons capable of withstanding injury when they are applied to inanimate objects such as bricks and wooden boards so long as the practitioner approaches the matter with the right psychological outlook . |
| 4 | We need to be innovative and extrovert , looking to the future and the continued enhancement of the Institute and I think we will always be enriched by the direct entrants so long as these continue to be strictly monitored . |
| 5 | It would follow that journalists writing for American publications have considerably more latitude in criticising public figures so long as their articles are not reprinted in Britain . |
| 6 | But Sartre 's courageous intervention against French and other colonialisms could not have a corresponding theoretical impact so long as he retained his historicist Marxist framework . |
| 7 | Furthermore , it appears that electronic exchanges have wider bid-ask spreads , which might be a reflection of inadequate liquidity due to the lack of locals ( although there seems to be no inherent reason why individuals trading on their own account could not use an electronic system so long as it enables the scalping and other arbitrage trading practices typically carried out by locals ) . |
| 8 | Before he left Persia in February 1921 , Ironside told Reza Khan that the British would not oppose his seizing power so long as the reigning Qajar Shah was not actually deposed . |
| 9 | Hence there is likely thereafter to be some saving of paper in future years so long as most members do not also demand copies of the full accounts under section 239 . |
| 10 | Obviously , an employee is free to apply for another position even with a rival of his present employer , or to find premises in which to set up a future business so long as in doing so he is not in breach of any valid express term in his employment contract : see Searle ( GD ) & Co Ltd v Celltech Ltd [ 1982 ] FSR 92 . |
| 11 | In fact Mr Hingston found a slightly unusual account in that it had instant access so long as withdrawals were made by post . |
| 12 | Also , where the company subsequent to granting a floating charge containing a negative pledge provision purchases property leaving part of the purchase secured by a mortgage , the mortgage will take priority , even if the mortgage has actual notice so long as what the company acquired was the equity of redemption subject to the mortgage . |
| 13 | " Popular power " and " government by the people " are not , I would suggest , vacuous slogans , but it is easy for critics and sceptics to dismiss them as mere rhetoric so long as those who use them fail to specify what they imply , in practice and in some detail . |
| 14 | Christians must have difficulty in using the bible to speak to contemporary issues so long as this belief persists . |
| 15 | The sovereign is under a constitutional duty to accept the advice of her ministers tendered through her chief minister so long as they command her confidence — so long , that is , as they command a majority in Parliament . |
| 16 | The allowance is given from the date of bereavement to the end of that tax year , and for the following year so long as she has not remarried by the start of that year . |
| 17 | exemption from the requirement to prepare group accounts in respect of a year in which the group headed by the company is a small or medium-sized group so long as the auditors have reported that in their opinion the company is entitled to the exemptions and their report is attached to the company 's individual accounts . |
| 18 | In fact , you can choose any level of regular or monthly savings so long as they do n't exceed the maximum savings allowed . |
| 19 | Molly , Edith ( Harlow ) and I were talking about the Medauring in Germany started by Sofie Trappe , and I said we ought to form a group in England — Molly 's reaction was ‘ that 's fine Andy so long as I have nothing to do with the organisation ’ … so that year we formed the Studio Club . |
| 20 | This may be the inescapable question for the foreseeable future so long as NATO procurement policy is predicated on highly trained work forces , scarce materials and sophisticated machine tools . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , both Weber and the interactionists did think it was possible to produce causal explanations of human behaviour so long as an understanding of meanings formed part of those explanations . |
| 22 | It is not an infringement to drop the ball anywhere in the playing area so long as the ball does not go forward . |
| 23 | There seemed no hope of removing the National Government so long as division continued . " |
| 24 | Most of them arose as a result of an all-Russian phenomenon in 1922 — the lack of co-ordination and exchange of information between the centre and the localities , together with nonchalant neglect of provincial problems so long as they did not affect central political issues . |
| 25 | By and large , Parliament and the judiciary have taken the view that free speech is a very good thing so long as it does not cause trouble . |
| 26 | Of course , this does not rule out the use of naturalistic facts so long as an objective notion of validity is employed — the validity of inductive inference could turn on features of the context in which it is carried out , or the perceptual apparatus of the reasoner . |
| 27 | 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 … . |
| 28 | They were even willing to occupy pre-moulded nests so long as they could carry out their normal movements before laying . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |