Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [adv] long as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ROS : Oh no — we 've been spinning coins for as long as I remember . |
| 2 | To hold weekly Union meetings for as long as necessary to monitor the progress of the campaign . |
| 3 | Having got this far they can rest on their laurels for as long as they wish . |
| 4 | The traders sometimes called swagmen have battled against the plan and are keen to hold on to their pitches for as long as they can . |
| 5 | He was the managing director of Supersight Golf , and had been selling golf clubs for as long as most people could remember . |
| 6 | Managers have two good motives to avoid a deal with creditors for as long as they can : they keep their jobs longer , and they work for shareholders , who do not want a deal either . |
| 7 | If debtors and creditors are excluded the natural inclination of the vendor will be to pursue the debtors and delay paying the creditors for as long as possible . |
| 8 | Both companies are licensed to use this source code in their products for as long as they choose . |
| 9 | Look at the person — maintain contact with the eyes for as long as is comfortable , look away to the mouth when it becomes uncomfortable , then return to the eyes . |
| 10 | The idea of ‘ care in the community ’ has developed over the past 20 years to encourage the development of services to help older people in need of care to remain in their own homes for as long as they wish , and for as long as is practical . |
| 11 | In recent years there has been a tremendous drive to keep elderly persons in their own homes for as long as possible , by giving close support to relatives and friends and by providing support from community services such as home helps and ‘ meals-on-wheels ’ . |
| 12 | The large extended family , with its reliable supporting cast of aunts , uncles and cousins , as well as sons and daughters , all willing to help older members to remain happily in their own homes for as long as possible , is a thing of the past . |
| 13 | Across the range of western industrial societies there is a trend towards decreased institutional provision and a greater emphasis upon the care and maintenance of older people in their own homes for as long as possible . |
| 14 | Finally , both health authorities and local authorities are firmly committed to a policy of supporting older people in their own homes for as long as possible . |
| 15 | In the context of this paper it is suggested that the following principles are added : dementia sufferers should be maintained in their own homes for as long as possible dementia sufferers should be maintained in their own community for as long as possible the number of moves should be kept to a minimum the independence , dignity and privacy of the sufferer must be respected the dementia sufferers must be involved as far as possible in discussions and decisions regarding their care and any possible move carers or potential carers should be involved in the decision-making process . |
| 16 | When bad news was finally announced , dealers were instructed to conceal it from their clients for as long as possible . |
| 17 | Finally I wish to report that Terry Snow , Peter Jacob and Clive Labovitch will be continuing as Chairmen of their respective subsidiary companies for so long as the executive directors remain responsible for their companies . |
| 18 | I is however to be repeated every five years up to forty and then every two years for as long as the rating is held , or if there is a hearing loss . |
| 19 | In TRACE II , a parallel architecture is employed in which each of the nodes is a relatively simple processing element which continues to send activation and inhibition to other nodes for as long as it remains active . |
| 20 | Sectarianism and bigotry will stay on the terraces for as long as our society stays in its current mess , but the vast majority of all fans are only interested in one thing — seeing their team win . |
| 21 | With its inflation still rising , the country on the verge of a perilous wage-price spiral and public finances deeply in the red , the Bundesbank has made it clear that it will keep the German economy locked in a vice of high interest rates for as long as it takes to squeeze out inflation . |
| 22 | Indeed , a crucial part of the new contract between the state and single parents will be for the state to continue paying the mother ( and in a few cases the father ) the maintenance payments for as long as that person is responsible for a child . |
| 23 | It would have come , if it was to come at all , only if a well co-ordinated , centrally directed campaign of strikes , carried out by an immensely disciplined and united workforce , and backed by enough money to support the strikers for as long as necessary , could have been made to prevail against the resolute and more readily co-ordinated opposition of masters who stood to lose everything if the strikers won . |
| 24 | During the Christmas and Easter holidays for as long as I can remember , I 've been going to assorted relatives and friends , but in the long , summer months I 've always gone home . |
| 25 | It is no good to tie up the property by a series of limited interests for as long as the law will allow , if the bulk of the capital will have disappeared to the Revenue authorities in the meantime . |
| 26 | Angela has been fascinated by antiques for as long as she can remember . |
| 27 | They 've been yo-yoing between the First and Second Divisions for as long as I can remember — at the time of writing , they 're well on their way to the Premier League . |
| 28 | You can go on learning and adding to your repertoire of behaviours for as long as there is breath in your body . |
| 29 | The compensation deal will cost the government an estimated A$100m and involves Canberra waiving airport landing charges for as long as it takes the airlines to recoup their losses from keeping about 21,000 non-pilot employees on their staff during the dispute . |
| 30 | The key principles for the care of dementia sufferers are set out in the SAD Report " Dementia in Scotland , Priorities for Care , Strategies for Change " as follows : People with dementia are entitled to : the same respect and regard for dignity and privacy as anyone else the same range and quality of services as other citizens opportunities to enhance their capabilities a range of services to support their declining abilities emotional and social care and support live as independently as possible and in familiar surroundings for as long as possible actively participate as far as practicable in decisions affecting their daily lives and future care . |