Example sentences of "[vb infin] so long [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His insecurity will persist so long as he bottles up change , no matter how well his ruling party behaves . |
| 2 | ‘ He has enough sauce for a king 's fool , but impudence I can stomach so long as I do n't have to ride something that big on my own . ’ |
| 3 | The older the child the longer you can wait so long as there are no other signs of serious illness . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It does not really matter so long as we accept both points of view . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I do n't mind , I do n't mind so long as I just get out a bit on , into town and |
| 8 | Finally , a reminder about circular knitting given in figure 2 will only work so long as there is n't a punchcard in the card reader . |
| 9 | Let them hate so long as they fear . |
| 10 | Ninez saw no reason to complain or criticise so long as we marched fast enough . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't seem so long since his birthdee , do it ? ’ |
| 12 | Jack would n't shoot so long as he 'd got hold of him . |