Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [adv] long [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He 'll have to know who 's coming but as I say , I 'm not bothered so long as Arthur and Angela 's there and and dad . |
| 4 | Because the cake is covered in buttercream it will not keep so long as cakes made with fondant , so eat it fairly soon after it is made . |
| 5 | Yet he should not weep too long because old stone face himself , Ivan Lendl , made five attempts to land a major title . |
| 6 | I know that a Labour Government will be returned and I am sure that that Government will not take as long as from 1986 to the present time , as this Government have , to do something constructive about changing the law and bringing in legislation that could be enforced throughout the country . |
| 7 | People who do not care so long as the passing hour is comfortable and cheerful are not likely to exhibit much of a front when they call themselves a union . |
| 8 | And he said his company 's 99p set of earrings would not last as long as a Marks and Spencer prawn sandwich . |
| 9 | Natural gut absorbs moisture and does not last as long as synthetic string . |
| 10 | But The Henderson Kids role did not last very long and Dannii still remained the more famous in the Minogue celebrity stakes . |
| 11 | Sadly , Marks did not last very long and he was the first of the Commanding Officers of the four founder squadrons to he lost in battle ; this was flat only great loss to the squadron , hut certainly to the Pathfinders . |
| 12 | If I am in a studio and initially feel slightly lukewarm towards a particular piece I find it does not last very long because I soon get caught up with the work of a strong artist . |
| 13 | In the middle of the document , he says that if the MacSharry proposals were accepted — he says that they would be — they would not last very long because they would be too expensive . |
| 14 | That this Second World War would not last so long as the First , and even that it might not be a war on such a world-scale , were legitimate presumptions at the time , and Eliot was firmly of the opinion that we should be thinking then and there of the world which would finally emerge . |
| 15 | Well there used to be one on the corner of Street and Street that was , that was a pawnshop right opposite the churches facing it the church were on the one corner Street and used to be on the opposite corner , and Johnny was a member of the church choir as I was after I was ten years ol ten years old , I Mr he must have thought I could sing he sent me down to St Paul 's and I , I went to St Paul 's Church on the corner of Street and I did n't stay there long because it was I was still working part- time I was still a schoolboy but er I did sing in the choir at St Paul 's Church for a time , and then I went , I went back to St Mary 's and All Saints in Palfry as a choirboy and er we used to have choir practice once or twice a week , I know we had it Wednesday night , the choir master was Albert Edward he was a butcher , kept a butcher 's shop on the corner of and |
| 16 | John Aldridge was around during Rush 's exile in Italy — but did n't stay too long when the great man came back . |
| 17 | ‘ You must n't mind if the children do n't stay very long when they come , Jack . |
| 18 | I do n't mind , I do n't mind so long as I just get out a bit on , into town and |
| 19 | It do n't take as long as they say . ’ |
| 20 | It does n't seem that long since you had him as a puppy |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't seem so long since his birthdee , do it ? ’ |
| 22 | If you do n't want to spend as much as £400 , remember that cheaper beds do n't last as long as more upmarket models . |
| 23 | ‘ At the time I also appeared in an episode of the Skyways series which did n't last too long because it was pretty dreadful , ’ remembered Kylie . |
| 24 | The surge did n't last too long and Newton slid in his first goal seven minutes later and grabbed his second five minutes from time when he finished off a sweeping , decisive move involving Dennis Wise and Stuart . |
| 25 | calcium hydroxide hydrogen chloride you get calcium chloride formed and you got this thing well it 's quite likely that this does form initially , but it does n't last very long and it 's not very stable and it |
| 26 | Jack would n't shoot so long as he 'd got hold of him . |