Example sentences of "long as the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In fact we can go from C to any of the above keys without even modulating first , as long as the return is well made .
2 As long as the limitations are recognised and understood and those who allocate are seen to be acting fairly and using socially accepted criteria such as equity and efficiency , the use of rough , though conceptually sound , mechanisms ( for example , the original RAWP formula ) is most probably as good as we can get .
3 As long as the pull-out torque of the motor is constant with speed , the rate of acceleration is constant ( as in example of Section 6.3 ) and a linear ramp produces optimum performance from the system .
4 ‘ There is n't a problem between a hairdresser and his client as long as the hairdresser can listen , understand and interpret what the client is saying .
5 As long as The Fall keeping going we 've got plenty of songs left , plenty of riffs . ’
6 Yes , all of them are still true as a good approximation as long as the inequality ( 4.1 ) stands .
7 As long as the ticket is valid , no money or tickets change hands , motorists pay automatically .
8 Exactly what we spend our money on does not matter too much , as long as the money going out is not more than the money coming in .
9 As long as the money held out for her , that was enough .
10 As long as the money grew , everyone was satisfied .
11 The detectors can work only as long as the system is cooled , and the low boil-off rate of the helium coolant on board means the mission will last at least 300 days .
12 Great Escapes ' Paul Scrimshaw explained : ‘ It has always seemed to us that as long as the hoteliers play the game fairly then all parties have received a reasonable benefit . ’
13 The cash-strapped Hammers will sell the £600,000 signing from Luton in October 1990 , as long as the price is right .
14 As long as the price and the product differentiation are perceived in a consistent or positive light , then the extra price will be viable .
15 They could therefore claim a good deal of genuine popular backing ; and their power , or at least their powers of obstruction , survived almost as long as the monarchy itself .
16 In first gear , a seemingly impossible slope was negotiated with ease as long as the pedals were left well alone on the way down .
17 A : You can claim daily benefits for the duration of any hospital stay , up to a maximum of one year at any time , as long as your premiums are paid up to date , and as long as the circumstances of your hospitalisation are not mentioned under the exclusions clause below .
18 He can probably never return to his family in Novi Sad , at least as long as the Milosevic regime endures .
19 Note that the first statement of the theme is always at least a third as long as the whole , while contrasting sentences are never very prolonged , and are sometimes quite brief .
20 The ability to break individual applications down into separate tasks — as long as the software is written in a suitably modular fashion — is known as application multi-threading , and will be supported in the next release of Solaris 2. x , according to Watkins .
21 As long as the noises are ‘ hardcore ’ , nothing else matters .
22 As long as the communists held power , he was not allowed to employ more than 12 people .
23 As long as the total of the balancing figures for each fund equals the balance on the cash book , then the accounts as a whole are in balance .
24 Similarly , Edward Woodville 's fleet posed a threat to Gloucester only as long as the duke 's own position was uncertain ; once he had been recognized as protector the matter could be dealt with .
25 Similarly , Edward Woodville 's fleet posed a threat to Gloucester only as long as the duke 's own position was uncertain ; once he had been recognized as protector the matter could be dealt with .
26 It was assumed that schools would be using the materials and theme for about twelve periods a week for six weeks , as Miss Garnett noted : " This is probably as long as the steam stays in a theme for this age , and nobody should feel embarrassed about pulling out of it quicker if it seems right to do so " ( Leicester/Leicestershire Curriculum Development Project 1970 : I ) .
27 As long as its greater glory is maintained , as long as the glitter continues into death and charidee , it will help out .
28 This is fine as long as the music stands up to scrutiny .
29 The new pop retained its radical credibility as long as the music business was on the defensive ; and in the late 1970s context of falling sales and punk politics there was , indeed , a sense that pop 's usual gatekeepers ( Artists and Repertoire departments , radio programmers , music press editors ) were not in control of what was happening .
30 However , the same principles apply in all cases , and as long as the music is primarily melodic , the various sections of large movements can be created with the melody-building methods we have described .
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