Example sentences of "long as [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The marine manatee , which can grow to as long as 4.5 metres and weigh 600 kilograms , is suffering from the rapid disappearance of its coastal mangrove swamps , and the pollution of those that remain . |
| 2 | ‘ As long as European governments do n't argue about the rules , we can sell our cars throughout Europe . |
| 3 | The eggs of this parasitic worm can wait as long as 16 years for a suitable root to grow nearby . |
| 4 | The shift to fixed price reoffer primary issuance attempts to offset these patterns ( see section 5.1.7 ) , although Jeanneau ( 1989 ) suggests it will not be effective as long as excess capacity remains . |
| 5 | For the Liberals Mr Peter Bergg said his party was not against council houses being sold off as long as new ones were built . |
| 6 | As long as new measures of social policy in these areas could be presented as solutions to an inner city problem they stood a greater chance of popular acceptance than if they were seen as no more than further attempts to rid the nation of the welfare state legacy of the post-war era and the dependency mentality that went along with it . |
| 7 | Since the life cycle of an adult worm can be as long as six weeks it is advisable to continue with these general hygiene measures for six weeks . |
| 8 | The incubation period is very long , quoted elsewhere as from ten days to three weeks , and I have known it as long as six weeks . |
| 9 | Potential and actual savings which have been identified include : shorter lead times , presently as long as six months ; producing better , more up-to date styles ; and shoes that fit better . |
| 10 | However , there was some evidence that events could act over a period as long as six months or even a year , particularly in the patient series . |
| 11 | I feel quite sad , and I 'm going to miss him , because he 's never been away as long as six months before . |
| 12 | Many do not remain sufficiently long as temporary workers or with any one agency to be entitled to any rights even if they were to have dependent employee status . |
| 13 | And as long as such scraps remained , the spirit of the Reconciliation would survive . |
| 14 | For , surprisingly , it is not illegal for other conditions to be treated by medically unqualified people as long as such people do not claim to be doctors . |
| 15 | For shrews live as long as 1.5 years , while many elephants plod along for over 50 years . |
| 16 | The FMLN had reaffirmed on July 29 that the second 20 per cent of its guerrillas due to demobilize on July 31 would not do so as long as socio-economic conditions for their re-integration into the civilian life remained " non-existent " [ for start of demobilization in June see p. 38957 ] . |
| 17 | ALAIN GALLO , a former player with the French club Agen , has made claims that team-mates were being paid as long as 10 years ago . |
| 18 | The polarity of the crystal is preserved for at least a year and , in theory , as long as 10 years after power to the cell is switched off . |
| 19 | Sex-blind treatment appeals to women 's self-respect , and is fine for those who have successfully seized new opportunities in education and the labour market , but as long as equal treatment extends only to paid work , it does not give proper recognition to the contribution and needs of most women . |
| 20 | We will be absolutely loyal to any minister as long as that minister explains the situation to us . ’ |
| 21 | I had asked myself , and the answer was no , not as long as that church refused to ordain women ! |
| 22 | As long as that yield compensates lenders for the extra risk , these bonds should find a ready market . |
| 23 | How lo , how long as that room been done ? |
| 24 | Losing the desire for material things — in fact the total spurning of them — gives calm and release as long as that desire is not replaced by the desire for such mental delights as ecstasy . |
| 25 | As long as that condition lasted , the time they spent together , instead of adding to their store of shared experiences , depleted the existing one , leaving them more apart than when they were separated . |
| 26 | As long as traditional media imagery , and so on , represents disabled people as tragic individuals , with no collective voice and with little access to each other , we can expect the activities of disabled people to go no further than personal complaint . |
| 27 | The first photographs required long exposures , and animals can not be expected to sit still as long as Victorian adults did ; but by the last quarter of the nineteenth century fast exposures were possible . |
| 28 | The minimum loan is £500 , spread over as long as five years . |
| 29 | From day to day , this is limited to sweeping or vacuuming , with a spot application of seal should wear ever become evident ( in the domestic situation , this can often be as long as five years from the date of installation ) . |
| 30 | South Africa 's Administrator-General , Louis Pienaar , had proposed that all ballots be cast in numbered envelopes , which could be traced after the elections , and that the count should be conducted in the capital , Windhoek , over as long as five weeks . |