Example sentences of "any [noun] [adv] long as " in BNC.
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1 | This , to use a definition of the American , Stanley Ellin , one of the writers to have given us short stories to equal any that have been written since crime and the short story met ( read his The Speciality of the House ) is any story so long as it deals with " that streak of wickedness in human nature " . |
2 | There may be nothing behind it , but it does n't make any difference so long as it is honoured . |
3 | And they say he will fashion any spell so long as someone will pay him enough . ’ |
4 | This probably represents the future , at any rate so long as petroleum-led growth continues to provide opportunities for differentiation . |
5 | People are like chameleons : they can adjust themselves to any environment so long as they 've no alternative . |
6 | The usual jibe was that Crowninshield was a politician without a cause , or rather that he would support any cause so long as it was fashionable , but his critics also attacked Crowninshield for being wealthy , claiming that his eminence was solely due to the vast amounts of money that he spent on his campaigns . |