Example sentences of "long as [pron] [vb -s] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the world of an inside ethnography as Favret-Saada identifies , ‘ one is never able to choose between subjectivism and the objective method as it was taught ’ ( ibid. 23 ) , so long as one wishes to find out answers which , in traditional ethnography , are often missing from the finite corpus of empirical observation . |
| 2 | Apart from resleeving the cylinders around three decades ago , it has continued to function satisfactorily for as long as anyone cares to remember ! |
| 3 | A spokesman said the seven Kurds released from Haslar detention centre , near Gosport , Hampshire , and all 18 from Gloucester Prison were given temporary admission ‘ for as long as it takes to assess their cases ’ . |
| 4 | With its inflation still rising , the country on the verge of a perilous wage-price spiral and public finances deeply in the red , the Bundesbank has made it clear that it will keep the German economy locked in a vice of high interest rates for as long as it takes to squeeze out inflation . |
| 5 | The heating is switched on only for as long as it takes to dry the washing . |
| 6 | What rhino likes is fucking and killing , killing and fucking ; he is n't at all fussy which end he fucks , so long as he gets to fuck . |
| 7 | Some might worry that he is allowing the Californians to influence him too much , but I ca n't help feeling that so long as he manages to stay on his horse he remains the best sort of Englishman aborad . |
| 8 | Anyone who gives him a flak jacket ( that is , consent ) may take it back , but the doctor only needs one and so long as he continues to have one he has the legal right to proceed . |
| 9 | He would be the first name on my team sheet for as long as he continues to keep fit . |
| 10 | Check that you have the positioning right and encourage your baby to feed for as often and long as he wants to stimulate the flow . |
| 11 | Under the STV a candidate must compete not only with political opponents but also with candidates of his own party , and compete in a popularity contest which , commencing with his first election campaign , will have to last without remission for as long as he wishes to hold his seat . |