Example sentences of "so long as [noun prp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was sustainable so long as France faced an unquestioned nuclear threat from the Soviet Union , and needed to respond with only small-scale military operations overseas ( in Chad , for example , or Gabon ) . |
| 2 | The commission could agree to forget about the argument over the date at which the directive applied , so long as Britain removes all the ‘ excessive discretion . ’ |
| 3 | So long as Britain remained the leading industrial force , it was relatively easy to reconcile moral purpose with the defence of British power . |
| 4 | It will without much doubt remain true , however , that so long as Britain attaches paramount importance to tying her currency in with the Deutschmark and to the other European currencies , her governments will be inhibited from acting in the direct interest of British citizens . |
| 5 | So long as China has the PLA as its powerful back-up , attempts by ( Western ) hostile forces are doomed to failure , and there is absolutely no way for the socialist system to be abolished on the earth . ’ |
| 6 | So long as Finland remained tranquil , Menshikov was prepared to listen to advisers in the Grand Duchy who put the interests of the local population before those of Russia . |
| 7 | An advance was requested and paid , and a further sum promised on delivery , so long as Mozart made no attempt to discover its source . |
| 8 | They would be quite happy to forget all those things so long as Fedorov obliged them by carrying out certain routine tasks from time to time . |
| 9 | So long as Hitler threatened Europe the prospects for a revival of peace politics were minimal . |
| 10 | So long as Artai remained unmarried it was important to the self-esteem of each of them to demonstrate that while neither she nor her family had thus far been favoured with the Kha-Khan 's selection , yet she was capable of exercising influence . |
| 11 | Although the laws will doubtless be tightened , no cure for the current state of financial laxity will be found so long as Yugoslavia has a ‘ soft budget ’ approach to monetary policy , and persists in its attempts to combine self-management with the doctrine of ‘ social ownership ’ . |
| 12 | The coexistence in Francia of Louis and Lothar as co-emperors was possible so long as Lothar remained unmarried . |
| 13 | I do guarantee it — just so long as Silvia passes her exams . ’ |