Example sentences of "so long as [indef pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The catapult ought to be safe so long as nobody knew its name . |
| 2 | So long as nobody knows how it started . ’ |
| 3 | It might be thought that so long as one asserted the local sign theory only in principle ( that is , did not specify the precise nature of the ‘ feeling ’ or ‘ colouring ’ which is supposed to subserve localisation ) , one could rely on the testimony of introspection for one 's theory to be confirmed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The merchant had no particular interest in which Great Power established law and order in the regions with which he traded , so long as somebody did . |
| 6 | The pragmatist might suggest that precision is fine only so long as everyone understands the term : in fact , Pulex irritans is less obviously a flea , than ‘ flea ’ . |
| 7 | So long as everyone has an equal right to vote there must be a limit to the variations in prosperity in the community that are politically acceptable . |
| 8 | It really did n't matter to Britain if it was the Germans who brought efficiency to the Turkish economy — so long as someone did . |
| 9 | So long as someone knows you 're down there and comes to dig you out , then a basement 's always best , even if the rest goes down like a pack of cards . ’ |