Example sentences of "[prep] as long " in BNC.
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| 1 | in Z. Otherwise such pedantry relating to Z was left behind as long ago as 1.2.5 . |
| 2 | Some detainees have been held for as long as seven years without charge or trial . |
| 3 | I had been preparing myself for as long as I can remember , preparing myself ( though I did not always realize it ) from the day that I was born , preparing myself , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , but always aware of the dangers of beginning too soon . |
| 4 | I 'm sixty next year but I 'd like to carry on for as long as possible . ’ |
| 5 | I stayed in the cafe for as long as I felt I could and then went back outside . |
| 6 | Root crops for storage are best left in the ground for as long as possible , provided they are dug up before severe frosts set in . |
| 7 | Immediate first aid for a bleeding nose is to tilt the head back and pinch the nostrils together for as long as it takes . |
| 8 | You could ask PH to introspect into the contents of his phenomenological awareness when he is looking at faces for as long as you liked , but there would be no insight that any recognition is occurring . |
| 9 | The idea of ‘ care in the community ’ has developed over the past 20 years to encourage the development of services to help older people in need of care to remain in their own homes for as long as they wish , and for as long as is practical . |
| 10 | The idea of ‘ care in the community ’ has developed over the past 20 years to encourage the development of services to help older people in need of care to remain in their own homes for as long as they wish , and for as long as is practical . |
| 11 | Some of the refugees had been living in Polish exile for as long as seven weeks , while others arrived only a few hours before West German diplomats announced they could leave . |
| 12 | The compensation deal will cost the government an estimated A$100m and involves Canberra waiving airport landing charges for as long as it takes the airlines to recoup their losses from keeping about 21,000 non-pilot employees on their staff during the dispute . |
| 13 | Margaret Thatcher , the Prime Minister , yesterday underlined that UK rates would remain ‘ as high as necessary for as long as is necessary to keep downward pressure on inflation ’ . |
| 14 | He highlighted a classic phrase by Peter Jennings , ABC 's anchor-man wrinkle-brow : ‘ Using it even once can make a person crave cocaine for as long as they ( sic ) live . ’ |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | Spaniards respect her for keeping her schoolteacher 's job for as long as possible . |
| 17 | ‘ We will continue with the fight for as long as we can , ’ Mother Catherine said . |
| 18 | It had hung in Maggie 's bedroom for as long as Phoebe could remember : she had not looked at it properly for years . |
| 19 | In the years we have been going to the Arctic ( at least one summer and one winter trip now for as long as I can remember ) , we have acquired odd niggles . |
| 20 | ‘ He 's there for as long as he wants to be , ’ said Eaton . |
| 21 | Professional footballers fared little better than cricketers and were less likely to be able to pursue their occupation for as long . |
| 22 | Another group of researchers , this time in Sweden , has discovered that this protective effect does n't only last for as long as the baby is breastfed . |
| 23 | The Prince is also very keen on deer stalking , another pull to keep him in the Highlands for as long as he can manage . |
| 24 | Most hurtful and unfair of all , though , he had been the butt of jokes about his appearance for as long as he could remember — everything from his ears to his hairline . |
| 25 | Leave the meat for as long as possible before cooking . |
| 26 | Recently introduced to the UK , I hope that sun-dried tomatoes will remain essential for the kitchen store-cupboard for as long as olive oil , salt and pepper are there . |
| 27 | That same prize will elude the British for as long as they yearn for it publicly . |
| 28 | Managers have two good motives to avoid a deal with creditors for as long as they can : they keep their jobs longer , and they work for shareholders , who do not want a deal either . |
| 29 | He is trying to establish and retain a block of capital available for the members of his family for as long as he can do so . |
| 30 | It is no good to tie up the property by a series of limited interests for as long as the law will allow , if the bulk of the capital will have disappeared to the Revenue authorities in the meantime . |