Example sentences of "[vb pp] as long " in BNC.
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| 1 | At festival time nothing is illegal or forbidden as long as you have the price . |
| 2 | Notwithstanding the above , considerable variation is permitted as long as the maximum remains reasonably above the minimum ( ie. at least twice ) . |
| 3 | Hindu teachings allow abortion only where a pregnancy constitutes a danger to the mother 's life , Islamic law allows abortion up to as late as 120 days and under Jewish law the foetus is regarded as a subsidiary of the mother and abortion is permitted as long as a number of doctors recommend it . |
| 4 | Although the exposure time and DMS concentration [ up to its solubility limit ( ∼2% v/v ) ] can be varied as long as the product of the two ( and hence , the average number of methylations produced ) remains constant , at higher levels DMS may preferably concentrate in ‘ hydrophobic pockets ’ of the DNA-protein interface and attack within the binding site thus obscuring the cleavage pattern of the bound-DNA fraction . |
| 5 | The immature newcomer to the department will almost certainly accept this relationship initially , so no breakdown of the transaction is to be expected as long as there is adequate stroking by the adult . |
| 6 | No conflict can really be resolved as long as these double standards prevail . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't think our destination mattered as long as it was private , ’ Luke countered smoothly as he switched on the light , but Maria did n't believe him . |
| 8 | Some bloke she 'd snogged with , pissed , and no harm done as long as Tony never got to hear of it . |
| 9 | Would , would , would would , but , I mean I 'm quite in favour of people having their genitals mutilated as adults , once they 're over eighteen , they go to hospital and sign a consent form and have it done as long as they pay for it themselves , but to do it to newborn children strikes me as outrageous . |
| 10 | But if there 's something you want done as long as it 's legal and within reason , we can probably do it . ’ |
| 11 | Applications will be accepted as long as they are made by 1st October 1991 but your council can chose to set a later date . |
| 12 | Books which , in pre-jacket days , would not have passed any reader are now accepted as long as the ‘ presentation ’ is right . |
| 13 | At one place he described the statement ‘ physics has higher verisimilitude than astrology ’ as plausible and asks why it should not be accepted as long as no serious alternative is offered . |
| 14 | Anything you do is accepted as long as it 's not interfering with children . |
| 15 | I suspect the answer to my first question is about numbers of jobs , by virtue of what you 've just said as long as a piece of string . |
| 16 | Double-vault composting toilet : If people wish to reuse excreta in their gardens or to sell it to local farmers composting toilets can be built as long as users agree to follow strict rules of maintenance . |
| 17 | Glissandos should be made as long as possible , as they are ineffective unless very rapidly executed . |
| 18 | ‘ The effects will be nullified as long as it operates . |
| 19 | A small proportion of dolphin meat is salted , dried , and sold as long strips known as muchame , which was originally introduced by Italian immigrants . |
| 20 | not bothered as long as |
| 21 | He 's not bothered as long as eats them ! |
| 22 | You 've got as long as it , it takes but it wo n't take , I should think , more than a few minutes for each group er to do their presentation . |
| 23 | There are all manner of betrothals , and any are blessed as long as the heart be true . |
| 24 | It is relatively unimportant what these conditions are called as long as they are characterised by a sufficient number of symptoms of depression to be definable as cases . |
| 25 | I began to see that my fear about Mary obscuring Christ was not soundly based as long as I keep to the parameters of Scripture . |
| 26 | I saw enough of ex-Millfield boy David Hemp , in that extraordinary finish at Southampton when the teams played as long as they could in the twilight and Glamorgan were agonisingly close to victory , to believe he has a genuine future as a county player . |
| 27 | Leaders were to be tolerated as long as they were not permanent , and as long as they were held constantly ‘ accountable ’ . |
| 28 | Interest-group activity could just about be tolerated as long as it was moderate and operated within the suffocating rules of the political game . |
| 29 | This was tolerated as long as they did so out of a sense of liberation at being at home , i.e. through choice not force . |
| 30 | At his little desk by the window he would be tolerated as long as nobody important came in , but when Riddle 's visitor wanted to discuss real business it would be , ‘ If you do n't mind , Matthew … ’ and Matthew would have to go . |