Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] the [noun] is " in BNC.

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1 Inn many cases this is what they get , However this is not consolation to the user who , having been misinformed by an out of date roadside timetable , spends , say , fifteen minutes at a windswept bus stop , in pouring rain , awaiting a bus that is less than clean , being driven so badly that the ride is uncomfortable by a brusque and unhelpful driver . ’
2 ‘ Theoretically , yes , but that 's unlikely to happen so long as the company is successful and the shareholders approve of the way it 's run . ’
3 So long as the army is loyal , the regime will survive .
4 The units are expendable and can easily be replaced so long as the tree is healthy .
5 In all the provisions there are exception clauses : an obligation can be revoked or modified only with consent ‘ unless it is established they had otherwise agreed ’ ; assent shall be presumed ‘ so long as the contrary is not indicated ’ ; a right may not be revoked or modified ‘ if it is established that the right was intended not to be revocable ’ .
6 He may have said that there will be no increase in German rates before Maastricht — indeed , hopefully , so long as the treaty is signed , not before our general election .
7 Microwaves are refracted by plasma , and microwave interferometers can measure average electron densities , so long as the density is in a suitable range .
8 It is provided , however , that if a person has a right to place animals on unfenced land , he is not to be regarded as in breach of a duty of care by reason only of his placing them there , so long as the land is in an area where fencing is not customary or is common land or a town or village green .
9 The former is a stable product and file transfers work perfectly so long as the user is n't too feature hungry .
10 He is allowed to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors .
11 He 's allows to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors .
12 So long as the reversion is not assigned , that will be the position .
13 Mr Patten said that he had not turned against the idea of any and all new towns : ‘ So long as the location is right and so long as people can have real confidence that a decision in favour of a new settlement will relieve development pressures elsewhere , then new villages and new settlements could have a part to play in increasing the acceptability of new housing decisions . ’
14 Hence the section 186 applies so long as the certificate is authenticated as executed by the company by the use of the common seal , the official seal or signatures of two directors or one director and the secretary ( or , in the case of Scottish companies , under the still wider provisions of section 36B ) .
15 The fault element in section 20 has been further broadened by the decision in Mowatt ( 1968 ) : there is no need to prove recklessness as to wounding or grievous bodily harm , so long as the court is satisfied that D was reckless as to some physical harm to some person , albeit of a minor character .
16 So long as the price is consistent with the current yield then nothing in relation to bank base rates need change .
17 But the danger is that if relief is too often refused on such grounds it may give decision-makers the signal that it does not really matter whether they act within the law or not , so long as the decision is ‘ right ’ .
18 If Chatterton chooses to flog , with the agreement of the committee , priceless port from the cellar , so long as the money is laundered through the entertainment account it allows him to be subsidised for a jaunt to Monte Carlo and no doubt Fishbane for nights of bliss with ladies from a call-girl agency . ’
19 Section 723 , ‘ Use of computers for company records ’ , permits recording ‘ otherwise than in a legible form , so long as the recording is capable of being reproduced in a legible form ’ .
20 Usually these breaks are not perpendicular but at an angle , and so long as the end is carefully flame-polished , minor irregularities in the line of the break do not matter .
21 Corydoras are tolerant of a wide pH range so long as the filter is well-maintained and the tank is not neglected .
22 Of course , if the principle enunciated in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 is followed , the error identified above can not possibly arise , because the question whether the company has consented to the taking of its property ceases to matter , so long as the property is taken dishonestly with the intention of permanently depriving the company of it .
23 It can bolt it or it can corner but so long as the muzzle is in place it can not kill .
24 Any character carrying it will gain +10 bonuses to WS and BS so long as the book is kept next to the skin .
25 Anachronisms such as Floyds and EMGs can even be catered for , so long as the purchaser is willing to foot the bill .
26 Damp is acceptable so long as the cellar is not in use and so long as it does not rise above the ground floor dpc .
27 For all that , as far as I 'm concerned , so long as the debate is pursued fully , openly , and in a spirit of dialectical integrity , its outcome is secondary .
28 So long as the receiver is in the driving seat neither the owners nor the unsecured creditors can do much to remove him .
29 Warner v. Browne ( 1807 ) 8 East 165 there was an agreement to lease at a rent of £40 per annum and it was agreed that the landlord , W. Warner , should not raise the rent nor turn out the tenant ‘ so long as the rent is duly paid quarterly , and he does not expose to sale or sell any article that may be injurious to W. Warner in his business . ’
30 The poem which advocates marriage so long as the partner is chosen reasonably is included , but not the second poem which examines the dangers of marriage per se .
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