Example sentences of "as long [conj] it be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 There is no particular order in which to introduce them as long as it is done reasonably slowly .
2 If the child has a special skill or the parent has a special interest and they enjoy together exchanging this skill or interest , like teaching a child to swim very young , teaching it to play or listen to music , or play very simple rhythmic sounds , then as long as it is done within a relationship that is , above all , a loving relationship , great .
3 If the child has a special skill or the parent has a special interest and they enjoy together exchanging this skill or interest , like teaching a child to swim very young , teaching it to play or listen to music , or play very simple rhythmic sounds , then as long as it is done within a relationship that is , above all , a loving relationship , great .
4 ‘ If you made an incredible blunder it would n't seem to worry anybody as long as it is recorded
5 We are trying to suggest here that academic enterprise may be useful as long as it is placed in its proper social context .
6 The quality of the grain is deteriorating fast , as long as it is raining .
7 This will not , however , be achieved as long as IT is regarded as the province of mathematics , science and technology in the curriculum , and English — or other language — teachers are seen as having little part to play .
8 And we lack provisions that allows for a presidency in the absence of a minister is a good one as long as it is monitored closely by district council .
9 Any sound image will do , as long as it is distinguished from others in the system . ’
10 For present purposes the oldest classification into fringing reefs , barrier reefs and atolls ( Fig. 8.33 ) may be retained as long as it is realised that , although these are commonly occurring forms , there are many others ( Guilcher , 1958 ) which it is very difficult to fit into these simple classes .
11 On the one hand it would be perfectly in order to write the biography of a poet as long as it is understood that it would be ‘ on a par with biographies of generals and inventors ’ ( Tomashevsky 1978 : 55 ) and was not mistaken for literary science .
12 The PA will continue , with your help , its vigorous defence of the NBA as long as it is supported by the membership , and of course remains legal .
13 The institute has committed itself to continuing to offer practical help and communication expertise as long as it is needed in the recovery process .
14 Dinner is provided as long as it is requested the morning of the day you dine .
15 I find this particular facility to be more usable than Word For Windows ' text fiddling tools , purely because you can use any font you wish , as long as it is installed in Windows .
16 There is nothing intrinsically evil about a scientific world outlook as long as it is rooted in the life and authority of God .
17 But the Government may feel that as long as it is going to extend VAT it may as well slap newspapers for 17.5 per cent .
18 As long as it is considered safe , the more ‘ testing ’ weather conditions can provide an extra element of challenge to a braver set of participants .
19 The crayons can be sharpened in an ordinary sharpener as long as it 's designed to take the thicker pencils or crayons .
20 As long as it 's going to run , I mean , I do n't know , I think , I think they up against
21 " Well , as long as it 's put back where you found it .
22 Manufacturers , flushed with success over their pink fluffy man campaign , and greedy with the realisation that they can make hill-walkers wear anything as long as it 's described as a technological breakthrough , are sitting in their factories dreaming up new and more ridiculous things to sell us .
23 Nevertheless , he had relented to the extent of allowing the teachers to bring a bottle as long as it was kept out of sight of the paying customers .
24 Well as long as it was cooked .
25 Through the early 1960s , it refused to join a common front of uranium export suppliers as long as it was treated differently by Canada from the United States and United Kingdom over sales of uranium .
26 Evolution was acceptable as long as it was presented as a purposeful process in which the human race played a central role as the goal towards which natural progress was aimed .
27 Dalziel did n't mind being invested in as long as it was done the right way .
28 It could be signed as soon as the fathers agreed the match or as late as the wedding night itself , just as long as it was signed before the consummation .
29 Women supported the idea of compulsory leave from work as long as it was paid leave and called for the adoption of the International Labour Organisation 's Washington Convention , which provided for six weeks maternity leave before and after childbirth .
30 The merged ‘ Norfolk and Suffolk Polled ’ could be any colour as long as it was polled and it was not until the Red Poll herdbook was formed in 1874 that the colour of the breed was formally agreed as red , preferably deep in colour , with a red udder ; white touches were permitted only in the tail switch , or on the udder and just in front of the udder on the inside flank .
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