Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] it do " in BNC.

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1 Sun Microsystems Inc , as reported ( CI No 2,118 ) has formed a new software subsidiary that is noticeably more distant from itself than its orbiting planets , so much so that it does not even rate a Sun tag .
2 ‘ Just so long as it does n't get in here . ’
3 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 .
4 An extra incentive can be useful so long as it does not become a too regular ( relied upon ) habit .
5 Whatever we honestly desire , imagine and expect — so long as it does not conflict with our thoughts , beliefs and attitudes — will happen .
6 In Jordan v. Burgoyne Lord Parker C.J. made the point that the expressions ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting ’ are all ‘ very strong words , ’ and Lord Reid in Brutus v. Cozens repeated the warning against too expansive a reading of the section , observing that ‘ vigorous and it may be distasteful or unmannerly speech or behaviour is permitted so long as it does not go beyond any of these limits . ’
7 If you cut off your nose and ears before we perform , I shall not complain , so long as it does not mar your ability to dance . ’
8 Moreover , the value of each gene can change any amount , so long as it does n't stray into double figures .
9 Where the plan is subordinate to the verbal description it may be referred to in order to elucidate boundaries , so long as it does not conflict with anything explicit in the verbal description ( Wiggington & Milner v Winster Engineering [ 1978 ] 3 All ER 436 ) .
10 By and large , Parliament and the judiciary have taken the view that free speech is a very good thing so long as it does not cause trouble .
11 So long as it does n't interfere with your work ! ’ he snarled , and , as if he could no longer bear to be in the same room with her , he turned and strode from her sitting-room , through her hall , and out of her flat .
12 Again and again in the night hours she thought of him , of his aggression and of the barely veiled hint in his parting shot ‘ so long as it does n't interfere with your work ! ’ that for all she had , so far , gone along with everything he had decreed , she could still find herself out of a job if she did n't toe the line .
13 It 's great — so long as it does n't rain too hard !
14 Whatever so long as it does n't matter , do n't worry about it , why you upset ?
15 We do n't really mind if people get an attack of flu , so long as it does n't kill them , er if you recover then fine , but , and that 's really what the vaccine does , so it 's , it 's , it 's particularly good at actually stopping people dying from , from flu .
16 Yet all that feeling , all that energy , discharged itself into the void so long as it did not flow down one of the channels that made the great wheels turn — in Edinburgh , in London and Paris .
17 There could , indeed , be no two opinions as to the right of every one of the great national subdivisions of Europe to dispose of itself , independently of its neighbours in all internal matters , so long as it did not encroach upon the liberty of others .
18 It matters not how strong the persuasion was , so long as it did not overbear the independence of the patient 's decision .
19 If wages had not risen , most of this scrapping would not have happened and productivity would have grown much less quickly than it did .
20 Such a population , especially if the average size of a family continues to diminish , calls for more looking after , medically and physically , than an equal population of lower average age : it does not die so cheaply and it does not , medically speaking , survive so cheaply .
21 The emperor 's approach is to adhere to that principle and hold the trust to be valid in so far as it does not conflict with it : that is , as far as the daughter benefited under her father 's will .
22 Furthermore s. 2(4) European Communities Act 1972 provides that any Act of the Westminster Parliament shall be presumed not to conflict with EEC legislation , and will be given effect only so far as it does not conflict with the EEC legislation .
23 It goes in the right direction in so far as it does aim to re to continue to reduction in migration , but it does n't go far enough .
24 Awareness of Thatcher and Kinnock was spread much more evenly throughout the electorate , and in so far as it did vary it was particularly high amongst those who had recently watched television news or had recently discussed the campaign ( Table 7.7 ) .
25 By the end of the campaign that was no longer so true : awareness of Thatcher and Kinnock had spread much more evenly through the electorate and in so far as it did vary it was particularly high amongst those who had recently watched television news or discussed the campaign .
26 It 's that quick , choking defence that has frustrated Midlands , England B and The North so far because it does not allow the backs room in which to play .
27 They both were astonished that so far no indication of trouble had come from the town common ; but reckoned that it would not be long now before it did , for a few escapers from the castle had been glimpsed running in that direction .
28 The car has not been perfect this year , but it feels a lot better now than it did .
29 If it does n't mean so much today as it did , it 's because rock is n't as strong as it was , it does n't matter so much anymore . ’
30 The dish should fit the meat so well that it does n't take too much liquid to just cover the meat .
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