Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [adj] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new 600 Plus film packs for all cameras , £8.99 for a pack of 10 , include a battery to power all the camera 's functions — so as long as a film is loaded , the camera has power . |
| 2 | And given that it was Godolphin himself who supplied these items — most were simply terrestrial trivia , revered in the Dominions because of their place of origin — and given that he would not cease to do so as long as the fever of collection was upon him and he could exchange such items for artifacts from the Imajica , Peccable 's business would flourish . |
| 3 | So as long as the Next directory is done early at all times |
| 4 | Little is known about how and why these last two conditions are helped , but it is known that protection against osteoporosis lasts only as long as the treatment is taken . |
| 5 | The detectors can work only as long as the system is cooled , and the low boil-off rate of the helium coolant on board means the mission will last at least 300 days . |
| 6 | Their deployment is legitimate only as long as the world can accept that there is no real threat of their use . |
| 7 | This proposal to establish a council which would in effect supervise the government of the realm while the king was overseas was the clearest echo of the Ordinances , though with the crucial difference that it was to function only as long as the king was out of the realm : it was not the intention of the commons to subject the king permanently to conciliar restraint . |
| 8 | Pakistan manager Khalid Mahmood 's suggestion of ‘ home ’ umpires being selected by the visiting team may have some merit , but only as long as the visitors have sufficient knowledge of all those on the umpires ' panel — ED . |
| 9 | Similarly , Edward Woodville 's fleet posed a threat to Gloucester only as long as the duke 's own position was uncertain ; once he had been recognized as protector the matter could be dealt with . |
| 10 | In its promotion of conjoint nationalism and communism the League resembled the Kuomintang at this time : and it lasted only as long as the Kuomintang managed to contain the two movements . |
| 11 | Will my right hon. Friend take no lectures from the Labour party on short-termism , as its short-term policies will last only as long as the election and change for every by-election — |
| 12 | Although supported by both the Conservatives and the Liberals , the new ministry would not be a Coalition but a ‘ cooperation of individuals ’ , to last only as long as the emergency . |
| 13 | In such cases , the effects of war lasted only as long as the duration of hostilities , and trade was resumed after the restoration of peace . |
| 14 | Similarly , Edward Woodville 's fleet posed a threat to Gloucester only as long as the duke 's own position was uncertain ; once he had been recognized as protector the matter could be dealt with . |
| 15 | But only as long as the client is off sick . |
| 16 | With sales of unleaded now well ahead of those of leaded and set to surge even higher after the Budget , the survival of relatively cheap unleaded petrol is assured only as long as the Autumn Statement which from this year replaces the traditional spring Budget . |
| 17 | One option that had been canvassed was for staffing ratios and care standards merely to be maintained rather than improved as the hospitals declined . |
| 18 | It may be surmised that , had these children been away as long as the Rochdale children were , this state of total separation would have continued . |
| 19 | It m probably not as long as a year but it 's quite a while |
| 20 | Not as long as the kids have their sandwiches |
| 21 | ABOVE As long as the circumference of part of a pottery vessel can be established , it is possible to do reconstruction drawings . |
| 22 | ‘ Just as long as no one 's taken a room opposite , ’ I say . |
| 23 | The great train-shed , one of the glories of the nineteenth century , lasted just as long as the century itself . |
| 24 | Just as long as the heat does n't build up into a storm . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Just as long as the boys go easy on me ! ’ |
| 26 | It was dusk , and the evening was as still and airless as the previous one when , impatient for news , Zen had gone out for a stroll . |
| 27 | They were hot and prickly to wear , and impossible to keep clean , but they charmed the child so thoroughly that she was content to sit as still and silent as a doll eyeing the dazzling frills and listening to the faint crackle of the underskirts . |
| 28 | With a powerful , angry jerk he slammed her against his body and covered her parted lips with his mouth , kissing her deeply and forcefully , his tongue plundering hers with such fierce urgency that the world seemed to stop spinning , fall as still and silent as the eye of a hurricane . |
| 29 | Suddenly , Interview Room Two was still and silent as the grave . |
| 30 | So long as the old couple had not made over the farm , their middle-aged son remained a ‘ boy ’ : ‘ You can be a boy here forever as long as the old fellow is still alive ’ . |