Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] long as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the partnership 's life is a short as a task completed or as long as a connected , improving spiral of programme sustains it through renewal . |
| 2 | Monetarists argued that as long as the government refused to increase the money supply , even if unemployment was increasing , there could be no inflation . |
| 3 | Mr Mathew claims that as long as the temporary grant is allowed to remain — in breach of statute — anyone who makes a will is similarly vulnerable . |
| 4 | In view of the customary informal liaison between environmental health officers and inspectors , however , it seems that as long as the inspector is striving to abate the odour , no action will be taken by a local authority until the odour becomes very bad indeed . |
| 5 | Great Escapes ' Paul Scrimshaw explained : ‘ It has always seemed to us that as long as the hoteliers play the game fairly then all parties have received a reasonable benefit . ’ |
| 6 | Those benefits may be continued for a long succession of generations upon deserving objects , let us strenuously support our own undertaking : and may our children , and our children 's children feel an ardour even greater than our own in the cause of humanity ; so that as long as the County of Bedford exists , its Infirmary may be one of the chief objects of care , and one of the principal sources of its honest pride . ’ |
| 7 | Kasonde said that as long as the economy was dependent upon copper sales , the country would continue to devalue the currency " to keep its books in order " . |
| 8 | ( p93 ) It would appear that as long as the buyer communicates the purpose for which the goods are required , he does not have to specify all of the particular applications so long as they fall within the scope of normal purpose . |
| 9 | can I say that as long as the integrity of each religion is preserved , then education is a very sound er erm is very sound in prospect , but sadly it has become a melting pot and as my Noble Friends like to refer to it a mish-mash and I do n't think it does anything more than serve to confuse children if it 's done badly . |
| 10 | It must be recognised , however , that as long as the binding of most serial parts is — as at present — contracted out to a commercial bindery , delays incurred in the processing of such items between their leaving the Library and subsequently returning to it , will remain outwith the Library 's control . |
| 11 | Unscrupulous bird exporters do n't care : they simply catch more birds , and as long as a few per cage survive , they are still in profit . |
| 12 | There is a kind of corporate responsibility , and as long as a government is just it is a citizen 's duty to support it , but when the actions or a government hurt the individual and harm the nation it is the duty of a citizen to withdraw his support . |
| 13 | By the central pole stood a great oaken chest , three feet high and as long as a man . |
| 14 | His cock felt as hard and as long as a barber 's pole , as he held it in his fist and ground the round , blunt tip against her tender haven . |
| 15 | No polishing is needed , and as long as the seal remains intact , the floor will look good and give long service . |
| 16 | A : You can claim daily benefits for the duration of any hospital stay , up to a maximum of one year at any time , as long as your premiums are paid up to date , and as long as the circumstances of your hospitalisation are not mentioned under the exclusions clause below . |
| 17 | And as long as the Kremlin remains paralysed , British business there will look for nothing but confirmation that things at home are not , perhaps , so bad after all . . |
| 18 | In practice village elders were usually jointly responsible for the payment of the dues of village members as a whole , and as long as the correct amount was forthcoming , and the village itself reasonably peaceful and law-abiding , the domain authorities tended to concern themselves little with how this was achieved . |
| 19 | The basic reason for housing inequalities is income inequalities and as long as the latter exist , the former will do , too . |
| 20 | To wager one 's existence on an educational solution is a viable option as long as individual academic success is forthcoming , and as long as the educational solution itself is perceived as credible . |
| 21 | This process can continue , turning aside and turning back , and as long as the emotive flow is not disrupted unity is preserved , while our interest is constantly kept alive and rewarded . |
| 22 | However , the same principles apply in all cases , and as long as the music is primarily melodic , the various sections of large movements can be created with the melody-building methods we have described . |
| 23 | Hence it is the closed national state which afforded to capitalism its chance for development — and as long as the national state does not give place to a world empire capitalism also will endure . |
| 24 | They have a contractual relationship with the firm , and as long as the contract is honoured they have no additional claim . |
| 25 | Roll the black fondant out on a surface dusted with cornflour or icing sugar to a strip about 5cm-(2inches) wide and as long as the circumference of the cake . |
| 26 | There 's a lot more to smooth transitions between programmes than you might realise and as long as the team here stays on the ball , you 'll probably continue not to notice they 're there . |
| 27 | You carry it out , and as long as the lid As long as you pack stuff so that the top does n't come above the le level of the lid , you wo n't get any damage done , and it 's much easier . |
| 28 | But as long as the finished beer is left to brew naturally and is free from such unnatural processes as chilling , filtering and pasteurisation , the end result is traditional draught beer , known in the industry as ‘ cask conditioned beer ’ and more popularly as … real ale . |
| 29 | The existence of the A-X association may mean that training with A will allow the associatively activated representation of X to gain associative strength ; but as long as the c elements still gain strength , generalization to B will still occur and discrimination will not be improved . |
| 30 | But as long as the A level system remains , pupils at school will be required severely to limit their choice of subjects , it being assumed that the only way to ensure ‘ standards of excellence , is to go more and more deeply into an ever narrower range of subjects . |