Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | When activated , a bright fluorescent light illuminates for up to 60 seconds , or for as long as there is movement . |
| 2 | Well , she was generally fed-up , knowing she had to keep resting her ankle if she was to be up and about as soon as possible . |
| 3 | And for so long as the honours system continues in operation , there ought to be recognition of citizenship as a criterion . |
| 4 | 8.1 Neither party shall be under any liability to the other if and for so long as it is prevented from or delayed in performing any of its obligations under this Agreement by reason of circumstances beyond its reasonable control . |
| 5 | 7.6.4 The Landlord shall not be liable to rebuild or reinstate the Premises or the Retained Parts if and for so long as such rebuilding or reinstating is prevented by Supervening Events |
| 6 | The idea of ‘ care in the community ’ has developed over the past 20 years to encourage the development of services to help older people in need of care to remain in their own homes for as long as they wish , and for as long as is practical . |
| 7 | Maybe just having the space to say all the things they want to say , including the difficult and confusing things , as often and for as long as they want to say them , is what they seek help and support with . |
| 8 | And for as long as the public continue to be wary of , or feel sorry for Down 's children , there will be a considerable social stigma to contend with . |
| 9 | She lived in Quay Street , Saltcoats and for as long as she was able to do so , spent much of her time around the harbour , conversing with the sailors amongst whom she had spent her life . |
| 10 | In the sector that concerns us though , the figures from within the trade and the individual records of women employees tell a clear story : almost all the women compositors were single , and for as long as normal recruitment continued , up to 1910 , the majority of them were young . |
| 11 | And for as long as possible . ’ |
| 12 | To use an analogy from short sight : people who wear glasses are relieved of the effects of their short sight for as long as they continue to wear them and for as long as they remember that there are still some things ( such as seeing clearly underwater ) that they can not do even if they are wearing glasses . |
| 13 | ‘ For now , and for as long as it lasts . |
| 14 | ‘ That done , ’ he went on determinedly , ‘ and for as long as it takes for him to get you out of his system , you will be my girlfriend . |
| 15 | The issues Rushdie involuntarily personifies are great indeed , and for as long as they continue to be treated as an inconvenience , democracy itself is diminished . |
| 16 | Academics can still write evaluative criticism of course , and in so far as they do they are producing the kind of criticism practised by men of letters . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The spoken word is his chosen form of communication , and in so far as he learns anything , he absorbs knowledge through conversation . |
| 20 | Wood which concluded : ‘ The non-treaty Nez Perces can not in law be regarded as bound by the treaty of 1863 ; and in so far as it attempts to deprive them of a right to occupancy on any land its provisions are null and void . ’ |
| 21 | Likewise as I pointed out in the last chapter , in dramatic playing a boy may be required to adopt the function of an Abbot of Durham Cathedral , and in so far as he continues to see himself in that role he will continue to signal to others that that is what he is doing . |
| 22 | Thus far it can be argued that , if and in so far as the objection to the validity of a pretended Act of Parliament is purely procedural , there is no objection to any court ( and not merely the House of Lords ) making such minimal inquiries as are consistent with Parliamentary privilege in order to ensure that the instrument in question was consented to by the two Houses and did receive the Royal Assent . |
| 23 | In literate society , these interlocking conversations go on ; but they are no longer man 's only dialogue ; and in so far as writing provides an alternative source for the transmission of cultural orientations it favours awareness of inconsistency . |
| 24 | In ‘ action ’ he includes ‘ all human action , when and in so far as the acting individual attaches subjective meaning to it ’ . |
| 25 | When Weber remarked initially that he would consider ‘ all action when and in so far as the acting individual attaches subjective meaning to it ’ , he invited the comment that there are all sorts of subjective meanings . |
| 26 | And in so far as we can use gender imagery for these things the Logos is a masculine principle … . |
| 27 | Studying the semantic features of texts is inevitably rather an intuitive business , and in so far as we can quantify such features at all , it often seems best to attach them to grammatical labels ( eg " colour adjectives " , " adverbials of place " ) , and to use some arbitrary standard of measurement , such as number of words . |
| 28 | Others would admit , indeed require , that higher education should embody rationality , and in so far as one can believe or practice that , it becomes a cultural pattern . |
| 29 | If and in so far as Coldunell Ltd. v. Gallon [ 1986 ] Q.B . |
| 30 | If and in so far as there are any presumptions which assist in my conclusions ( and I instinctively dislike introducing presumptions in reaching a decision of fact as crucial as this ) , the presumption that a state of affairs continues until the evidence suggests that it no longer pertains is more to the point than the submission of Mr. Levy that the sanctity of life is so vital an interest to protect that if I am in any doubt that should take precedence . |