Example sentences of "[subord] long [conj] [pron] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | And other people 's tragedies , other people 's danger , always provoke a certain euphoria as long as one is safe oneself . " |
| 2 | In practice this is not usually found confusing as long as one is aware of whether one is marking stress levels or intonation . |
| 3 | Surely in this sense , though , as long as everybody is guessing , guesses closer to the time of a music 's currency are at least as valid as those of any late 20th-century musicologist . |
| 4 | There is nothing wrong with subjects provided they are treated as means not ends and as long as everyone is clear about what is to be achieved through them . |
| 5 | However , the guard can be loosened and repositioned for particularly awkward jobs , as long as it is fully retightened . |
| 6 | Obviously in many cases the car is a ‘ family car ’ and as long as it is generally used for the benefit of the disabled person it can be treated as any normal family car . |
| 7 | I asked him how he would prefer to be addressed and he said you can call him what you please , as long as it is polite . |
| 8 | Baumol 's theory of contestable markets states that consumer welfare can be maximised regardless of the number of firms in an industry , as long as it is greater than one . |
| 9 | In any case there is nothing wrong in principle with handing money to shareholders through dividends or share repurchases ( as long as it is tax-efficient ) ; the money is not lost to the economy since it will be invested elsewhere . |
| 10 | Caletti 's admirable attempt at removing fear , ignorance , and stigma from sexual topics is tempered slightly by his view that prostitution is ‘ disgusting ’ and that masturbation is not harmful as long as it is not indulged in more than twice a month ( my italics ) . |
| 11 | Think of how you could be spending your time instead ; you could go swimming , make model aeroplanes or learn to yodel — it does n't matter what you do as long as it is fun ! |
| 12 | As long as it is n't your wife As long as |
| 13 | The scheme applies to Peugeots up to five years old and there is no limit on cost , ‘ as long as it is a part that keeps the vehicle off the road ’ . |
| 14 | However , many firms take a fairly robust approach to allocation , using one overall basis ( such as space times fee income ) and as long as it is a fair allocation and does not distort fee rates , it provides a perfectly acceptable alternative to the more detailed method . |
| 15 | We are trying to suggest here that academic enterprise may be useful as long as it is placed in its proper social context . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Young people , in their first home , can usually accept a much lower standard , as long as it is dry and warm . |
| 18 | Our housework goes on behind the scenes , unnoticed , uncounted , uncharted as long as it is unpaid . |
| 19 | There is no particular order in which to introduce them as long as it is done reasonably slowly . |
| 20 | Well , if you have a problem after , say , the tenth month after purchase , you will be too late for any claim under the Sale Of Goods Act , but you will still have a claim under your guarantee — as long as it is for more than ten months , and providing you sent off the registration card ! |
| 21 | Barley is exceedingly delicate in his treatment of the great Bung Karno , the man who once stated , to wild applause from an audience of Indonesian economists , that ‘ Inflation can be good — as long as it is inflation for the Indonesian revolution ’ . |
| 22 | This is at its most practical in empathizing sufficiently to collect useful facts about a person but closing oneself to sympathy ; it is at its purest in vanity , basking in awareness from other viewpoints as long as it is of oneself . |
| 23 | ‘ If you made an incredible blunder it would n't seem to worry anybody as long as it is recorded … |
| 24 | Gilmore said , ‘ The army has worked with the civil authority to bring about a reduction in violence and will continue to do so as long as it is necessary . ’ |
| 25 | There is nothing intrinsically evil about a scientific world outlook as long as it is rooted in the life and authority of God . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Whatever he says is bound to be controversial , though that does not matter as long as it is not provocative . |
| 28 | Ahmed : I think that the Union should support developments towards workers organizing around issues of oppression as long as it is within a progressive ideology . |
| 29 | The quantity and the period for leasing can be perfectly adapted to your needs : whether it is for 10 , 100 or 1000 machines ( or as many as you need ) for 4 , 8 or 12 weeks ( or as long as it is profitable for you ) . |
| 30 | Heathers are among the best shrubs for winter colour — they 're not as demanding as the summer-flowering ones , and an acid soil is n't essential , as long as it is n't very chalky . |