Example sentences of "be as long [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figure of Mercy points to the nature of the redemptive process : Later still , Julian of Norwich , whose mystical experience arose out of meditation on the Passion , defined her sense of a dynamic power of divine love working to process the effects of sin as the work of Christ : " and there is in him bleding and praying for us to the Father — and is and shall be as long as it nedith " . |
| 2 | ‘ I use the most simple or most complex equipment available — frankly , I think cameras are boring — they 're like a gun , if it shoots O.K. it does n't matter what it is as long as it can do its job . |
| 3 | Look no further than the row of foundations — most of them have been used for about a week , which is as long as it takes to realise that they are wrong for your skin . |
| 4 | I do n't care what the motive power is as long as it gets there on time and you 're guaranteed a seat . |
| 5 | She says , I 'm not bothered what it is as long as it 's got all its fingers there . |
| 6 | Do n't matter what it is as long as it 's alright . |
| 7 | It 's tragic — there 's a chap along this road that I like to keep my eye on and it 's as long as it 's short — to lose your eldest boy . |
| 8 | I came this way — it 's as long as it 's short — because of Pratesi and his sausage factory . ’ |
| 9 | twelve months so it 's as long as it 's broad John . |
| 10 | If you actually want to set up the society yourself , find ten little friends , come along , ten people giving the number you need to form a society one pound each for membership , I shall give you all the er relevant data and you can start up your side in whatever it be as long as it does n't contravene union policy on sexism , racism etcetera . |
| 11 | Ingrid had been given a month to complete her mission , which was as long as it would take the Navy to organise a commando raid . |