Example sentences of "and as [adj] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | These males are still in their bright nuptial plumage and as long as they retain it they maintain the high levels of vigilance observed when accompanying their females . |
| 2 | After flowering , their leaves expand and as long as they do not get too dry , they will stay in good condition all summer long . |
| 3 | In short , Labour and the Liberal Democrats will have the argument won for them on the ground — and as long as they locate their policies in terms of wealth creation , rather than punitive redistribution , the current election election result has given them a platform from which effectively to challenge for power next time round . |
| 4 | Leaders were to be tolerated as long as they were not permanent , and as long as they were held constantly ‘ accountable ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ The fact remains ’ , she wrote , ‘ that differences in status exist , and as long as they exist it is practically impossible , since the lives of children can not be separated from those of their parents , to secure to all children a uniform standard of living ’ ( Rathbone , 1949 , p. 233 ) . |
| 6 | And as long as they were n't , nobody else in this town would dare to shoot off any cannons at one of Bonanza 's men . ’ |
| 7 | And they , they invest outside U K and you 're p perfectly legal to use these , and as long as they 're Securities and Investment Board regulated , you 're okay . |
| 8 | It was an obvious-looking deception , and should n't have had a hope in hell of working ; but the girls were mostly young and good-looking , and their prey were mostly out-of-towners , and as long as they kept shifting their ground the money kept on coming in . |
| 9 | This was a side of him she admired and liked , and as long as they could talk like this she was happy and open to chat , even to tease . |
| 10 | Shrewsbury have got to make sure as much as possible when they do win the ball in the they do n't just smash long balls up , because as l as soon as they do that and as long as they keep doing that , Blackburn just pick up the ball again and keep coming at them , they 've got to try like they did just a few minutes ago , try and play themselves out of defence with nice low passes . |
| 11 | Never the less , it is the child speaking we do n't put the words into their mouths and as such when they speak and when they write it down , it 's one of the , possibly one of the few chances of having primary evidence of how the child is at er , writing er , on an official document |