Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] so long [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether this is the way they express themselves does not matter so long as we can establish that this is the substance of their view . |
| 2 | This vagueness will not matter so long as one is clear about the level at which the formula of ‘ ought implies can ’ is being applied : thus the latter , and weaker , kind of ‘ can not ’ would be enough to provide a strong argument against the behaviour being made into a norm for a human society , but it would not be enough if the question concerned the adoption of a personal ideal in an individual case . |
| 3 | Because the cake is covered in buttercream it will not keep so long as cakes made with fondant , so eat it fairly soon after it is made . |
| 4 | People who do not care so long as the passing hour is comfortable and cheerful are not likely to exhibit much of a front when they call themselves a union . |
| 5 | That this Second World War would not last so long as the First , and even that it might not be a war on such a world-scale , were legitimate presumptions at the time , and Eliot was firmly of the opinion that we should be thinking then and there of the world which would finally emerge . |
| 6 | I do n't mind , I do n't mind so long as I just get out a bit on , into town and |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't seem so long since his birthdee , do it ? ’ |
| 8 | Jack would n't shoot so long as he 'd got hold of him . |