Example sentences of "long as [pron] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the world of an inside ethnography as Favret-Saada identifies , ‘ one is never able to choose between subjectivism and the objective method as it was taught ’ ( ibid. 23 ) , so long as one wishes to find out answers which , in traditional ethnography , are often missing from the finite corpus of empirical observation . |
| 2 | It was a pursuit which we could only continue , of course , so long as we managed to sell our films to commercial television simply on the strength of their entertainment value . |
| 3 | You hear beep beep all night long as they try to pass each other . |
| 4 | They sit only so long as they continue to hold episcopal office . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Correspondingly the Anonymous Fellowships enable recovering people to surmount their handicap for as long as they continue to follow the recommendations of the Fellowships and not believe that they are " cured " for all time and can handle " responsibly " the substance or process of addiction once more . |
| 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 | ‘ Leeds City could not be suspended as a club — we had no power to do that ; but so long as they refused to give up those vital papers , we could have no way out save by expelling them . |
| 9 | Luckily Tim Dunton had been very understanding , telling her not to worry and to take as long as she needed to sort matters out . |
| 10 | Eve had been there for as long as she remembered to help her fight her battles . |
| 11 | Apart from resleeving the cylinders around three decades ago , it has continued to function satisfactorily for as long as anyone cares to remember ! |
| 12 | Why not go along with Luke 's expansive mood for just so long as it took to finish her drink ? |
| 13 | He said the atmosphere at each gathering had been one of calm , loving concern , and this would continue for as long as it took to get the children home . |
| 14 | ‘ Again , I lived with Mike for as long as it took to get the divorce and then I arranged the wedding . |
| 15 | A spokesman said the seven Kurds released from Haslar detention centre , near Gosport , Hampshire , and all 18 from Gloucester Prison were given temporary admission ‘ for as long as it takes to assess their cases ’ . |
| 16 | With its inflation still rising , the country on the verge of a perilous wage-price spiral and public finances deeply in the red , the Bundesbank has made it clear that it will keep the German economy locked in a vice of high interest rates for as long as it takes to squeeze out inflation . |
| 17 | The heating is switched on only for as long as it takes to dry the washing . |
| 18 | Writing a doctorate on the British response to the church conflict in Nazi Germany , I was well aware that Dietrich Bonhoeffer had refused to grant that the established national Protestant Church was in fact a Christian church so long as it refused to ordain people who were racially Jewish . |
| 19 | First you are told that you can take as long as you like to put the counters in the jar . |
| 20 | You are going to need an area about a yard ( metre ) wide , for as long as you need to accommodate the plants — and that you will be able to judge as you read on . |
| 21 | ‘ If I do , which I doubt where Jenny 's concerned , then I unhesitatingly offer you my hospitality for as long as you care to accept it . |
| 22 | She is yours for as long as you care to keep her . |
| 23 | Now for those of us that have been slightly biased by the dubiously titled ‘ Warehouse Raves ’ compilations that Rumour have been responsible for in the past , well we can not sit up and take note , because here comes their most exciting release for as long as I care to remember ( sorry Rumour ! ) . |
| 24 | Your father has extended to me the hospitality of his house for as long as I care to take it , or until he grows sick of the sight of me . |
| 25 | What rhino likes is fucking and killing , killing and fucking ; he is n't at all fussy which end he fucks , so long as he gets to fuck . |
| 26 | Some might worry that he is allowing the Californians to influence him too much , but I ca n't help feeling that so long as he manages to stay on his horse he remains the best sort of Englishman aborad . |
| 27 | Paul wriggled , and the look on his face seemed to indicate that he would n't actually mind wasting anything , just so long as he got to hit the bell with his plank of wood . |
| 28 | Anyone who gives him a flak jacket ( that is , consent ) may take it back , but the doctor only needs one and so long as he continues to have one he has the legal right to proceed . |
| 29 | He would be the first name on my team sheet for as long as he continues to keep fit . |
| 30 | For him , this meant giving master classes in duplicity in order to keep both Axis and Allies in play for as long as he needed to achieve his economic , military and , above all , territorial objectives . |