Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By canne , which could mean ‘ cane ’ in the English senses of a hollow reed or a light walking-stick , Antoine implies something rather long unless he uses the word wholly jokingly . |
| 2 | This is called benevolence , more especially so when it takes the broad form of a wish for the happiness of others in general . |
| 3 | If necessary , take him shopping with you , or better still , send him to the supermarket alone so that he realises the cost of basic necessities . |
| 4 | The pragmatist might suggest that precision is fine only so long as everyone understands the term : in fact , Pulex irritans is less obviously a flea , than ‘ flea ’ . |
| 5 | Mr Robinson could have a wide brief as well , so long as he keeps the chancellor 's confidence . |
| 6 | So long as he speaks the truth it can t be folly — that 's what you 're going to say , is n't it ? |
| 7 | ‘ Subject to this Part of this Act — ( a ) after the termination of a protected tenancy of a dwelling-house the person who , immediately before that termination , was the protected tenant of the dwelling-house shall , if and so long as he occupies the dwelling-house as his residence , be the statutory tenant of it ; … |
| 8 | I therefore do not regard those authorities as affecting what I would conclude was the clear language of section 2(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1977 , that a statutory tenant remains a statutory tenant so long as he occupies the dwelling house as his residence . |
| 9 | Furthermore , it appears that electronic exchanges have wider bid-ask spreads , which might be a reflection of inadequate liquidity due to the lack of locals ( although there seems to be no inherent reason why individuals trading on their own account could not use an electronic system so long as it enables the scalping and other arbitrage trading practices typically carried out by locals ) . |
| 10 | So long as it maintains the idea that believers talking to unbelievers are like people explaining to the blind what it is like to see , reason may be tolerated . |
| 11 | He might feel that any heir , even one who disinherits him , is worth having so long as it keeps the name going . ’ |
| 12 | Clearly , this must be the case so long as it remains the only easily available platform for interactive multimedia . |
| 13 | It need not be accurate so long as it shows the disposition of the rooms — — information which will be of great value later . |
| 14 | But at least it pays no rent and in practice it is secure so long as it farms the land and avoids bankruptcy . |
| 15 | USER FRIENDLY should make today another classic payday for local hero George Duffield so long as she gets the green light to tackle the Coalite St Leger at Doncaster . |
| 16 | It will do so only if it frustrates the contract ( i.e. renders it impossible to carry it out — see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , I would predict that we will see Ray 's name in the records books before long , though , perhaps not until he turns the grand old age of 60 in another three or four years and can make a new charge up the age-group ladder . |
| 18 | It does , however , link the law to the idea of harm and this is valuable in so far as it reduces the risk that boisterous behaviour , or other non-violent activity , can by itself amount to a breach of the peace . |
| 19 | Any tense which includes a component of the present tense such as the passé composé ( il a écrit ) is personal in so far as it acknowledges the present moment of the utterance . |
| 20 | The nominal value is meaningless and may be misleading , except in so far as it determines the minimum liability . |
| 21 | The price is not important except in so far as it determines the number of units to be created after subscriptions have been received . |
| 22 | Law and custom thus defend the family as the prime agent of socialisation only in so far as it fulfils the task currently prescribed . |
| 23 | Next , it will support the claim that corporate power is justifiable only in so far as it promotes the public interest , and accordingly that society is entitled to demand that company policies serve that interest . |
| 24 | However , our basic model may be criticized in advance of this discussion in so far as it ignores the monetary effects of fiscal decisions and so may overstate the case in favour of macroeconomic management through this route . |
| 25 | This volume however is both unusual and welcome because it deals specifically with the work of Julia Kristeva ; it is informative in so far as it indicates the cross-disciplinary implications of her work , and it maintains a balance between the introductory and the complex . |
| 26 | The position is different in so far as it affects the duty solicitor scheme . |
| 27 | In such highly evolved animals as insects the primitive segmentation , in so far as it affects the internal anatomy , has undergone profound modifications ; the segmental repetition of parts is nevertheless retained to some extent in the central nervous system , the heart , tracheal system and in the body musculature . |
| 28 | What I mean is , it 's a personal matter except in so far as it affects the syllabus . |
| 29 | Dan Graham has always been about geometry , at least in so far as it informs the quasi-architectural environments he makes ( have you yet been delightfully disoriented by the series of glass-walled , open-to-the-sky rooms he has constructed on the roof of the DIA Art Center 's Chelsea outpost ? ) . |
| 30 | This is a very central issue for any sociology of the global system in so far as it makes the difference between a dismal chronicle of inevitability , which is absolutely not my intention , and an attempt to illuminate what is happening by a theory of what makes it happen and , by implication , what could make other things happen in other ways . |