Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | Mr Robinson could have a wide brief as well , so long as he keeps the chancellor 's confidence . |
| 3 | So long as he speaks the truth it can t be folly — that 's what you 're going to say , is n't it ? |
| 4 | ‘ 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 ; … |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He might feel that any heir , even one who disinherits him , is worth having so long as it keeps the name going . ’ |
| 9 | Clearly , this must be the case so long as it remains the only easily available platform for interactive multimedia . |
| 10 | It need not be accurate so long as it shows the disposition of the rooms — — information which will be of great value later . |
| 11 | But at least it pays no rent and in practice it is secure so long as it farms the land and avoids bankruptcy . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It will do so only if it frustrates the contract ( i.e. renders it impossible to carry it out — see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The nominal value is meaningless and may be misleading , except in so far as it determines the minimum liability . |
| 17 | The price is not important except in so far as it determines the number of units to be created after subscriptions have been received . |
| 18 | Law and custom thus defend the family as the prime agent of socialisation only in so far as it fulfils the task currently prescribed . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The position is different in so far as it affects the duty solicitor scheme . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | What I mean is , it 's a personal matter except in so far as it affects the syllabus . |
| 25 | 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 ? ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Section 226 imposes on the directors of every company the duty to prepare for each financial year of the company a balance sheet and a profit and loss account ( its ‘ individual accounts ’ ) and section 227 imposes a like duty on directors of a company which is a parent company additionally to prepare a consolidated balance sheet and profit and loss account ( ‘ group accounts ’ ) The basic and over-riding principle is that the balance sheets must give a true and fair view , in the case of individual accounts ‘ of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year ’ and in the case of group accounts ‘ of the state of affairs as at the end of the financial year of the undertakings included in the consolidation as a whole , so far as it concerns the members of the company . ’ |
| 28 | Under s8 of UCTA 1977 , s3 of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 is replaced by the following : 3 — If a contract contains a term which would exclude or restrict ( a ) any liability to which a party to a contract may be subject by reason of any misrepresentation made by him before the contract was made ; or ( b ) any remedy available to another party to the contract by reason of such a misrepresentation , that term shall be of no effect except in so far as it satisfies the requirement of reasonableness as stated in s11(1) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 ; and it is for those claiming that the term satisfies that requirement to show that it does . |
| 29 | In so far as he means the random use of techniques removed from all contact with appraisal , then I think that he is right . |
| 30 | Throughout the whole of life , Man is happy or unhappy in so far as he discovers the right admixture for his life of these quite distinct manners of using energy . |